Acts 3:22

Moses truly said. Or, “Moses said indeed.” The line of true prophets suggested here and in v. 24 reveals the expectation of the coming of some one great prophet who should excel all others, as illustrated in the question put to John the Baptist, “Art thou that prophet?” (John 1:21). None of the leaders following Moses had been altogether “like unto” him (see Deut. 18:15; see below under “like unto me”). His work marked a new epoch, the manifestation of the glory of God through a theocracy, with its divinely ordained law and service of worship. Jesus’ coming marked the opening of another new epoch, with His kingdom established in the “new” hearts of individual men (see Jer. 31:31-34; Heb. 8:8-12).

Unto the fathers. Textual evidence favors (cf. p. 10) the omission of these words.

Like unto me. Moses quoted the Lord’s promise to him that the prophet to come should be “like unto thee” (Deut. 18:18). But the parallel stops short because Moses was neither the only-begotten Son of God nor the vicariously suffering Atoner, both of which Jesus was.

Him shall ye hear. That is, Him shall ye obey (see on John 6:60).

He shall say. Here Peter changes his quotation of Deut. 18:18 slightly to make it a command to his hearers.