The name of “prophet” signifieth in Scripture, sometimes “prolocutor”; that is, he that speaketh from God to man, or from man to God: and sometimes “predictor,” or a foreteller of things to come: and sometimes one that speaketh incoherently, as men that are distracted. It is most frequently used in the sense of speaking from God to the people. So Moses, Samuel, Elijah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and others were “prophets.” And in this sense the high priest was a “prophet,” for he only went into the sanctum sanctorum to inquire of God; and was to declare His answer to the people. And therefore when Caiaphas said it was expedient that one man should die for the people, St. John saith (11:51) that “He spake not this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that one man should die for the nation.” Also they that in Christian congregations taught the people (1 Cor. 14:3), are said to prophesy. In the like sense it is that God saith to Moses ( Exod.