ANSWERS Bible Q & A » Prophets

-Acts: ‘Prophetess Daughters’?

Dr. D — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:09:00 +0000

Q: I am in a quandary, my final exam on Acts in Bible Study has a question: "name the man who had seven prophetess daughters?" HELP! I just can’t find the answer. –Paula

A: Paula, the only reference in Acts to ‘prophetess daughters’ is in Acts 21:9 and there were only 4. Phillip the Evangelist who was one of the 7 original Deacons or servants had 4 daughters.

However, some church historians later got him mixed up with Phillip the Apostle who had 3 daughters. Nevertheless, there is no reference to anyone in Acts having 7 prophetess daughters. I hope this helps.

Previous question about Phillip’s Daughters:

-The Names of Philip’s Daughters?

-Philip and his Daughters

Dr. D — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:08:03 +0000

Q: How many daughters did Philip have and did they prophesy the same as he did? -Cheryl

A: According to Acts 21:8-9, Philip had 4 unmarried daughters who prophesied. However, Philip is called an Evangelist in Acts 21:8 and the scriptures do not mention him as one involved in prophetic ministry. He was also one of the original 7 chosen in Acts 6:5 to serve and take care of the physical needs of the Christian community. *Top

-The Bible is a Jewish Book

Dr. D — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:05:20 +0000

Q: It is said that Judaism came before Christianity and that there were Jewish prohets such as ( Jeremiah, Isaya) who prophesied about Jesus years before He was born and earlier there stories of Moses and Abraham and Isaack and Jackob.

What i really want to know is whether these Biblical prophets and their prophecies exist in any Jewish books and if they are, why are Christians not using the Jewish books such as the Torah but use the Bible instead. Thanks Mudy

A: Thanks for your Question Mudy. Actually the entire ‘Christian’ Bible is Jewish, all 66 books. The first five books of the Bible–Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, numbers, and Deuteronomy–is the Jewish Torah. The ‘Old Testament’ in the Christian Bible is the Jewish ‘Tanakh’–the Jewish Scriptures–which include the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings.

Even the Christian ‘New Testament’ books–the Gospels, the Acts, the letters, and Revelation were written by early Christians who were all Jews–that even includes Dr. Luke who wrote Luke & Acts who was a Greek with a Jewish mother. The entire Bible was written by Jews, except maybe Job which may have been written even before the Torah.

The prophets and prophesies you refer to–Jeremiah,Isaiah, and others who did prophesy of coming of Jesus, are found in the Old testament of the Bible–The Tanakh of the Jewish religion.

Also the stories of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are found in the first book of the Bible–Genesis, and the story of Moses is found in the following books of Exodus, Leviticus, numbers and Deuteronomy—the first five books of the Christian Bible and also the Jewish Torah.