Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
This man had four virgin [i.e., unmarried] daughters, who were female prophets [i.e., they spoke by inspiration].
New American Standard Bible
Now this man had four virgin daughters who were
King James Version
And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
Holman Bible
This man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
International Standard Version
He had four unmarried daughters who could prophesy.
A Conservative Version
Now four virgin daughters who prophesied were with this man.
American Standard Version
Now this man had four virgin daughters, who prophesied.
Amplified
He had four virgin daughters who had the gift of prophecy.
Anderson New Testament
This man had four virgin daughters, who had the gift of prophesy.
Bible in Basic English
And he had four daughters, virgins, who were prophets.
Common New Testament
He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
Daniel Mace New Testament
he was one of the seven deacons, and had four daughters all virgins, prophetesses.
Darby Translation
Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
Goodspeed New Testament
He had four unmarried daughters who had the gift of prophecy.
John Wesley New Testament
And he had four daughters, virgins, who were prophetesses.
Julia Smith Translation
And to him were four daughters, virgins, prophesying.
King James 2000
And the same man had four daughters, virgins, who did prophesy.
Lexham Expanded Bible
({Now this man had} four virgin daughters who prophesied.)
Modern King James verseion
And there were four virgin daughters to this one, who prophesied.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
Moffatt New Testament
and had four unmarried daughters who prophesied). We stayed with him.
Montgomery New Testament
Now Philip had four unmarried daughters who prophesied,
NET Bible
(He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.)
New Heart English Bible
Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
Noyes New Testament
And this man had four daughters, virgins, who prophesied.
Sawyer New Testament
This man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
The Emphasized Bible
Now - this man, had four virgin daughters, who used to prophesy.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Now this man had four maiden daughters endued with the gift of prophecy.
Twentieth Century New Testament
He had four unmarried daughters, who had the gift of prophecy.
Webster
And the same man had four daughters, virgins, who prophesied.
Weymouth New Testament
Now Philip had four unmarried daughters who were prophetesses;
Williams New Testament
He had four unmarried daughters who were prophetesses.
World English Bible
Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
Worrell New Testament
And this man had four daughters, virgins, who prophesied.
Worsley New Testament
And he had four daughters virgins, that were prophetesses.
Youngs Literal Translation
and this one had four daughters, virgins, prophesying.
Themes
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Word Count of 36 Translations in Acts 21:9
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Context Readings
Paul In Caesarea
8 The next day we left and came to Caesarea, where we went to the house of Philip, the evangelist, who had been one of the seven ["deacons" chosen by the Jerusalem church to minister to widows, See Acts 6]. We stayed with him [while there]. 9 This man had four virgin [i.e., unmarried] daughters, who were female prophets [i.e., they spoke by inspiration]. 10 As we waited there for a number of days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
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Cross References
Acts 2:17
God said that 'in the last days [of the Jewish nation?] I will pour out My Holy Spirit upon all people [i.e., both Jews and Gentiles], and your sons and daughters will speak out [in prophecies] and your young men will see [supernatural] visions, and your old men will have [supernatural] dreams.
Luke 2:36
And there was a woman prophet named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, from the tribe of Asher [i.e., she was a descendant of one of Jacob's son]. (She was very old, having lived with her husband for [only] seven years after being married,
Acts 13:1
Now in the church at Antioch there were [these] prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Symeon, called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the Tetrarch [i.e., governor of Galilee], and Saul.
1 Corinthians 7:25-34
Now I have no command from the Lord concerning [what you wrote about] unmarried women. [Note: The word here is "virgins" but some think it includes both males and females]. But I give my advice as someone who has received the Lord's mercy to be counted trustworthy.
1 Corinthians 7:38
So then, the man who marries his virgin [fiancee] is doing the right thing and the man who does not marry her is doing [even] better.
1 Corinthians 11:4-5
Every man who prays or prophesies [i.e., speaks in a public assembly, since prophecy was always for the benefit of others] with his [physical] head covered [Note: The Greek word here denotes "something hanging down" and could refer to long hair or a cloth shawl], shows disrespect for his head [i.e., Christ].
Revelation 2:20
But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman [named] Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and deceives my servants into [practicing] sexual immorality and into eating things sacrificed to idols.