Acts 11:28

Acts 11:28

26 And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

Relief to Judea

27 And in these days ^aprophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.

28 Then one of them, named ^aAgabus, stood up and showed by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine throughout all the world, which also happened in the days of ^bClaudius Caesar.

29 Then the disciples, each according to his ability, determined to send ^arelief to the brethren dwelling in Judea.

30 ^aThis they also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

Commentaries:

People's Commentary (NT)

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Acts 11:28 Agabus. Also named in Acts 21:10. He had the prophetic gift. Throughout all the world. This expression in the Scriptures often means the Jewish world. In the days of Claudius Caesar. Josephus ("Antiq". 20:2,6) describes a great famine that prevailed in Palestine in the reign of Claudius Caesar, beginning about the close of AD 44, and lasting three or four years. Food had to be imported by the benevolent persons from Egypt and Cyprus, yet many perished.

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