Acts 3:22-24
What is written? (ESV)
Moses said, The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you. And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people. And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days.
What does it say?
Moses said that God would raise up a prophet like him from amongst you and to him you will listen (Deuteronomy 18:15). Further he said that any that don’t listen will be destroyed (Deuteronomy 18:19). All the prophets from Samuel onward have proclaimed these days.
What is its immediate context?
Peter (with John) is addressing the crowd gathered at Solomon’s porch in his second recorded sermon. He refers to the prophets and their testimony as his primary argument for the “times of refreshing” – the sending of the Christ – that they were experiencing (vs 20).
How Acts 3:22-24 is applied across Bible answers
When are the Christian last days?
Peter says that all the prophets spoke of "these days" (those were first-century, "Christ appeared" days).
Who are the messengers of God?
Peter confirms that Moses' words about a prophet greater than himself, recorded in Deuteronomy 18:15,18-19 were a foretelling of Jesus.
