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Acts 11:28 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Acts 11:28Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 11:2823 words
GreekMeaning
ἀναστὰςanastas
Having risen upverbG450
δὲde
nowwordG1161
εἷςheis
into / toadjectiveG1519
ἐξex
ofprepositionG1537
αὐτῶνautōn
thempronounG846
ὀνόματιonomati
namednounG3686
ἍγαβοςHagabos
AgabusnounG13
ἐσήμανενesēmanen
he signifiedverbG4591
διὰdia
throughprepositionG1223
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
πνεύματοςpneumatos
Spirit thatnounG4151
λιμὸνlimon
a faminenounG3042
μεγάληνmegalēn
(+ fear) exceedingly, great(-est), highadjectiveG3173
μέλλεινmellein
to ensueverbG3195
ἔσεσθαιesesthai
beingverbG1510
ἐφ’eph’
overprepositionG1909
ὅληνholēn
alladjectiveG3650
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
οἰκουμένηνoikoumenēn
world —nounG3625
ἥτιςhētis
(they), (such) as, (they) thatrelative pronounG3748
ἐγένετοegeneto
wasverbG1096
ἐπὶepi
in the time ofprepositionG1909
ΚλαυδίουKlaudiou
ClaudiusnounG2804
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 25 on Acts
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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