Acts 11:28 (WEB)
One of them named Agabus stood up and indicated by the Spirit that there should be a great famine all over the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius.
Fathers and councils · 10
Cyril of Jerusalem
“And the grace of the Spirit being shed forth by God more abundantly in Antioch, there were there prophets and teachers of whom Agabus was one.” — editor's note: Acts xi. 28.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“And Agabus, one of the prophets who was with them, uttered a prophecy concerning the famine which was about to take place, and Paul and Barnabas were sent to relieve the necessities of the brethren.” — editor's note: See Acts xi. 28. Agabus is known to us only from this and one other passage of the Acts (xxi. 10), where he foretells the imprisonment of Paul. The famine here…
Read the whole comment“Under him the world was visited with a famine, which writers that are entire strangers to our religion have recorded in their histories.” — editor's note: Several famines occurred during the reign of Claudius (cf. Dion Cassius, LX. 11, Tacitus, Annal. XII. 13, and Eusebius, Chron., year of Abr. 2070) in different…
Read the whole comment“Neither can they boast of Agabus, or Judas, or Silas, or the daughters of Philip, or Ammia in Philadelphia, or Quadratus, or any others not belonging to them.”” — editor's note: On Agabus, see Acts xi. 28, xxi. 10.
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Jerome
“…fulfilment for ourselves? if the Montanists reply that Philip’s four daughters prophesied at a later date, and that a prophet is mentioned named Agabus, and that in the partition of the spirit, prophets are spoken of as well as apostles, teachers and others, and that Paul himself prophesied many things…” — editor's note: Acts xi. 28; xxi. 10, 11.
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Augustine of Hippo
“To them, namely, by reason of famine being imminent, and foretold by the Prophets which were at that time, good believers sent out of Greece supplies of corn; of which I suppose they made them bread, or at least procured to be made; which thing the birds do not.” — editor's note: Acts xi. 28–30
Read the whole comment“Why so long time beforehand, on occasion of impending famine, were supplies of corn sent to the holy fathers?” — editor's note: Acts xi. 28–30
Read the whole comment“…for the indigence of the brethren, not only for the morrow, but even for the more protracted time of impending dearth, as we read in the Acts of the Apostles; it is sufficiently clear that these precepts are so to be understood, that we are to do nothing of our work as matter of necessity, through love of obtaining…” — editor's note: Acts xi. 28–30
Read the whole comment“Then the disciples, every one according to his ability, determined to send relief to the elders for the brethren which dwelt in Judæa, which also they did by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.”” — editor's note: Acts xi. 27–30. The clause shows much divergence from the Vulgate in construction.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
“Josephus also relates the most intolerable distresses to have occurred from famine; and at the time of Claudius Cæsar there was a severe famine, as we read in the Acts, (Acts 11:28.) and many terrible events happened, forboding, as Josephus says, the destruction of Jerusalem.” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 21
Cited together in Church History V.17.
Cited together in Church History V.17.
Cited together in Church History V.17.
Cited together in Church History II.3.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 31.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 31.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 31.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 31.
Cited together in Church History V.17.
Cited together in Church History II.3.
Cited together in Church History V.17.
Cited together in Church History V.17.
Cited together in Church History II.3.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 27.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 29.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 29.
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 21:9–11 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 21:9–11 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 21:9–11 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 29 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Church History II.3.