Reference

Acts 7:37

This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
35

This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

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He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

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This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.

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This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

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To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

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Israel-Specific Promises
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Israel-Specific Promises

While the prophecy is initially given to the "children of Israel" and concerns a prophet raised "of your brethren," the New Testament interpretation of this prophecy in Acts 3:22-23 and 7:37 applies it to Jesus, suggesting a broader, spiritual fulfillment beyond solely ethnic Israel.

Christ as Prophet

The verse itself is a direct quote from Moses about a future prophet and does not explicitly name Jesus, nor does it inherently define "prophet" in a way that exclusively applies to Christ without external theological interpretation.