Resource Sheet 12 - Prophets in the Bible
The Bible is filled with references to apostles, prophets and seers and their prophetic actions from beginning to end, indicating just how important this concept is for the Christian faith. Let's look at some numbers:
The NIV version of the Bible has the following number of references to these words:
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Apostle Apostles Apostles' Apostleship Apostolic Prophecies Prophecy Prophesied Prophesies Prophesy |
21 57 5 2 1 4 2 3 1 6 |
Prophesying Prophet Prophet's Prophetess Prophetic Prophets Seer Seer's Seers |
3 2 5 80 36 245 215 12 638 |
This is a total of 783 references, and 300 of these are in the New Testament. This does not include any of the references where the prophet may only be identified by name and not one of these words. Nor does it include passages where other phrases such as 'man of God', 'And the Lord said through ... ', etc.
Of the 66 Books of the Bible 44 are written by people known to be prophets, 18 of them in the New Testament.
Many prophets were unnamed. Some of the named prophets in the Bible are:
Old Testament:
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Aaron Abraham Ahijah Amos Asaph Daniel Deborah Elijah Elisha Ezekiel Ezra Gad Habakkuk Haggai Hanani |
Hananiah Heman Hosea Huldah Iddo Isaiah Jeduthun Jehu Jeremiah Joel Jonah Malachi Micah Micaiah Miriam |
Moses Nahum Nathan Nehemiah Noadiah Obadiah Obadiah x 2 Oded Prophets of Baal x 400 Samuel Saul Shemaiah Zechariah Zephaniah |
New Testament
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Agabus Ananias Andrew Anna Bartholomew James son of Alphaeus |
James son of Zebedee Jesus John John the Baptist Matthew Paul |
Peter Philip Philip's daughters x 4 Simon Thadaeus Thomas |
This is by no means all of the prophets in the Bible.
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Here's some books which will help you to learn to hear God's voice.
