Are there women prophets in the New Testament bible?

Answer 1

Answer A To my information, there are no female prophets mentioned in any of the four main Bibles.

Answer B There are female prophets mentioned in The Bible. A prophet who is a female is actually called a prophetess. One of the prophetess mentioned in The Bible, her name is Deborah. You can find this in Judges 4:4. Upon further study you can find other women who were prophetess' in the bible.

Answer C (Hint on Answer B above) Not any name mentioned in the Bible is considered a prophet or prophetess. A prophet/prophetess is one who is inspired by God through an angel and is assigned to guide his/her people to the right path of God. Is Deporah among those? I doubt.

How the church, until recently, does not except female Cardinals while there are female prophets as claimed above?

Answer D Prophet is someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God.

In religion, a prophet is a person who has been contacted by, or has encountered, the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this new found knowledge from the supernatural entity to other humans. The message that the prophet conveys is called a prophecy.

There are female prophets mentioned in the bible. A prophet who is a female is actually called a prophetess. One of the prophetess mentioned in the bible, her name is Deborah. You can find this in Judges 4:4. Upon further study you can find other women who were prophetess' in the bible.

Answer E (Hint on Answer D) I agree with the definition above for a prophet. However, the definition applies also on the specially God blessed people and also to people who were supported with special God miracles and not considered prophets or prophetess.

My view is that Prophets/prophetesses are only those who mentioned explicitly in the holy book as such and of course the definition above is automatically applies on them. Otherwise, many saints and saintas will be considered also prophets.

In the KJV exodus 15:20 "Then Meriam, the prophetess, sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand...."....Notice it reads, "The prophetess", which may indicate she was the only one at that time...

Answer 2

A number are mentioned.

The first is Anna who saw the baby Jesus.

36And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; 37And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. 38And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

The next mention is of four sisters who were prophetesses, daughters of Philip the evangelist: 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.

Answer 3

So, in order to clarify the position of the early Church on women, we shall look at a few texts which demonstrate that women did indeed take part in the ministry of the Word in the New Testament period. Luke 2:36 "And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe ofAsher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity)." Acts 21:7-9 We continued our voyage from Tyre and landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day. Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea and stayed at the house of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven. He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied. So there is evidence from the New Testament itself that supports the fact that women had a part in the ministry of the Word. So why do so many suggest that they didn't then and therefore they should not now? Because of a simple misreading of Paul. Yet Paul himself says that women prophesy! Read 1 Corinthians 11:5 "But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.". It seems patently ridiculous to suggest that women did not prophesy when Paul here tells them that when they do so, they should not do so with bald heads! Yet others suggest that since Paul said in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 "Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. 35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church." he obviously meant in relation to speaking the Word of God. But the context of both the Corinthian letter and the historical situation of the Corinthian Church will not allow this false reading. First, as has already been pointed out, Paul requires women to have hair on their heads when they speak publicly. This so that they will not be confused with the many prostitutes in Corinth who, in order to be easily identified, shaved their heads. If Paul said in Chapter 11 that women should have covered heads when they prophesy; and then here 3 chapters later says women should not prophesy, then he has involved himself in an insurmountable contradiction. On the other hand, if one understands the historical situation at Corinth one knows why Paul says here what he does. In Corinth during the worship service the women would interrupt the speaker by asking their husbands questions. Paul simply says here that they should wait until they get home to ask questions so that they do not disrupt the speaker. One final text used to support the incorrect notion that women have not part in the ministry of the Word is found in 1 Timothy 3:11: "Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things." The reference is of course to deacons and bishops. Yet the Greek text should be read here not "wives" but "women"; so that the text actually gives here the qualifications for women bishops and deacons as well as the requirements of the male deacons and bishops. The KJV itself recognizes that this is an independent paragraph when it places "their" in italics- pointing out to the reader that this word is absent from the Greek text. Thus the verse should read " Even so the women should be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things". Yet, in spite of the Old and New Testament evidence, some people still maintain that women did not and should not proclaim the Word. Such folks are unaware of the Biblical evidence. Yet if they are aware of the Biblical evidence and choose to ignore it to maintain their views then we ought not despair- for if they will not listen to God on the subject they most certainly not listen to us. http://www.theology.edu/journal/volume3/prophets.htm http://www.theologymatters.com/TMIssues/JanFeb00.pdf

Answer 4

I know only Anna the old lady in the temple.

Answer 5

There were no women apostles. Women did not have leadership roles in the Bible. There were a few women who were prophetess.