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Peter quotes Deuteronomy 18 in Acts 3 and then says, “God has raised up this Jesus”; how does Chuck Pike argue that the wording “raise up” (anist?mi) intentionally carries resurrection meaning, and what does that suggest about God’s long-range purpose in prophecy?

Another way to ask: How does Chuck Pike say the phrase “raise up” in Acts 3 is meant to point to Jesus’s resurrection, not just God sending him? What does that say about God’s long-term plan in prophecy?

Direct Answer Chuck argues that the repeated prophecy phrase “raise up” uses the specific Septuagint word *anist?mi*, which can carry literal “raise from the dead” meaning, and Peter deliberately connects it to Jesus’s resurrection. That suggests God planted resurrection “signals” inside long-range prophecies, so the fulfillment would be recognized when Jesus was physically raised.

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In Acts 3 Peter quotes Deut. 18 (“The Lord…will raise up for you a prophet like me…”) and then ties it to Jesus: “And God has raised up this Jesus.”
Chuck stresses that the Septuagint word is *anist?mi*: “not send or commission or appoint, but raise up.”
He says the phrase had “multiple meanings,” and that this resurrection sense was “hidden in this expression.”
He connects this to the earlier Davidic prophecy pattern: “as we saw before…God says He’s going to raise up,” which can be “figuratively or…literally.”
He concludes it is “a prophecy about… the resurrection…that God would raise up a prophet like Moses…raised up physically.”

Discussion Follow-ups If God embedded resurrection meaning in the wording itself, what does that say about how carefully we should read repeated biblical phrases? How might this affect confidence in God’s long-term planning?

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