John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:15
The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet ,.... Not Joshua, as Aben Ezra, not Jeremiah, as Baal Haturim, nor David F15 Herbanus in Disputat. cum Gregent. p. 13. col. 2. , as others; nor a succession of prophets, as Jarchi; for a single person is only spoken of; and there is a dissimilitude between Moses and anyone of the prophets, and all of them in succession, Deuteronomy 34:10 , but the Messiah, with whom the whole agrees; and upon this the expectation of a prophet among... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:15-22
Here is, I. The promise of the great prophet, with a command to receive him, and hearken to him. Now, 1. Some think it is the promise of a succession of prophets, that should for many ages be kept up in Israel. Besides the priests and Levites, their ordinary ministers, whose office it was to teach Jacob God's law, they should have prophets, extraordinary ministers, to reprove them for their faults, remind them of their duty, and foretel things to come, judgments for warning and deliverances... read more