'Prophesy' in the Bible
On that day, many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?'
Then some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to strike him with their fists, saying, "Prophesy!" The guards also took him and beat him.
They blindfolded him and asked him repeatedly, "Prophesy! Who hit you?"
And in the last days it will be,' God says, 'that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
and when Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.
Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
I wish you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be strengthened.
But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninformed person enters, he will be convicted by all, he will be called to account by all.
For you can all prophesy one after another, so all can learn and be encouraged.
So then, brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid anyone from speaking in tongues.
Then they told me: "You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages, and kings."
And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.