Of Whom Do the Prophets Speak

A Greater Prophet than Moses

DEUTERONOMY 18

18. I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto My words which he shall speak in My name, I will require it of him.

The religious leaders of Jesus' day certainly were looking for this prophet like Moses to come.

Rabbis saw Messiah as a prophet who would be greater than Moses who was truly the greatest of the Hebrew prophets.

Fulfillment

JOHN 5

45. Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
46. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
47. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

Targum Onkelos

Abraham ben Isaak ben Jehudah ben Samuel (Shalom) (he died in Italy in 1492, writer of 'Neve Shalom') "The King Messiah shall be above Abraham, be high above Moses."

Targum Palestine:
"And a right Prophet (Prophet of Righteousness ) will the Lord your God give you, a Prophet from among you, of your brethren like unto me with the Holy Spirit, will the Lord your God raise up unto you; to Him shall ye be obedient."
Rabbi Levi ben Gershon ( lived in France 1288 - 1344 )
"In fact the Messiah is such a Prophet as it is stated in the Midrash on the verse, 'Behold My servant shall prosper' ( Isaiah 52:13 ) ...Moses by the miracles which he wrought drew but a single nation to the worship of God, but the Messiah will draw all nations the worship of God."

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