◄ Acts 21:9 ►
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Good News Translation
He had four unmarried daughters who proclaimed God's message.

New Revised Standard Version
He had four unmarried daughters who had the gift of prophecy.

Contemporary English Version
and he had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.

New American Bible
He had four virgin daughters gifted with prophecy.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he had four daughters, virgins, who did prophesy.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he had four daughters, virgins, who did prophesy.

virgins.

1 Corinthians 7:25-34,38 Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give counsel, as having obtained mercy of the Lord, to be faithful. . . .

which.

Acts 2:17 And it shall come to pass, in the last days, (saith the Lord), I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy: and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

Exodus 15:20 So Mary the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand: and all the women went forth after her with timbrels and with dances.

Judges 4:4 And there was at that time Debbora, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, who judged the people.

2 Kings 22:14 So Helcias, the priest, and Ahicam, and Achobor, and Sapham, and Asaia, went to Holda, the prophetess, the wife of Sellum, the son of Thecua, the son of Araas, keeper of the wardrobe, who dwelt in Jerusalem, in the Second: and they spoke to her.

Nehemiah 6:14 Remember me, O Lord, for Tobias and Sanaballat, according to their works of this kind: and Noadias the prophet, and the rest of the prophets that would have put me in fear.

Joel 2:28 And it shall come to pass after this, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy: your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

1 Corinthians 11:4,5 Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered disgraceth his head. . . .

Revelation 2:20 But I have against thee a few things: because thou sufferest the woman Jezabel, who calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants, to commit fornication and to eat of things sacrificed to idols.

Context
Paul Visits Philip the Evangelist
8And the next day departing, we came to Caesarea. And entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we abode with him. 9And he had four daughters, virgins, who did prophesy. 10And as we tarried there for some days, there came from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus.…
Cross References
Ezekiel 13:17
And thou, son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people that prophesy out of their own heart: and do thou prophesy against them,

Luke 2:36
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser. She was far advanced in years and had lived with her husband seven years from her virginity.

Acts 13:1
Now there were in the church which was at Antioch prophets and doctors, among whom was Barnabas and Simon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene and Manahen who was the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

1 Corinthians 11:5
But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven.

Acts 21:8
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