Verse 21.— For the prophecy came not in old time. I give you the reason now why the prophecies were not self-solving: because they came not as the will of man. But the prophet— the holy man of God— spake as he was moved by the Holy Ghost. Hence the prophecy is not an expression of man's words, but is in fact the words of God. The application is now easy of my former remark— that our testimony in regard to Jesus Christ conveying to you a statement from heaven coming from God the Father, is nothing but a confirmation of what God heretofore spoke by the prophets.