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A Valid and Human Question
Commentators observe that this verse voices a legitimate and practical question from the people's perspective. God anticipates this internal doubt—this 'saying in your heart'—and provides an answer. This shows that it is not wrong to seek assurance and that God provides criteria for believers to discern truth from error.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 18:21
18th Century
Theologian
And if you say in your heart, How... - The passage evidently assumes an occasion for consulting the prophet, similar to what was cu…
John Calvin
On Deuteronomy 18:21
16th Century
Theologian
And if you say in your heart. This exception refers to the prohibition, which we have already noticed in this same chapter. God, in His ap…
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 18:21
17th Century
Pastor
And if you say in your heart , &c] Such a thought arises in the mind, and it appears to be a difficulty, and a query is m…
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Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 18:15–22
17th Century
Minister
It is promised here concerning Christ that a Prophet would come, great above all the prophets. By Him, God would make Himself and His will known to…