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Acts 7:37-38 King James Version (KJV)
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:
Acts 7:37-38 New King James Version (NKJV)
Israel Rebels Against God
37 “This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear.’
38 “This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, the one who received the living oracles to give to us,
New King James Version(NKJV) Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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37 God told Moses what to say often times when Moses spoke it was God’s word. This is reference to Christ it was accepted by scholars of that day that this was a reference to the Messiah which in Greek is Christ. Another view on this scripture was that this was reference to all that prophets after Moses.
38 Stephen is saying that Christ gave the law down to Moses, Jesus we learn from John is the Word so what Stephen is saying makes perfect sense if we can understand that because the law was God’s word but God’s word became flesh and died because we could not live by His laws but were guilty of breaking them.
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:
Acts 7:37-38 New King James Version (NKJV)
Israel Rebels Against God
37 “This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear.’
38 “This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, the one who received the living oracles to give to us,
New King James Version(NKJV) Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
These are my thoughts, please share yours.
37 God told Moses what to say often times when Moses spoke it was God’s word. This is reference to Christ it was accepted by scholars of that day that this was a reference to the Messiah which in Greek is Christ. Another view on this scripture was that this was reference to all that prophets after Moses.
38 Stephen is saying that Christ gave the law down to Moses, Jesus we learn from John is the Word so what Stephen is saying makes perfect sense if we can understand that because the law was God’s word but God’s word became flesh and died because we could not live by His laws but were guilty of breaking them.