ACTS 21:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.”
Now this man had four virgin daughters who were prophetesses — Philip's daughters continue the OT prophetic tradition (Joel 2:28-29, cited at Pentecost) and embody the democratic Spirit-gifting of the age. Female prophecy signals that the new covenant transcends gender hierarchies in the distribution of charismata.
Church Fathers on Acts 21:9
And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy. Acts 21:9 But it is not these that foretell to Paul, though they were prophetesses; it is Agabus. And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus. And when he had come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus says the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owns this girdle, and shall deliver him into the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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