申命记 18:20-22 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:15-22

God speaking to man through man. The Exposition, as well as the Commentaries of Jameson and Keil, may, with great advantage, be consulted on this passage, and also Hengstenberg's 'Christology,' vol. 1. pp. 96-107. Our brief homiletic sketches assume that the student has already mastered the exegesis, and comprehended the intent of the passage. Its connection with the preceding paragraph is obvious. The people had been warned against having recourse to familiar spirits, etc; on the ground... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:15-22

The promised Prophet. From speaking of the paltry expectations about divination, Moses goes on to speak of the general plan of Divine revelation. The people had had the splendid chance of direct communion with God, without any mediation. God spoke to them from heaven at Sinai; but so afraid were they of immediate revelation that they implored Moses to mediate the message for them. He became consequently, with God's full approval, the human medium through which the Divine will was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:15-22

Presages of the true Prophet. Captious men of the present day complain that they cannot see God—cannot hear his voice. In their heart they do not wish to see him. He will not reveal himself, as an object of curiosity, to the eye of speculation. He reveals himself to the conscience and to the loyal heart. But men do not wish to see him as the embodiment of righteousness. They shudder and flee away. Yet in no other way can they see him than as he truly is. In this circumstance of mutual... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:19-22

To the Prophet who should thus speak to the people all that God should command him, they were to pay the utmost deference, and to his words they were to render implicit obedience. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:20

If, however, a prophet should presume to speak in the Name of the Lord what the Lord had not commanded him to speak, or if he should speak in the name of other gods, not only was no regard to be paid to his words, but he was himself to be treated as a blasphemer, and to be put to death. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:20-22

The false prophet. The failure of the word of a prophet was decisive proof that he had not spoken by Divine inspiration. Had his word not failed, it would not have followed that he was a true prophet, but it showed conclusively that he was a false one when his word did fail. I. CERTAINTY OF FULFILLMENT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF GOD 'S WORDS . If e . g . the prophecies of the Scriptures could be shown to have been falsified by events, it would, by the rule laid down... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:21-22

The test by which it was to be discovered which was the true prophet and which the false, was the fulfillment or non-fulfillment of his prediction. The reference here is to the prediction of proximate events—events that were to happen within a limited period, but which were not such as one not divinely instructed could foresee. When such came to pass, the pretensions of the prophet were thereby substantiated, and his authority established (cf. 1 Samuel 3:19 ; John 2:18 , etc.). This was a... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 18:20

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 18:21

And if thou say in thine heart, How ... - The passage evidently assumes such an occasion for consulting the prophet as was usual among the pagan, e. g., an impending battle or other such crisis (compare 1 Kings 22:11), in which his veracity would soon be put to the test. Failure of a prediction is set forth as a sure note of its being “presumptuous.” But from Deuteronomy 13:2 ff we see that the fulfillment of a prediction would not decisively accredit him who uttered it: for the prophet or... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 18:22

Deuteronomy 18:22. If the thing follow not Which he gives as a sign of the truth of his prophecy. That is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken The falsehood of his prediction shows him to be a false prophet. He hath spoken it presumptuously Impudently ascribing his own vain and lying fancies to the God of truth. For though the mere fulfilling of a sign, or working of a bare miracle, was not to be considered as sufficient of itself to establish a false and wicked doctrine, as is... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:15-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:15-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:15-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:19-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:20-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:21-22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 18:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 18:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 18:22

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