Acts 21:9 (WEB)
Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
Fathers and councils · 10
Jerome
“After the crucifixion of Christ, we find in the Acts of the Apostles that one house, that of Philip the Evangelist, produced four virgin daughters, to the end that Cæsarea, where the Gentile Church had been consecrated in the person of Cornelius the centurion, might afford an illustration of virginity.” — editor's note: xxi. 9.
Read the whole comment“O happy the house which is a home of a widowed Anna, of virgins that are prophetesses, and of twin Samuels bred in the Temple!” — editor's note: Luke ii. 36; Acts xxi. 9; 1 Sam. ii. 18.
Read the whole comment“…of the Lord were then and there fulfilled, how can we claim another fulfilment for ourselves? if the Montanists reply that Philip’s four daughters prophesied at a later date, and that a prophet is mentioned named Agabus, and that in the partition of the spirit, prophets are spoken of as well as apostles, teachers…” — editor's note: Acts xxi. 9.
Read the whole comment“Here she saw the house of Cornelius now turned into a Christian church; and the humble abode of Philip; and the chambers of his daughters the four virgins “which did prophesy.”” — editor's note: Acts xxi. 8, 9.
Read the whole comment“When she thought of the four virgins who were the daughters of Philip, she longed to join their band and to be numbered with those who by their virginal purity have attained the grace of prophecy.” — editor's note: Acts xxi. 9.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“For Peter and Philip begat children; and Philip also gave his daughters in marriage.” — editor's note: It is probable that Clement here confounds Philip the evangelist with Philip the apostle. See the next chapter, note 6. Philip the evangelist, according to…
Read the whole comment“Now this man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.”” — editor's note: Acts xxi. 8, 9. Eusebius clearly enough considers Philip the apostle and Philip the evangelist identical. Upon this identification, see note 6, above.
Read the whole comment“For Apelles, one of the herd, priding himself on his manner of life and his age, acknowledges one principle, but says that the prophecies are from an opposing spirit, being led to this view by the responses of a maiden by name Philumene, who was possessed by a demon.” — editor's note: This virgin, Philumene, is connected with Apelles in all the reports which we have of him (e.g. in Hippolytus, Tertullian, Jerome, &c.), and is reported to…
Read the whole comment“Neither can they boast of Agabus, or Judas, or Silas, or the daughters of Philip, or Ammia in Philadelphia, or Quadratus, or any others not belonging to them.”” — editor's note: On the daughters of Philip, see Acts xxi. 9; also Bk. III. chap. 31, note 8, above.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“But if any wish to learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiv. 34, 35. [Women might have spiritual gifts, like the daughters of Philip, Acts xxi. 9; but even such are here forbidden to use them in the public…
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Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.47.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.47.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.47.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.47.
Cited together in Church History V.17.
Cited together in Church History III.31.
Cited together in Church History III.31.
Cited together in Church History III.31.
Cited together in Church History III.31.
Cited together in Church History V.17.
Cited together in Church History V.17.
Cited together in Church History V.17.