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Acts 21:9 KJV
Acts · chapter 21 · verse 9
And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.Acts 21:9 · King James Version
Acts 21:9 in context
7And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
8And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.
9And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
10And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
11And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- daughtersthygatēra daughter, a daughter of God, acceptable to God, rejoicing in God s peculiar care and…G2364 →
- virginsparthenosa virgin, a marriageable maiden, a woman who has never had sexual intercourse with a man…G3933 →
- fourtessaresfourG5064 →
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We have here Paul and his company arrived at length at Caesarea, where he designed to make some stay, it being the place where the gospel was first preached to the Gentiles, and the Holy Ghost fell upon them, Act 10:1, Act 10:44. Now here we are told, I. Who it was that entertained Paul and his company at Caesarea.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-14