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Deuteronomy 18:18-19

The New Testament’s use of Deuteronomy

2 places · 1 kind of echo

The source

I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him. It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

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Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.

Allusion2

A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.

John 7:14-24

'My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me' (v.16) and 'he who sent me is true' echo the prophet-like-Moses who speaks only what God commands, into whose mouth God puts his words. The sending/speaking-not-from-self language is the diagnostic mark distinguishing the true prophet (Deut 18) from one who speaks presumptuously. Strong coherence with John's prophet-Christology, reinforced by v.40 ('truly the prophet').

High confidence
John 12:44-50

'I spoke not from myself, but the Father... gave me a commandment what I should say' and the warning that the rejected 'word' will judge in the last day echo the prophet-like-Moses who speaks only the words God commands, and whom God will hold men accountable to hear. Coherence with John's prophet christology is strong; medium absent a citation formula.

Medium confidence
Elsewhere in Deuteronomy 18
Deuteronomy 18:10-11 2Deuteronomy 18:10-12 2Deuteronomy 18:13 3Deuteronomy 18:15-18 3Deuteronomy 18:15 14Deuteronomy 18:15-19 3Deuteronomy 18:18 3Deuteronomy 18:20-22 2