Women in the Bible

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>>Why were the apostles all men?  

Dos-User wrote:

>You are wrong there...watch

>Romans 16:7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my 
>kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of 
>note among the apostles, who also were in
>Christ before me.

>Junia is a female name...<snip>
>...to me that means that there is a female
>apostle. :) 

I had to look at that a couple of times myself...However, what that passage
means is that Junia was of a good report among the apostles, not that she was
among the apostles.  The apostles were explicitly named and numbered.  They
were only men.

>There are many women in the bible that were 
>teachers and preachers....I looked up the meaning 
>of the word prophetess and a prophet is someone 
>who speaks the word of God, who teaches and who 
>preaches...hmmm,

So by witnessing about the word of God and what God has done in one's life,
one is prophesying, correct?  Does that kind of prophesying always imply that
one is extending authority over a group of men?  The NT talks about female
prophets, but never does say that they spoke over a group of men and usurped
authority over them, or that that was part of God's plan.

>God bless. Doris

God bless you, too,
Bro. Steven