Acts 21:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.”
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BSBPD
“He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Now this man had four virgin daughters, who prophesied.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and this one had four daughters, virgins, prophesying.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Acts 21:9 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
- Judges 4:4Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
- 2 Kings 22:14So 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.
- Nehemiah 6:14O 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.
- Joel 2:28And 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.
- Luke 2:36There 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,
- 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.
- Acts 13:1Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
- 1 Corinthians 7:25Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
- 1 Corinthians 7:38So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.
- 1 Corinthians 11:4Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.
- Revelation 2:20But 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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