Deuteronomy 18:20 ESV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:15-22

Here is, I. The promise of the great prophet, with a command to receive him, and hearken to him. Now, 1. Some think it is the promise of a succession of prophets, that should for many ages be kept up in Israel. Besides the priests and Levites, their ordinary ministers, whose office it was to teach Jacob God's law, they should have prophets, extraordinary ministers, to reprove them for their faults, remind them of their duty, and foretel things to come, judgments for warning and deliverances... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:20

But the prophet which shall presume to speak in my name ,.... Pretending a mission and commission from God, and yet was never sent by him, like the prophets in Jeremiah 23:21 , which I have not commanded him to speak ; which though true was not to be spoken in a public manner, by assuming a public office, without a divine authority or a commission from God, and much less what was false, and never commanded to be spoken at all by any: or, that shall speak in the name of other gods ;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:9-22

Moses was not only the leader and ruler of the people, he was also the medium through which God communicated with the people, gave them his laws, and conveyed to them his word and will. In this respect his place could be supplied neither by priest nor by king. In the prospect of his demise, therefore, there required to be instituted another office, that of a prophet, one who should be between God and the people, as the channel through which Divine communications might pass to them. This office... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:15-20

Prophecy. The term "Prophet" covers the whole series of Old Testament prophets, culminating in Christ, the Prophet like unto Moses par excellence (see infra ). I. PROPHECY IN GENERAL . The prophet—what? Etymologically, one "boiling or bubbling over" with the Divine inspiration. No mere religious genius, but one truly and supernaturally inspired. A revealer and declarer of the will of God. Future events were foretold: 1. As signs. 2. In warnings and appeals. 3. In... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:15-22

There should be no need for Israel to turn to heathen soothsayers, or diviners, or such like, because from amongst themselves, of their own brethren, would God raise up prophets like unto Moses, who, as occasion required, would reveal to them what God willed them to know. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:15-22

God speaking to man through man. The Exposition, as well as the Commentaries of Jameson and Keil, may, with great advantage, be consulted on this passage, and also Hengstenberg's 'Christology,' vol. 1. pp. 96-107. Our brief homiletic sketches assume that the student has already mastered the exegesis, and comprehended the intent of the passage. Its connection with the preceding paragraph is obvious. The people had been warned against having recourse to familiar spirits, etc; on the ground... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:15-22

The promised Prophet. From speaking of the paltry expectations about divination, Moses goes on to speak of the general plan of Divine revelation. The people had had the splendid chance of direct communion with God, without any mediation. God spoke to them from heaven at Sinai; but so afraid were they of immediate revelation that they implored Moses to mediate the message for them. He became consequently, with God's full approval, the human medium through which the Divine will was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:15-22

Presages of the true Prophet. Captious men of the present day complain that they cannot see God—cannot hear his voice. In their heart they do not wish to see him. He will not reveal himself, as an object of curiosity, to the eye of speculation. He reveals himself to the conscience and to the loyal heart. But men do not wish to see him as the embodiment of righteousness. They shudder and flee away. Yet in no other way can they see him than as he truly is. In this circumstance of mutual... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:19-22

To the Prophet who should thus speak to the people all that God should command him, they were to pay the utmost deference, and to his words they were to render implicit obedience. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:20

If, however, a prophet should presume to speak in the Name of the Lord what the Lord had not commanded him to speak, or if he should speak in the name of other gods, not only was no regard to be paid to his words, but he was himself to be treated as a blasphemer, and to be put to death. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:15-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:9-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:15-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:15-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:15-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:15-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:15-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:19-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:20

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