KJV King James Version
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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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’
WEB World English Bible
This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.’
ASV American Standard Version
This is that Moses, who said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
this is the Moses who did say to the sons of Israel: A prophet to you shall the Lord your God raise up out of your brethren, like to me, him shall ye hear.
Surrounding context — Acts 7
34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
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.
36 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.
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.
38 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:
39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for [as for] this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
οὗτόςG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itἐστινG1510 · eimito beὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoΜωϋσῆςG3475 · Mōusēs, MōsēsMosesὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoεἴπαςG2036 · eiponto sayτοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoυἱοῖςG5207 · uhiossonἸσραήλ·G2474 · IsraēlIsraelπροφήτηνG4396 · prophētēsprophetὑμῖνG4771 · suyouἀναστήσειG450 · anistēmito ariseὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεὸςG2316 · theosGodἐκG1537 · ekout fromτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀδελφῶνG80 · adelphosbrotherὑμῶνG4771 · suyouὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenἐμέG1473 · egōI/we
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 18:15-19The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;Acts 3:22-23For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.John 18:37Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.Matthew 17:3-5And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.Acts 7:38This 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:Mark 9:7And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.Luke 9:30-31And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:Luke 9:35And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.John 8:46-47Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?Daniel 6:13Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which [is] of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.2 Chronicles 28:22And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this [is that] king Ahaz.
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