I've been studying the Gospel of John

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I’ve only gotten to the beginning of the second chapter. But I have a question on the first chapter.

I’m not sure of the exact verse, but when John the Baptist is asked if he is the Prophet, who are they talking about? Isn’t John one of the most important prophets, so to speak? He does announce Jesus as God.

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They are asking if he is “the Prophet” that Moses refered to in Deut. 18:15 “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brethren–him you shall heed–”
 
Thank you.

Who was the prophet of whom Moses spoke? Where does the Bible give explanation to who he is?
 
Try Acts 3:19-23:

19 Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away, 20 and that the Lord may grant you times of refreshment and send you the Messiah already appointed for you, Jesus, 21 whom heaven must receive until the times of universal restoration of which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old. 22 For Moses said: 'A prophet like me will the Lord, your God, raise up for you from among your own kinsmen; to him you shall listen in all that he may say to you.
23 Everyone who does not listen to that prophet will be cut off from the people.
You may find it hard to follow the antecedent in this verse, because it is a little wordy. So let’s sum up the grammar here:
  1. Antecedent noun phrase: “the Messiah already appointed for you”
  2. Appositive: Jesus
  3. non-restrictive adjective clause: “whom heaven must receive until the times of universal restoration”
  4. non-restrictive adjective clause: “of which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old.”
Remember that adjective clauses describe the preceding noun. Thus, both 3 and 4 describe 1.

If you simply combine 2 and 4 you get: “Jesus, of [whom] God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets of old.” Which leads to the next verse where Moses, a prophet of old, speaks of the Prophet, whom we now know is Jesus.

I would highly recommend buying a study bible if you can afford it. My personal favourite is “The Catholic Answer Bible.”

Peace of Christ,
Matt
 
WarriorForJesus said:
I’ve only gotten to the beginning of the second chapter. But I have a question on the first chapter.

I’m not sure of the exact verse, but when John the Baptist is asked if he is the Prophet, who are they talking about? Isn’t John one of the most important prophets, so to speak? He does announce Jesus as God.

Janice
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In humility John answered them, because they were refering to the prophits in the Hebrew bible announcing the coming of the messia, John didn’t consider himself worthy to be a prophit or to tie His sandles.
 
From the Haydock Bible Commentary on John 1:19:
…To their next question, if he was not Elias? He answered: he was not: because in person he was not; though our Saviour (Matthew xi. 14.) says he was Elias: to wit, in spirit and office only. Their third question was, if he was a prophet? He answered, no. Yet Christ (Matthew xi.) tells us, he was a prophet, and more than a prophet. In the ordinary acceptation only, they were called prophets who foretold things to come: John then, with truth, as well as humility, could say he was not a prophet; not being sent to foretell the coming of the Messias, but to point him out as already come, and present with the Jews.
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Scot Hahn’s notes for the RSV say The Prophet refers to **Deuteronomy 18:15-18 **
15* "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brethren–him you shall heed-- 16 just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’ 17 And the LORD said to me, 'They have rightly said all that they have spoken. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brethren; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.
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Joe_Kelley said:
Scot Hahn’s notes for the RSV say The Prophet refers to **Deuteronomy 18:15-18 **
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sigh Let’s not forget he co-wrote those with Curtis Mitch, who gets no respect, because everyone always forgets he co-wrote them. 😦
 
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