Luke 9:35 to Deuteronomy 18:15

NT Text: Luke 9:35

OT Source(s):

• Deuteronomy 18:15 ("The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him")

Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Reference Type: Allusion

Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment + Typology (Direct Type, Forward-Looking)

Anchor Text: Deut 18:15-19 — A Prophet Like Moses

Significance: The divine voice at the Transfiguration — "This is My Son, whom I have chosen. Listen to Him!" (Luke 9:35) — deliberately echoes the command of Deuteronomy 18:15: "You must listen to him (šāmaʿ tišmaʿ ʾēlāyw)" — God's instruction regarding the Prophet-like-Moses. The Greek autou akouete ("listen to him!") in Luke 9:35 reproduces the LXX of Deuteronomy 18:15, making the connection unmistakable. The Transfiguration scene frames Jesus between Moses and Elijah — the Law and the Prophets — and the voice's command to "listen to him" identifies Jesus as the eschatological Prophet whom Moses predicted, the one to whom all previous revelation pointed. Acts 3:22-23 and Acts 7:37 make the Deuteronomy 18 allusion explicit in the apostolic preaching. The command replaces the Old Testament mediators with the Son himself as the final and definitive spokesman.