Acts 11:28

Translations

Modern

One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)

Traditional

And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cesar.

Literal

And one of them named Agabus, having risen up, signified by the Spirit that a great famine is about to be over the whole world—which came to pass under Claudius.

Latin

…et surgens unus ex eis nomine Agabus, significabat per spiritum famem magnam futuram in universo orbe terrarum, quæ facta est sub Claudio.

Original

Greek

English

One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. ( This happened under Claudius.)

Notes

Acts 11:28

Claudius was the nephew of Tiberius Caesar (Luke 3:1). He ruled as Roman emperor from AD 41 to AD 54.

His last wife was his niece Agrippina. Claudius adopted her son, Nero.

Acts 11:27–28

some prophets: See “The Gift of Prophecy” Theme Note.
Agabus: See also 21:10–12.

Theme notes and profiles

Barnabas Paul (Saul) Simon Peter Church Leaders Famine The Gift of Prophecy

Events

Disciples first called Christiansc. AD 40

Related verses

Acts 21:10
After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
Acts 18:2
There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,
Luke 2:1
Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.
Luke 3:1
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
1 Kings 17:1–16
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
Genesis 41:30–31
…but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.
2 Kings 8:1–2
Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”
Genesis 41:38
So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”
Matthew 24:14
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

People

Agabus: Prophet who predicted famine and Paul's arrest Claudius: Roman emperor during Paul's ministry

Glossary

Agabus Antioch of Syria Beggar Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Book of the Acts of the Apostles Chronology of the Bible (New Testament) Claudius Peter, the Apostle Prophecy Rome (City) Second Letter to the Corinthians

Topics

Agabus: A Prophet Antioch: A City of Syria: Disciples First Called Christians In Caesar: Claudius Claudius: Emperor of Rome Famine: Instances of, in Scripture in the Reign of Claudius Caesar Famine: Universal Paul: Conveys the Contributions of the Christians in Antioch to the Christians in Jerusalem Prophecy: They Who Uttered: Spoke by the Holy Spirit Prophets: Agabus The Roman Empire: Emperors of, Mentioned: Claudius

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