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Acts 21:9Acts.21.9

And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Il avait quatre filles vierges qui prophétisaient.

KJV

And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

Patristic reading

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  • Epiphanius

    Panarion (Adversus Haereses)

    ὁτιοῦν αἰτίαν. κἄν τε γὰρ γυναῖκες παρ᾿ αὐτοῖς εἰς ἐπισκοπὴν καὶ πρεσβυτέριον καθίστανται διὰ 2 vgl. Act. 21, 9 u. Proclus bei Eusebius h. e. III 17, 4; S. 266,3 Schwartz; dazu den Anonymus V 17, 3; S. 470, 15 Schwartz Origenes bei Cramer Cat. in I. ad Corinth. S. 279 ταύτης δὲ τ…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    of Holda the prophetess, the wife of Sellum ( 4 Kings 22:14 ), and of the four daughters of Philip ( Acts 21:9 ). Moreover the Apostle says ( 1 Cor. 11:5 ): "Every woman praying or prophesying," etc. Much more therefore would it seem that the grace of the word is becoming to a wo…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 156 (Migne)

    l. 0501D] uti Annam filiam Phanuelis (Luc. II, 36) , et filias Philippi virgines, quae prophetissae (Act. XXI, 9) , non quia conjuges prophetas habuerint, sed quia per se prophetaverint, appellantur. Nam Holdam liber Regum sub rege Josia non prophetissam, sed prophetam vocat (IV…

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