Deuteronomy 18:18 expands the promise of the coming prophet: God will raise him up from among the Israelites, put His own words in the prophet's mouth, and the prophet will speak everything God commands. The emphasis is upon divine authorization. The true prophet does not originate his message independently but faithfully communicates the word entrusted to him by God.

Jesus describes His own ministry in strikingly similar terms. In John 8:28-29 He says that He does nothing on His own authority but speaks as the Father taught Him, and that the One who sent Him remains with Him. Elsewhere in John's Gospel Jesus repeatedly emphasizes that His teaching comes from the Father. The correspondence with Deuteronomy is therefore substantial, and Acts 3:22 explicitly identifies Jesus with Moses' promised Prophet. Yet Jesus exceeds the prophetic pattern: He does not merely transmit revelation as one prophet among many, but is presented in the New Testament as the Son who uniquely reveals the Father.