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Prophets of Christianity

In Christianity, the figures widely recognised as prophets are those mentioned as such in the Old Testament and the New Testament. It is believed that prophets are chosen and called by the one God.

St. John the Baptist Preaching, c. 1665, by Mattia Preti

The first list below consists of only those individuals that have been clearly defined as prophets, either by explicit statement or strong contextual implication, (e.g. the purported authors of the books listed as the major prophets and minor prophets) along with the biblical reference to their office. The second list consists of those individuals who are recorded as having had a visionary or prophetic experience, but without a history of any major or consistent prophetic calling. The third list consists of unnamed prophets. The fourth list contains the names of those described in the Bible as prophets, but who are presented as either misusing this gift or as fraudulent. The final list consists of post-biblical individuals regarded as prophets and of post-biblical individuals who are claimed to have had visionary or prophetic experience.

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Main list

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Torah / Pentateuch

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1. Lamech (father of Noah) (Genesis 5:28–29)

2. Noah (Genesis 7:1)

3. Eber (Genesis 16:16–17)

4. Ishmael (Genesis 16:11)

5. Abraham (Genesis 20:7)

6. Lot (Genesis 11:27)

7. Melchizedek (Genesis 14:18–24)

8. Isaac (Genesis 26:2–7)

9. Jacob (Genesis 28:11–16)

10. Jethro (Exodus 2:18)

11. Miriam (Book of Exodus 15:20)

12. Noah (Deuteronomy 34:10) (additional mention)

Nevi’im (Prophets)

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• Former Prophets

1. Deborah (Judges 4:4)

2. Gideon (Judges 6 through 8)

3. Samuel (1 Samuel 3:20)

4. Gad (1 Samuel 22:5)

5. Nathan (2 Samuel 7:2)

6. Jehu (1 Kings 16:7)

7. Ahijah (1 Kings 11:29)

8. Shemaiah (1 Kings 12:22)

9. Elijah (1 Kings 18:36)

10. Micaiah (1 Kings 22:9)

11. Elisha (2 Kings 9:1)

12. Huldah (2 Kings 22:14)

13. Jonah (Jonah 1:1, 2 Kings 14:25)

 
Horace Vernet, ‘‘Jeremiah on the ruins of Jerusalem’’ (1844)

• Latter Prophets

1. Isaiah (2 Kings 19:2)

2. Jeremiah (Jeremiah 20:2)

3. Urijah (Jeremiah 26:20)

4. Ezekiel (Ezekiel 1:3)

5. Hosea (Hosea 1:1)

6. Amos (Amos 1:1)

7. Micah (Micah 1:1)

8. Nahum (Nahum 1:1)

9. Habakkuk (Habakkuk 1:1)

10. Zephaniah (Zephaniah 1:1)

11. Haggai (Haggai 1:1)

12. Zechariah, son of Berechiah (Zechariah 1:1)

13. Malachi (Malachi 1:1)

Ketuvim (Writings)

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1. Job (Job 1:1)

2. Asaph (2 Chronicles 29:30)

3. Hanani (2 Chronicles 16:7)

4. Obadiah (Obadiah 1:1)

5. Oded (2 Chronicles 15:8)

6. Oded (2 Chronicles 28:9) (additional mention)

7. Iddo (2 Chronicles 13:22)

8. Zechariah, son of Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:20)

New Testament

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• Gospels

1. Anna (Luke 2:36–38)

2. John the Baptist (Luke 7:28)

• Acts

1. Philip the Evangelist (Acts 8:26)

2. Paul the Apostle (Acts of the Apostles 9:20)

3. Agabus (Acts of the Apostles 11:27–28)

4. Lucius of Cyrene (Acts 13:1)

5. Simeon Niger (Acts 13:1)

6. Manahen (Acts 13:1) 7. Judas Barsabbas (Acts 15:32)

8. Silas (Acts 15:32)

9. Phillip daughters (Acts 21:8, 9)

• Epistles and Revelation

1. Daniel (Matthew 24:15)

2. David (Hebrews 11:32) (reference)

3. John of Patmos (Revelation 1:1–3)

Unnamed prophets

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Biblical people with claimed prophetic experiences

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Men of God

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False prophets and prophets of Baal

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Claimed post-biblical prophets

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The following persons are considered by some Christians to be prophets, or to have had prophetic experiences.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bowler 2013, pp. 14–16.
  2. ^ Robins 2010, p. 85.
  3. ^ Brown 2011, p. 152.
  4. ^ Coleman 2000, p. 41.
  5. ^ Harrell 1975, p. 171.
  6. ^ Harrell 1975, pp. 234–235.
  7. ^ Coleman 2000, p. 30.
  8. ^ Robins 2010, p. 129.