Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
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Gill's Exposition
Ye are the children of the prophets,.... Of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who are called prophets, Psa 105:15 being lineally and naturally descended from them; to them belonged the prophecies of the Old…
Barnes' Notes
Ye are the children of the prophets - Greek: “Ye are the sons of the prophets.” The meaning is, not that they were literally the “descendants” of the prophets, but that they were their “disciples,”…
Adam Clarke
Ye are the children of the prophets - This is the argumentum ad hominem: as ye are the children or disciples of the prophets, ye are bound to believe their predictions, and obey their precepts; and…
We have here the sermon which Peter preached after he had cured the lame man. When Peter saw it. 1. When he saw the people got together in a crowd, he took that opportunity to preach Christ to them,…
Cambridge Bible
Ye are the children[better, sons] of the prophets i.e. of the same race, and therefore what the prophets spake is meant for you. The prophet foretoldby Moses is raised up for you.
and[sons of the…
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