Acts 21:9

6. At Cesarea Philip and Daughters Agabus , Acts 21:9-14 .

9. Virgins Not nuns, devoted by a vow to celibacy. “Their virginity is probably referred to only as a reason for their being still at home, and not as having any necessary connection with their inspiration. We read of prophetesses under the old economy, not only wives of prophets, (Isaiah 8:3,) but themselves inspired, from Miriam (Exodus 15:20) and Huldah (2 Kings 22:14) to Noadiah (Nehemiah 6:14) and Anna, (Luke 2:36.) Joel’s promise of extraordinary spiritual gifts was to servants of both sexes, and to daughters as well as sons.” Alexander. The prophetic character of the company now at Philip’s house providentially, especially after the arrival of Agabus, attests how high at this time, more than twenty years since the Ascension, was the spiritual life in the Church.