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Acts 21:9-10

Context
21:9 (He had four unmarried 1  daughters who prophesied.) 2 

21:10 While we remained there for a number of days, 3  a prophet named Agabus 4  came down from Judea.

1 tn Grk “virgin.” While the term παρθένος (parqeno") can refer to a woman who has never had sexual relations, the emphasis in this context seems to be on the fact that Philip’s daughters were not married (L&N 9.39).

2 sn This is best taken as a parenthetical note by the author. Luke again noted women who were gifted in the early church (see Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 3.31; 3.39).

3 tn BDAG 848 s.v. πολύς 1.b.α has “ἐπὶ ἡμέρας πλείους for a (large) number of days, for many daysAc 13:31. – 21:10…24:17; 25:14; 27:20.”

4 sn Agabus also appeared in Acts 11:28. He was from Jerusalem, so the two churches were still in contact with one another.



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