Where in the Bible does Moses write about Jesus?

Answer 1

Moses wrote nothing about Jesus, but the author of Matthew's Gospel sought to show Moses prefiguring Jesus. By means of hindsight, it became possible to draw a parallel between the revered patriarch and Jesus, and perhaps show that Moses seemed to have expected him.

Matthew had Herod slaughter the innocent infants of Bethlehem because he feared Jesus, just as the Old Testament says that the pharaoh slaughtered the Israelite infants because he feared Moses. Joseph went with Jesus to Egypt and Jesus saved his people, just as the Old Testament Joseph went to Egypt and saved his people. Matthew even says that Joseph's father was Jacob (Heli in Luke's Gospel) just as the Old Testament Joseph's father was Jacob.

Some say that Deuteronomy 18:15-18 is a prophecy of Jesus:
The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

This passage does not mention Jesus and does not say anything that identifies the prophet as Jesus, nor does it describe him as the Son of God or anything more than a prophet. It could refer to any of the major prophets to come, or any one of the many other Jews who claimed to be the Messiah. By itself it is meaningless. But, with Matthew's Gospel in mind, it is just possible to think that, if Moses wrote Deuteronomy, he could have been talking of Jesus.