The New Testament evidence

When the early church chose the Greek word for prophet to refer to individuals in their midst, it was clearly building on the Old Testament concept of the prophet. ^{8G. V. Smith, “Prophet; Prophecy,” in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, fully rev. ed., ed. Geoffrey W. Bromiley (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1979), 3:1003.} The “prophet-prophecy-prophesy” word group in the New Testament needs to be understood. ^{9Prophetes, prophetis, propheteia, propheteuo, prophetikos.} These words are scattered throughout the New Testament, but are particularly concentrated in 1 Corinthians 12-14 and the book of Revelation. The “apostle-apostleship” word group is also important to this study. ^{10Apostolos, apostole.} It is particularly concentrated in the writings of Paul and of his companion Luke. ^{11Karl Heinrich Rengstorf, “dnoatoAoc; [apostolos], etc.” in Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, 1:421.}UEGW 15.1