62 occurrences

'Prophet' in the Bible

They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, because that is what was written by the prophet:

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Then what was declared by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled when he said,

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He was the one the prophet Isaiah was referring to when he said, "He is a voice calling out in the wilderness: "Prepare the way for the Lord! Make his paths straight!'"

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The one who receives a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.

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Really, what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and even more than a prophet!

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But he replied to them, "An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign. Yet no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah,

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This was to fulfill what was declared by the prophet when he said, "I will open my mouth to speak in parables. I will declare what has been hidden since the creation of the world."

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But Jesus told them, "A prophet is without honor only in his hometown and in his own home." He did not perform many miracles there because of their unbelief.

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Now this happened to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet when he said,

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They began discussing this among themselves: "If we say, "From heaven,' he will ask us, "Then why didn't you believe him?' But if we say, "From humans,' we are afraid of the crowd, because everyone regards John as a prophet."

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Although they wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.

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Then what had been declared through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled when he said, "They took the 30 pieces of silver, the value of the man on whom a price had been set by the Israelis,

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As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "See! I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way.

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Jesus had been telling them, "A prophet is without honor only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own home."

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Others were saying, "He is Elijah." Still others were saying, "He is a prophet like one of the other prophets."

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But if we say, "From humans'"?" They were afraid of the crowd, because everyone really thought John was a prophet.

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And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, because you will go ahead of the Lord to prepare his way

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as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, "He is a voice calling out in the wilderness: "Prepare the way for the Lord! Make his paths straight!

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the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written,

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He added, "I tell all of you with certainty, a prophet is not accepted in his hometown.

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There were also many lepers in Israel in the prophet Elisha's time, yet not one of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian."

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Fear gripped everyone, and they began to praise God. "A great prophet has appeared among us," they said, and "God has helped his people."

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Really, what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and even more than a prophet!

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Now the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this and told himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would have known who is touching him and what kind of woman she is. She's a sinner!"

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But I must be on my way today, tomorrow, and the next day, because it's not possible for a prophet to be killed outside of Jerusalem.'

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But if we say, "From humans,' all the people will stone us to death, because they are convinced that John was a prophet."

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They answered him, "The events involving Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in what he said and did before God and all the people, and how our high priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and had him crucified.

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So they asked him, "Well then, are you Elijah?" John said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No."

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He replied, "I am ""a voice crying out in the wilderness, "Prepare the Lord's highway,"' as the prophet Isaiah said."

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They asked him, "Why, then, are you baptizing if you are not the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?"

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since Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

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When the people saw the sign that he had done, they kept saying, "Truly this is the Prophet who was to come into the world!"

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When they heard these words, some in the crowd were saying, "This really is the Prophet,"

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They answered him, "You aren't from Galilee, too, are you? Search and see that no prophet comes from Galilee."

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So they asked the formerly blind man again, "What do you say about him, since it was your eyes he healed?" He said, "He is a prophet."

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so that what the prophet Isaiah spoke might be fulfilled when he said: "Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the Lord's power been revealed?"

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Rather, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

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Therefore, since he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him with an oath to put one of his descendants on his throne,

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"The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to everything he tells you. Any person who will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'

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It was this Moses who told the Israelis, "God will raise up a prophet for you from among your own brothers, just as he did me.'

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However, the Most High does not live in buildings made by human hands. As the prophet says,

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Now he was returning home, seated in his chariot, and reading from the prophet Isaiah.

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So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah out loud. Philip asked, "Do you understand what you're reading?"

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The eunuch asked Philip, "I ask you, who is the prophet talking about? Himself? Or someone else?"

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They went through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish occult practitioner and false prophet named Bar-jesus.

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"After that, he gave them judges until the time of the prophet Samuel. When they demanded a king, God gave them Kish's son Saul, from the tribe of Benjamin, for 40 years.

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After we had been there for a number of days, a prophet named Agabus arrived from Judea.

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They disagreed with one another as they were leaving, so Paul added this statement: "The Holy Spirit was so right when he spoke to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah!

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But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet and who teaches and leads my servants to practice immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

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Then I saw three disgusting spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

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