17 Bible Verses about Individual Prophets
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I tell you for a fact, In Israel there were many widows during the days of Elijah, when the sky was closed for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land:
And in Israel there were many lepers in the time of the prophet Elisha, yet none of these was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian."
Come, why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.
Come, what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.
And you, my child, shall be called a prophet of the Most High; for you shall go in front of the Lord to make his ways ready,
He was anxious to kill him but he was afraid of the people, for they held John to be a prophet.
And if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet."
No, let us say, From men" ??but they were afraid of the multitude, for the people all held John had been really a prophet.
And if we say, 'From men,' the whole of the people will stone us, for they are convinced John was a prophet."
There appeared to them Moses and Elijah, who conversed with Jesus. So Peter addressed Jesus and said, "Lord, it is a good thing we are here; pray let me put up three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
There were two men conversing with him, Moses and Elijah,
On hearing this some of the bystanders said, "He is calling for Elijah."
On hearing this some of the bystanders said, "Look, he is calling for Elijah."
But the others said, "Stop, let us see if Elijah does come to save him!" [Seizing a lance, another pricked his side, and out came water and blood.]
One man ran off, soaked a sponge in vinegar, and put it on the end of a stick to give him a drink, saying, "Come on, let us see if Elijah does come to take him down!"
and the dwellers on earth will gloat over them and rejoice, sending presents to congratulate one another ??for these two prophets were a torment to the dwellers on earth.
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