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Paul Visits Philip the Evangelist

Acts 21:9

In 9 translations

BSB
He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
KJV
And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
WEB
Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
ASV
Now this man had four virgin daughters, who prophesied.
LSV
and this one had four daughters, virgins, prophesying.
YLT
and this one had four daughters, virgins, prophesying.
DBY
Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
DRC
And he had four daughters, virgins, who did prophesy.
GNV
Now he had foure daughters virgins, which did prophecie.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place τέσσαρες elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: τέσσαρες παρθένοι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τέσσαρες παρθένοι; Robinson–Pierpont read παρθένοι τέσσαρες.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
τούτῳ δὲ ἦσαν θυγατέρες τέσσαρες παρθένοι προφητεύουσαι.
RP2018
Τούτῳ δὲ ἦσαν θυγατέρες παρθένοι τέσσαρες προφητεύουσαι.
TR-Boyd
Τούτῳ δὲ ἦσαν θυγατέρες παρθένοι τέσσαρες προφητεύουσαι.
SCR1894
τουτω δε ησαν θυγατερες παρθενοι τεσσαρες προφητευουσαι

Who and where

◆ Voyage from Miletus to Jerusalem

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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,
  • 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.
  • 1 Corinthians 11:4–5Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.
  • 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…
  • Judges 4:4Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1 Corinthians 7:25–34Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is. Are you committed…
  • 1 Corinthians 7:38So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.

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