He said the words slowly, like an Old Testament prophet pronouncing the doom of a king.

The old man could be an Old Testament prophet, except that his face is kind and gentle.

At 60, with a flowing beard, he has the look of an Old Testament prophet.

His father looms over him like an Old Testament prophet.

When he spoke, it was like listening to an Old Testament prophet.

For, ultimately, she resembles an Old Testament prophet, crying out in our modern wilderness.

So here is someone who considered himself to have authority above and beyond what the Old Testament prophets had.

From 1878 he cultivated an increasingly long beard, and took on the appearance of an "Old Testament" prophet.

Half a dozen Old Testament prophets could have taken lessons from him.

It was the face of an Old Testament prophet.