Topic
Foretell; Foretold
8 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 18:22ISBE
When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
- Isaiah 41:22ISBE
Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
- Isaiah 41:23ISBE
Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
- Isaiah 42:9ISBE
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
- Mark 13:23ISBE
But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
- Acts 3:24ISBE
Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
- 2 Corinthians 13:2ISBE
I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
- 1 Thessalonians 3:4ISBE
For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 8 references
for-tel', for-told': The King James Version occurrences of these words in the New Testament represent as many Greek terms, and are in each case rendered differently in Revised Version:
(1) Mr 13:23 (proeipon), the Revised Version (British and American) "told beforehand";
(2) Ac 3:24 (prokataggello), the Revised Version (British and American) simply "told";
(3) 2Co 13:2 (prolego), the Revised Version (British and American) "said beforehand," margin "plainly"; compare 1Th 3:4.
The foretelling of future events is claimed in the Old Testament as a prerogative of Yahweh (Isa 41:22,23; 42:9, etc.; compare De 18:22).
See PROPHECY.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.