<p>3:22 <i>Moses indeed said: A prophet like me shall the Lord God</i>- Peter had been reminded of the prophecy of Dt. 18:15 when he was told to &quot;hear Him&quot; at the transfiguration. But Peter had there fallen down paralyzed with fear; he didn&rsquo;t really hear the son of God then. Yet here in Acts 3:22, Peter quotes Dt. 18:15 and asks his hearers to obey the passage by hearing Jesus, through his preaching of Him. He was asking his audience to do what he himself hadn&rsquo;t done. &nbsp;</p><p><em>Raise up for you</em>- This 'raising up' is understood by Peter as referring to the Lord's resurrection (:26 &quot;God, having raised up His servant...&quot;). That hardly seems to be the context of the original Old Testament quotation. But the New Testament often quotes the Old without attention to context; just as Jewish midrash interpretation quotes Bible verses out of their context in order to explain other verses. Context is not always the key to Biblical interpretation; the Spirit which inspired the OT also inspired the NT, and therefore OT words and phrases are at times taken hold of in the NT and given a new meaning which is not at all in harmony with the context surrounding the original OT text. However, whether <em>we</em> are justified in doing this is doubtful- for one could then make any text mean whatever we wish by taking it out of context. We are the readers and interpreters of the text and not the inspired authors. This is not to say that sometimes, indeed often, the surrounding context of the original text is irrelevant. Harry Whittaker excelled at demonstrating how a verse from a Psalm was applied to the Lord Jesus in the NT, and then returning to the original Psalm and showing how so much else there was also relevant to the Lord's experiences. But I'm saying that this is not always how the Spirit interprets the OT.</p><p><em>From among your brothers like unto me-</em> A clear statement of the Lord's utter humanity, perhaps alluding to how the sacrificial Paschal lamb was to be taken out &quot;from among&quot; the flock.</p><p><em>You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you</em>- An example of where prophecy is not merely prediction, but also a command. Insofar as obedience is a function of human freewill, prophecies like this are therefore open to some element of failure or having their fulfilment reframed by the extent of human obedience. Ezekiel's prophecies of a glorious temple to be built by the returning exiles would be a classic example. The words of the great commission allude to this well-known Messianic prophecy- the preachers were to go &quot;teaching them to observe all things whatever I commanded you&quot; (Mt. 28:20). The Lord thereby invited Israel to see Him as the prophet like unto Moses who was to be obeyed.</p>