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What the Fathers say

Acts 3:22

Eastern Fathers

John Chrysostom

"A prophet shall the Lord God raise up for you from among your brethren, like unto me." This would most conciliate them. Do you observe the sprinkling of low matters and high, side by side,-that He Who was to go up into the heavens should be like unto Moses? And yet it was a great thing too. …

Homily on Acts 9 ↗

Theophylact of Ohrid

He said "will raise up… a Prophet like me." The expression "like me" should be understood not in the sense of nature, but in the sense of activity. Moses likened himself to Christ not by nature, but by actions, because if he had used the expression "like me" in the sense of nature, then not one but many would have risen. Emmanuel is called a Prophet according to His humanity — a mediator, as Moses was in his time, between God and men. …

Commentary on Acts ↗

Oecumenius

What is this, "like me"? Christ is born in Bethlehem, and Moses in Egypt. That Moses is an Israelite, as is this Jesus according to the flesh. That Moses is of a priestly lineage, as is this Jesus of David because of the Virgin. Pharaoh opposed that Moses, Herod opposed this Jesus. That Pharaoh killed infants, and this Herod slayed infants; that Moses and this Jesus are male. That Moses was saved through a mother, and this Jesus was saved through a Mother and also with His Mother. …

Commentary on Acts ↗

Western Saints

Bede

Moses indeed said: Because the Lord your God has raised up for you a prophet from among your brethren, like me, you shall listen to him according to all that he will speak to you, etc. The beginning of this passage in Greek has more: Moses indeed said to your fathers: Because the Lord your God has raised up for you a prophet. …

Retractions on Acts ↗