Acts 3:22

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“For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.”

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BSBPD

“For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For 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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me; to him shall ye hearken in all things whatsoever he shall speak unto you.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“`For Moses, indeed, unto the fathers said--A prophet to you shall the Lord your God raise up out of your brethren, like to me; him shall ye hear in all things, as many as he may speak unto you;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 3:22 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 18:15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
  2. Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
  3. Matthew 17:4Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If You wish, I will put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
  4. Mark 9:4And Elijah and Moses appeared before them, talking with Jesus.
  5. Luke 9:30Suddenly two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with Jesus.
  6. Luke 13:33Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.
  7. Luke 24:19“What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people.
  8. John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
  9. John 5:24Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
  10. John 5:39You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
  11. John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
  12. John 12:46I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
  13. Acts 7:37This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’
  14. Romans 8:3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
  15. Romans 9:5Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.
  16. Galatians 4:4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
  17. Hebrews 1:1On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
  18. Hebrews 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
  19. Hebrews 2:9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
  20. Hebrews 5:9And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
  21. Revelation 1:1This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

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