Study it in the app“And one of them named Agabus stood up and indicated through the Spirit that a great famine was going to come over all the inhabited world; and this took place in the time of Claudius.”
AndδὲoneεἷςofἐξthemαὐτῶνnamedὀνόματιAgabusἍγαβοςstood upἀναστὰςand indicatedἐσήμανενthroughδιὰthe Spiritτοῦ πνεύματοςthat a greatμεγάληνfamineλιμὸνwas going toμέλλεινcomeἔσεσθαιoverἐφ’allὅληνthe inhabited world;τὴν οἰκουμένηνand thisἥτιςtook placeἐγένετοin the time ofἐπὶClaudius.Κλαυδίου
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “heis” appearsname
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onomati” appearsAgabus
Agabus, a prophet from Jerusalem among the believers.
Where else “Hagabos” appearsget up
To stand up, or set out somewhere.
Where else “anastas” appearssignify, indicate
Indicate, make known by a sign; give to understand.
Where else “esēmanen” appearsSpirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneumatos” appearsintense
Of great force or intensity, like an enormous joy or fear.
Where else “megalēn” appearsfamine
A time without food in a region.
Where else “limon” appearsbe about to
Something on the point of happening.
Where else “mellein” appearsthere is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “esesthai” appearswhole, all
Whole, entire, all.
Where else “holēn” appearsinhabited world
The inhabited world, the earth where people live; also the Roman world.
Where else “oikoumenēn” appearshappen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “egeneto” appearsClaudius
Claudius, the name of the Roman emperor from AD 41 to 54, and of the commander Claudius Lysias in Jerusalem.
Where else “Klaudiou” appearsClaudius was emperor from A.D. 41 to 54; in his time there were great famines, and in Judea around the years 46-48.
27Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
28 · This verse (above)
29And the disciples, as anyone was prospering, determined, each of them, to send something for aid to the brothers who lived in Judea;
1. What it says
When Peter is criticized in Jerusalem, how does he respond, and what do they do when they hear him? (vv. 2-18)
2. What it means
What does Barnabas do on arriving in Antioch, and what does he then do about Saul? (vv. 22-26)
3. How I live it
The disciples in Antioch sent help to the brothers in Judea who needed it (vv. 27-30). Whom far away could you help?
