Acts 7:37

“This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’”
Acts 7:37 · direct translation from the Greek

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Thisοὗτόςisἐστινthe Mosesὁ Μωϋσῆςwhoὁsaidεἴπαςto the sonsτοῖς υἱοῖςof Israel,Ἰσραήλ‘Godὁ θεὸςwill raise upἀναστήσειfor youὑμῖνa prophetΠροφήτηνlikeὡςmeἐμέfromἐκamong yourτῶν ὑμῶνbrothers.’ἀδελφῶν

Quotation · Deuteronomy 18:15

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Stephen quotes Deuteronomy 18:15, as Peter does in Acts 3:22.

Formula: οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Μωϋσῆς ὁ εἴπας τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ “this is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel” (Acts 7:37)

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Greek of the New Testament: οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Μωϋσῆς ὁ εἴπας τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ Προφήτην ὑμῖν ἀναστήσει ὁ θεὸς ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν ὡς ἐμέ

Hebrew (Masoretic text): נָבִיא מִקִּרְבְּךָ מֵאַחֶיךָ כָּמֹנִי יָקִים לְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵלָיו תִּשְׁמָעוּן

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 3 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 7:37, word by word

isἐστινestin

To be: says who or what something is.

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the MosesΜωϋσῆςMōysēs

Moses

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

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saidεἴπαςeipas

say

To express something in words to others.

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to the sonsυἱοῖςhuiois

descendant

A descendant: "son of David".

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of IsraelἸσραήλIsraēl

Israel

Israel: the name God gave to Jacob, and the people descended from him.

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‘Godθεὸςtheos

God

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

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will raise upἀναστήσειanastēsei

raise up

To bring someone forward: God sends a prophet.

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a prophetΠροφήτηνProphētēn

prophet

Someone who speaks for God.

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brothers.’ἀδελφῶνadelphōn

fellow countryman

A neighbor, someone of the same people.

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Quotation · Deuteronomy 18:15

Stephen quotes Deuteronomy 18:15, as Peter does in Acts 3:22.

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Acts 7:37

³⁷This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’

Deuteronomy 18:15

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

36This man led them out, doing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.

37 · This verse (above)

38This is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; he received living oracles to give to us.

Read all of Acts 7

To study Acts 7 in a group

1. What it says
At the end of his speech, what does Stephen see, and what does he pray while they stone him? (vv. 55-60)
2. What it means
Stephen recounts Israel's story from Abraham. What point does he seem to be making with that survey? (vv. 2-53)
3. How I live it
Stephen asked that this sin not be held against those who harmed him (v. 60). How do you respond when someone wrongs you?

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