ACTS 11:28 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world. (This happened during the reign of Claudius.)—Agabus (Greek: Agabos, possibly echoing Hebrew Ahab/Habakkuk) is identified as a prophet; his word 'through the Spirit' (dia tou pneumatos) is Spirit-utterance. The prediction of famine 'over the entire Roman world' (epi tēn oikoumenēn holēn) is historically attested (the Claudian famine, AD 41-54, occurred during Claudius's reign, 41-54 AD). Luke's parenthetical note establishes historical correlation and validation of prophetic speech.
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