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Acts 21:9

Prophecy

7 When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.

8 Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.

He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.

10 After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

11 Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
KJV
And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
WEB
Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
ASV
Now this man had four virgin daughters, who prophesied.
DARBY
Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
BLB
And with this [man] there were four daughters, virgins, prophesying.
ÅB
Han hadde fire ugifte døtre som hadde profetisk gave.
OTB
Han hadde fire døtre som ikke var gift, og de profeterte.
B1930
Han hadde fire ugifte døtre som hadde profetisk gave.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 2:17

    ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

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  • Revelation 2:20

    But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

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  • Exodus 15:20

    Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.

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  • Luke 2:36

    There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years,

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  • Joel 2:28

    And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

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  • Nehemiah 6:14

    O my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who tried to intimidate me.

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  • Judges 4:4

    Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

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  • 2 Kings 22:14

    So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.

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