John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:17
And the Lord said unto me ,.... Unto Moses, who carried the above request to the Lord: they have well spoken that which they have spoken ; see Deuteronomy 5:28 . read more
Deuteronomy-18:17-22
John Gill
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:18
I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren like unto thee ,.... So that it seems this promise or prophecy was first made at Mount Sinai, but now renewed and repeated, and which is nowhere else recorded; see Deuteronomy 18:15 when they were not only made easy for the present by appointing Moses to receive from the Lord all further notices of his mind and will, but were assured that when it was his pleasure to make a new revelation, or a further discovery of his mind and will,... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:19
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words ,.... To the doctrines of the Gospel, but slight and despise them: which he shall speak in my name ; in whose name he came, and whose words or doctrines he declared them to be; not as his own, but his Father's, John 5:43 . I will require it of him ; or, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan,"my Word shall require it of him, or take vengeance on him;'as Christ the Word of God did in the destruction of the... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:20
But the prophet which shall presume to speak in my name ,.... Pretending a mission and commission from God, and yet was never sent by him, like the prophets in Jeremiah 23:21 , which I have not commanded him to speak ; which though true was not to be spoken in a public manner, by assuming a public office, without a divine authority or a commission from God, and much less what was false, and never commanded to be spoken at all by any: or, that shall speak in the name of other gods ;... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:21
And if thou say in thine heart , &c.; Such a thought arises in the mind, and it appears to be a difficulty, and a query is made upon it: how shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken ? What marks, signs, and criterions are those by which it may be known that it is not a word that comes from the Lord? read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:22
When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord ,.... Says he comes from God, is sent by him, and has a commission from him to say so: if the thing follow not, nor come to pass ; as the prophecy of Hananiah, Jeremiah 28:3 that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken; or otherwise it would have come to pass, unless when a condition is either expressed or implied, as the repentance or disobedience of a people; see Jeremiah 18:7 . but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously ;... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:22
If the thing follow not - It is worthy of remark that the prophets in general predicted those things which were shortly to come to pass, that the people might have the fullest proof of their Divine mission, and of the existence of God's providence in the administration of the affairs of men. The promise contained in the Deuteronomy 18:15 ; and Deuteronomy 18:18 ; verses of this chapter has long been considered of the first importance in the controversies between the Christians and... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:17
Verse 17 17.They have well spoken. Moses relates how this desire of the people was approved by the judgment and the voice of God. Not as if whatever the foolish caprice of men may have urged them absurdly to ask, ought therefore to be immediately granted; but when God’s consent and, so to speak, His vote coincides with it, then whatever He shews to be pleasing to Him ought to stand firm and inviolable. Hence it follows that God, in sending the Prophets, provided for the salvation of men as was... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:19
Verse 19 Thus far I have reviewed The Supplements To The First Commandment, which relate to the Ancient Types and Legal Worship. The Commandment itself will always remain in force, even to the end of the world; and is given not only to the Jews, but likewise to us also. But God formerly made use of the ceremonies as temporary aids, of which, although the use has ceased, the utility still remains; because from them it more clearly appears how God is to be duly served; and the spirit of religion... read more
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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