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Acts 21:9

He had four virgin daughters who had the gift of prophecy.

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Luke;   Minister, Christian;   Paul;   Philip;   Prophetesses;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Prophetesses;   Women;   Young People;   Young Women, Godly;   Youthful Piety;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Luke;   Philip;   Prophets;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Acts, book of;   Philip;   Prophecy, prophet;   Virgin;   Women;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Holy Spirit, Gifts of;   Luke-Acts, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Syrian Christians;   Worship of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Woman;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Joel;   Philip the Evangelist;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Luke;   Luke, Gospel of;   Offices in the New Testament;   Philip;   Prophetess;   Virgin, Virgin Birth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acts of the Apostles;   Caesarea;   Church Government;   Corinthians, First Epistle to the;   Manaen;   Philip;   Prophet;   Prophetess;   Virgin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Brethren of the Lord (2);   Eschatology;   Inspiration and Revelation;   John (the Apostle);   Libertines;   Marriage;   Miracles;   Paul;   Philip the Evangelist;   Prophecy Prophet Prophetess;   Regeneration;   Virgin Virginity;   Woman;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Prophecy, Prophet;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Phil'ip the Evangelist;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Philip;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ministry;   Philip the Evangelist;   Prophecy;   Prophetess;   Woman;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Agabus;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
King James Version (1611)
And ye same man had foure daughters, virgins, which did prophesie.
King James Version
And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
English Standard Version
He had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied.
New American Standard Bible
Now this man had four virgin daughters who were prophetesses.
New Century Version
He had four unmarried daughters who had the gift of prophesying.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now this man had four virgin daughters who were prophetesses.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
Berean Standard Bible
He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
Contemporary English Version
and he had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
Complete Jewish Bible
He had four unmarried daughters with the gift of prophecy.
Darby Translation
Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
Easy-to-Read Version
He had four unmarried daughters who had the gift of prophesying.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Now he had foure daughters virgins, which did prophecie.
George Lamsa Translation
He had four daughters, virgins, who prophesied.
Good News Translation
He had four unmarried daughters who proclaimed God's message.
Lexham English Bible
(Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.)
Literal Translation
And there were four virgin daughters to this one, who prophesied.
American Standard Version
Now this man had four virgin daughters, who prophesied.
Bible in Basic English
And he had four daughters, virgins, who were prophets.
Hebrew Names Version
Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
International Standard Version
He had four unmarried daughters who could prophesy.Joel 2:28; Acts 2:17;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And he had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
Murdock Translation
He had four virgin daughters, who were prophetesses.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the same man had foure daughters, virgins, which dyd prophesie.
English Revised Version
Now this man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
World English Bible
Now this man had four virgin daughters, who prophesied.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he had four daughters, virgins, who were prophetesses.
Weymouth's New Testament
Now Philip had four unmarried daughters who were prophetesses;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And to hym weren foure douytris, virgyns, that profecieden.
Update Bible Version
Now this man had four virgin daughters, who prophesied.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the same man had four daughters, virgins, who prophesied.
New English Translation
(He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.)
New King James Version
Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
New Living Translation
He had four unmarried daughters who had the gift of prophecy.
New Life Bible
Philip had four daughters who were not married. They spoke the Word of God.
New Revised Standard
He had four unmarried daughters who had the gift of prophecy.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now - this man, had four virgin daughters, who used to prophesy.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he had four daughters, virgins, who did prophesy.
Revised Standard Version
And he had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The same man had fower doughters virges which dyd prophesy.
Young's Literal Translation
and this one had four daughters, virgins, prophesying.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The same had foure doughters, which were virgins, and prophecied.
Mace New Testament (1729)
he was one of the seven deacons, and had four daughters all virgins, prophetesses.
Simplified Cowboy Version
He had four virgin daughters who also spoke the word of the Lord.

Contextual Overview

8On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and we went to the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven [deacons], and stayed with him. 9He had four virgin daughters who had the gift of prophecy.10As we were staying there for some time, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. 11And coming to [see] us, he took Paul's [wide] band (belt, sash) and bound his own feet and hands, and said, "This is what the Holy Spirit says: 'In this same way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this band, and they will hand him over to the Gentiles (pagans).'" 12Now when we had heard this, both we and the local residents began pleading with Paul trying to persuade him not to go up to Jerusalem. 13Then Paul replied, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart [like this]? For I am ready not only to be bound and imprisoned, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus." 14And since he would not be dissuaded, we stopped pleading and fell silent, saying, "The Lord's will be done!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

virgins: 1 Corinthians 7:25-34, 1 Corinthians 7:38

which: Acts 2:17, Exodus 15:20, Judges 4:4, 2 Kings 22:14, Nehemiah 6:14, Joel 2:28, 1 Corinthians 11:4, 1 Corinthians 11:5, Revelation 2:20

Reciprocal: Numbers 11:25 - they prophesied 2 Chronicles 34:22 - the prophetess Nehemiah 3:12 - he and his daughters Luke 2:36 - a prophetess John 16:13 - he will show Acts 11:27 - prophets Romans 12:6 - whether 1 Corinthians 12:10 - prophecy

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not borne him any children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 17:20
"As for Ishmael, I have heard and listened to you; behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful and will greatly multiply him [through his descendants]. He will be the father of twelve princes (chieftains, sheiks), and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 21:1
The LORD graciously remembered and visited Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for her as He had promised.
Genesis 21:3
Abraham named his son Isaac (laughter), the son to whom Sarah gave birth.
Genesis 21:5
Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born.
Genesis 21:6
Sarah said, "God has made me laugh; all who hear [about our good news] will laugh with me."
Genesis 21:13
"And I will also make a nation of [Ishmael] the son of the maid, because he is your descendant."
Genesis 21:14
So Abraham got up early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the boy, and sent her away. And she left [but lost her way] and wandered [aimlessly] in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
Genesis 21:23
so now, swear to me here by God that you will not deal unfairly with me [by breaking any agreements we have] or with my son or with my descendants, but as I have treated you with kindness, you shall do the same to me and to the land in which you have sojourned (temporarily lived)."
Genesis 21:24
And Abraham said, "I will swear."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the same man had four daughters,.... So that he was a married man, which may be observed against the Papists, who forbid marriage to ecclesiastics: and they were,

virgins: not under any vow of virginity, but they had not as yet changed their state of life, and were pure and incorrupt:

which did prophesy; not explain and interpret Scripture, or preach in public assemblies; for these were not allowed women, neither in the Jewish synagogues, nor in Christian assemblies; but they were endowed with a gift of foretelling future events, as was promised such should have in Gospel times, Joel 2:28.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Which did prophesy - See the notes on Acts 2:17; Acts 11:27. That females sometimes partook of the prophetic influence, and foretold future events, is evident from various places in the New Testament. See the notes on Acts 2:17.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 21:9. Four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy. — Probably these were no more than teachers in the Church: for we have already seen that this is a frequent meaning of the word prophesy; and this is undoubtedly one thing intended by the prophecy of Joel, quoted Acts 2:17-18, of this book. If Philip's daughters might be prophetesses, why not teachers?


 
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