Acts 3:22

“Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers; you will listen to him in everything that he says to you.”

Acts 3:22 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Deuteronomy 18:15-19

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Peter quotes Deuteronomy 18:15 and sums up 18:19. The final phrase, “will be utterly destroyed from among the people,” is not in Deuteronomy 18:19; it is the formula of Leviticus (for example 23:29).

Formula: Μωϋσῆς μὲν εἶπεν ὅτι “Moses said” (Acts 3:22)

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Greek of the New Testament: Μωϋσῆς μὲν εἶπεν ὅτι Προφήτην ὑμῖν ἀναστήσει κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν ὡς ἐμέ αὐτοῦ ἀκούσεσθε κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἂν λαλήσῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔσται δὲ πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἥτις ἂν μὴ ἀκούσῃ τοῦ προφήτου ἐκείνου ἐξολεθρευθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ

Hebrew (Masoretic text): נָבִיא מִקִּרְבְּךָ מֵאַחֶיךָ כָּמֹנִי יָקִים לְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵלָיו תִּשְׁמָעוּן כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר שָׁאַלְתָּ מֵעִם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּחֹרֵב בְּיוֹם הַקָּהָל לֵאמֹר לֹא אֹסֵף לִשְׁמֹעַ אֶת קוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי וְאֶת הָאֵשׁ הַגְּדֹלָה הַזֹּאת לֹא אֶרְאֶה עוֹד וְלֹא אָמוּת וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלָי הֵיטִיבוּ אֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּרוּ נָבִיא אָקִים לָהֶם מִקֶּרֶב אֲחֵיהֶם כָּמוֹךָ וְנָתַתִּי דְבָרַי בְּפִיו וְדִבֶּר אֲלֵיהֶם אֵת כָּל אֲשֶׁר אֲצַוֶּנּוּ וְהָיָה הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִשְׁמַע אֶל דְּבָרַי אֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר בִּשְׁמִי אָנֹכִי אֶדְרֹשׁ מֵעִמּוֹ

Septuagint (Deuteronomy 18:15 in the Septuagint numbering): Προφήτην ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου ὡς ἐμὲ ἀναστήσει κύριος ὁ θεός σου σοί, αὐτοῦ ἀκούσεσθε.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 4 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Acts 3:22, word by word

MosesΜωϋσῆςMōysēs

Moses

Moses, who led Israel out of Egypt and received God's law.

Where else “Mōysēs” appears
saidεἶπενeipen

say

To express something in words to others.

Where else “eipen” appears
‘The Lordκύριοςkyrios

Lord

The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.

Where else “kyrios” appears
Godθεὸςtheos

God

The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.

Where else “theos” appears
will raise upἀναστήσειanastēsei

raise up

To bring someone forward: God sends a prophet.

Where else “anastēsei” appears
a prophetΠροφήτηνProphētēn

prophet

Someone who speaks for God.

Where else “Prophētēn” appears
brothersἀδελφῶνadelphōn

fellow countryman

A neighbor, someone of the same people.

Where else “adelphōn” appears
you will listenἀκούσεσθεakousesthe

listen

To pay attention and obey.

Where else “akousesthe” appears
he saysλαλήσῃlalēsēi

tell

To tell someone something, announce it.

Where else “lalēsēi” appears

Translation note

Deuteronomy 18:15-19.

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Quotation · Deuteronomy 18:15-19

Peter quotes Deuteronomy 18:15 and sums up 18:19. The final phrase, “will be utterly destroyed from among the people,” is not in Deuteronomy 18:19; it is the formula of Leviticus (for example 23:29).

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Acts 3:22

22Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers; you will listen to him in everything that he says to you.

Deuteronomy 18:15-19

15A prophet from among you, from your brothers, like me, YHWH your Elohim will raise up for you; to him you shall listen,

The context

21whom heaven must receive until the times of the restoration of all things, of which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago.

22 · This verse (above)

23And it will be that every person who does not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.’

Read all of Acts 3

To study Acts 3 in a group

  1. 1. What it says

    What do Peter and John do for the lame man at the temple gate, and how does he react? (vv. 2-8)

  2. 2. What it means

    When the people are amazed, Peter turns attention to Jesus and not to himself. Why does he do that? (vv. 12-16)

  3. 3. How I live it

    When someone thanks or praises you, how can you simply acknowledge what helped you do it?

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