'Prophets' in the Bible

He came to a town called Nazareth and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus would be called a Nazarene.

Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish these things but to fulfill them.

In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.

"Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John appeared.

For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

They answered, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."

All the law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

"For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

And many false prophets will appear and deceive many,

For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

But this has happened so that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him and fled.

Others said, "He is Elijah." Others said, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets from the past."

They said, "John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and still others, one of the prophets."

For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, the elect.

as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago,

Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors did the same things to the prophets.

"Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for their ancestors did the same things to the false prophets.

while others were saying that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had risen.

They answered, "John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others that one of the prophets of long ago has risen."

For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it."

Woe to you! You build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.

So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs!

For this reason also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,'

so that this generation may be held accountable for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves thrown out.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

"The law and the prophets were in force until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it.

But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to them.'

He replied to him, 'If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'"

Then Jesus took the twelve aside and said to them, "Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.

So he said to them, "You foolish people -- how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the scriptures.

Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled."

Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about -- Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

It is written in the prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to me.

Then the Judeans responded, "Now we know you're possessed by a demon! Both Abraham and the prophets died, and yet you say, 'If anyone obeys my teaching, he will never experience death.'

You aren't greater than our father Abraham who died, are you? And the prophets died too! Who do you claim to be?"

But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets -- that his Christ would suffer -- he has fulfilled in this way.

This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.

And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced these days.

You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, 'And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.'

But God turned away from them and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'It was not to me that you offered slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, was it, house of Israel?

Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!

About him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."

At that time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen (a close friend of Herod the tetrarch from childhood) and Saul.

After the reading from the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent them a message, saying, "Brothers, if you have any message of exhortation for the people, speak it."

For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him.

Watch out, then, that what is spoken about by the prophets does not happen to you:

The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written,

Both Judas and Silas, who were prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with a long speech.

But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way (which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets.

I have experienced help from God to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said was going to happen:

Do you believe the prophets, King Agrippa? I know that you believe."

They set a day to meet with him, and they came to him where he was staying in even greater numbers. From morning until evening he explained things to them, testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets.

This gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

But now apart from the law the righteousness of God (which is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed --

"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars; I alone am left and they are seeking my life!"

And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, gifts of healing, helps, gifts of leadership, different kinds of tongues.

Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform miracles, do they?

Two or three prophets should speak and the others should evaluate what is said.

Indeed, the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets,

because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.

Now this secret was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,

It was he who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,

A certain one of them, in fact, one of their own prophets, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."

After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets,

And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets.

As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord's name.

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who predicted the grace that would come to you searched and investigated carefully.

But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves.

I want you to recall both the predictions foretold by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

But in the days when the seventh angel is about to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God is completed, just as he has proclaimed to his servants the prophets."

And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate, even sending gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them: "Come up here!" So the two prophets went up to heaven in a cloud while their enemies stared at them.

The nations were enraged, but your wrath has come, and the time has come for the dead to be judged, and the time has come to give to your servants, the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints and to those who revere your name, both small and great, and the time has come to destroy those who destroy the earth."

because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets, so you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!"

(Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has pronounced judgment against her on your behalf!)

The blood of the saints and prophets was found in her, along with the blood of all those who had been killed on the earth."

Then the angel said to me, "These words are reliable and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must happen soon."

But he said to me, "Do not do this! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who obey the words of this book. Worship God!"