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The early church

Agabus

Prophet from Judea

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Editorial summary

One of the prophets who came down from Jerusalem to Antioch, he foretold by the Spirit a great famine, which came in the days of Claudius. Years later at Caesarea he bound his own hands and feet with Paul’s belt as a sign of what awaited Paul in Jerusalem.

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  1. Agabus foretells a famine

    Prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch, and one of them, Agabus, foretold by the Spirit a great famine over all the world, which came in the days of Claudius. The disciples, each as he had plenty, sent relief for the brothers in Judea to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.

  2. Agabus’ warning

    Paul’s company stayed with Philip the evangelist. The prophet Agabus bound his own hands and feet with Paul’s belt, saying the owner would be bound in Jerusalem; Paul replied that he was ready to die there for the name of the Lord Jesus.

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