2007-02-28 03:01:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Possibly Nahum - Luke 3:25. - I'm not sure if it's referring to the same Amos, though. The book of Amos doesn't seem to mention any father that I can find. It just says that he wasn't of the sons of the prophets.
2007-02-28 03:11:15 · answer #1 · answered by CHRISTINA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no mention in the Bible of the prophet Amos's father. There is mention of Amos the son of Nahum and the father of Matthias. Most believe these were two different people.
2007-02-28 11:20:22 · answer #2 · answered by lawnmoweromomma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only information we have in the scriptures about his Father are in Amos' words “I was not a prophet, neither was I the son of a prophet; but I was a herdsman and a nipper of figs of sycamore trees. And Jehovah proceeded to take me from following the flock, and Jehovah went on to say to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’”—Amos 7:10-15.
He lived in the 9th Century BCE.
The other Amos who is an ancestor of Mary and is mentioned in Luke chapter 3, was 8 generations removed from her and so could not have been Amos the Prophet.
2007-03-01 11:14:43 · answer #3 · answered by hollymichal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋