enjoins elsewhere that women are not to teach or exercise authority over men (1 Tim 2:11–12). Prophecy is not the same gift as teaching, for the latter represents the transmission of tradition or Scripture which involves preparation before delivery. Prophecy, on the other hand, is the transmission of spontaneous revelations from God (1 Cor 14:29–33). This is confirmed by the prophetic ministry of Agabus who received spontaneous revelations from God about the famine in Jerusalem and Paul’s imprisonment