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22 Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey[a] him in everything he tells you.[b] 23 Every person[c] who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed[d] from the people.’[e]

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  1. Acts 3:22 tn Grk “hear,” but the idea of “hear and obey” or simply “obey” is frequently contained in the Greek verb ἀκούω (akouō; see L&N 36.14) and the following context (v. 23) makes it clear that failure to “obey” the words of this “prophet like Moses” will result in complete destruction.
  2. Acts 3:22 sn A quotation from Deut 18:15. By quoting Deut 18:15 Peter declared that Jesus was the eschatological “prophet like [Moses]” mentioned in that passage, who reveals the plan of God and the way of God.
  3. Acts 3:23 tn Grk “every soul” (here “soul” is an idiom for the whole person).
  4. Acts 3:23 tn Or “will be completely destroyed.” In Acts 3:23 the verb ἐξολεθρεύω (exolethreuō) is translated “destroy and remove” by L&N 20.35.
  5. Acts 3:23 sn A quotation from Deut 18:19, also Lev 23:29. The OT context of Lev 23:29 discusses what happened when one failed to honor atonement. One ignored the required sacrifice of God at one’s peril.

22 For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells you.(A) 23 Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from their people.’[a](B)

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  1. Acts 3:23 Deut. 18:15,18,19