¹¹ So the multitudes said, “This is Jesus, ^(A)the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”

¹⁴ Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly ^(A)the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

Who Is He?

⁴⁰ Therefore ^[a]many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is ^(A)the Prophet.”

^16 (A)Then fear ^[a]came upon all, and they ^(B)glorified God, saying, ^(C)“A great prophet has risen up among us”; and, ^(D)“God has visited His people.”

Israel Rebels Against God

³⁷ “This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ^(A)‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. ^(B)Him^[a] you shall hear.’

¹⁷ They said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?”

He said, ^(A)“He is a prophet.”

²³ And he came and dwelt in a city called ^(A)Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled ^(B)which was spoken by the prophets, “He shall be called a Nazarene.”

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ^(A)

¹³ When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, ^(B)“Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”

¹⁴ So they said, ^(C)“Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or ^(D)one of the prophets.”

A New Prophet Like Moses

^15 (A)“The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear, ¹⁶ according to all you desired of the Lord your God in Horeb ^(B)in the day of the assembly, saying, ^(C)‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.’

¹⁷ “And the Lord said to me: ^(D)‘What they have spoken is good. ^18 (E)I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and ^(F)will put My words in His mouth, ^(G)and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. ^19 (H)And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him.