ACTS 11:28 — KING JAMES VERSION 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.
Church Fathers on Acts 11:28
And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the spirit that there would be great dearth throughout the world, which also came to pass in the days of Claudius Cæsar. Acts 11:28 By the Spirit, it says: for, that they may not imagine that this was the reason why the famine came, (namely) because Christianity had come in, because the demons were departed, the Holy Ghost foretells it: this, however, was nothing wonderful, for in fact Christ predicted it. Not this…
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