Definition of "prophets" []

• Plural form of prophet. (noun)

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• "If the offending judicatory neglect to hear this, we ought to tell the offence to the church in the highest sense, that redress may be obtained -- the apostle Paul declaring, _that the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets_."
• "And that which is often said by Moses, is very often repeated by thy other prophets, _These and these things the Lord spake_, [291] and _the Lord said_, and _the Lord commanded_, not by the counsels, not by the voice, but by the _hand of Moses_, and by the _hand of the prophets_."
• "In the study of the messages of the prophets we should understand that the meaning of the term prophets may be: (1) A person employed in the public utterance of religious discourse, very much as the preacher of today."