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NASB | Ephesians 4:11 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 4:11 And [His gifts to the church were varied and] He Himself appointed some as apostles [special messengers, representatives], some as prophets [who speak a new message from God to the people], some as evangelists [who spread the good news of salvation], and some as pastors and teachers [to shepherd and guide and instruct], |
Bible Question: Would Jesus be considered a prophet? |
Bible Answer: miller521 :: The Jews expected both a prophet and the Messiah, two separate and distinct persons. See John 1:20,21 and John 7:40,41. In Acts 3:22 Peter quotes from Deuteronomy 18:15,18, to wit: "For Moses truly said to the fathers, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you. And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people'" (Acts 3:22,23). ...... The application of this prophecy was to Joshua, immediate successor to Moses. Peter applied it to Christ also, giving it a double, futuristic application. When Moses said, "The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me" he did not mean likeness as to physcial traits, character or ability, but likeness in the sense of being raised up by God. He is saying that God will raise Him up as He raised me up. The point that Peter is making in Acts 3:22,23 is that the Jewish expectations of a prophet and the Messiah are both of them fulfilled in the one Person, Jesus Christ. ...... Prophet, therefore, is one of the titles of Christ that Scripture uses along with about a score of others. --Hank |