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Severe against others, he was most severe against himself. He resembled a Hebrew prophet He may be called a Christian Elijah.
— Philip Schaff
A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
After a long time, in the third year, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: "Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land." So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. 1 Kings 18:1—2
— RT Kendall
Jesus did not merely claim to be a prophet in a continuum of prophets. He is the unique Son of God, part of the very Godhead that Christianity calls the Trinity.
— Ravi Zacharias
When he hung over the death-bed of his infant son Ibrahim, resignation to the Will of God was exhibited in his conduct under this keenest of afflictions; and the hope of soon rejoining his child in paradise was his consolation. When he followed him to the grave, he invoked his spirit, in the awful examination of the tomb, to hold fast to the foundations of the faith, the Unity of God, and his own mission as a Prophet.
— Washington Irving
What a show Caiaphas put on for his co-conspirators when he tore his clothes. Isn't it ironic that this supposed defender of the faith broke the law in his fervor? In Leviticus 21:10, the high priest is specifically prohibited from uncovering his head or rending his clothes. But Caiaphas wasn't really concerned with truth. He had hatched a scheme to rid himself of this prophet who spoke with authority he did not have.
— Darlene Zschech
All change begins with a change of mind the Bible calls repentance. Repentance is detecting and destroying the rationalizations that led to me checking the sinful choice box in the first place. Repentance is what every biblical prophet was calling for because that is where a man begins to move from depravity to quality.
— James MacDonald
I like a church; I like a cowl;I love a prophet of the soul;And on my heart monastic aislesFall like sweet strains or pensive smiles;Yet not for all his faith can seeWould I that cowlèd churchman be.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man may be a false prophet and yet speak the truth.
— Richard Sibbes
If there ever comes a day when the Saints interfere with the rights of others to live as they see fit, you can know with assurance that the Church is no longer led by a Prophet, but a mere man.
— Brigham Young
A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Let a thing here be noted, that the prophet of God sometimes may teach treason against kings, and yet neither he nor such as obey the word, spoken in the Lord's name by him, offend God.
— John Knox