Famine Relief

27 In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.(A) 28 One of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world.[a] This took place during the reign of Claudius.(B) 29 Each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers and sisters who lived in Judea.(C) 30 They did this, sending it to the elders(D) by means of Barnabas and Saul.

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  1. 11:28 Or the whole world

27 Now in those days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28 And one of them named[a] Agabus stood up and[b] indicated by the Spirit that a great famine was about to come over the whole inhabited earth (which took place in the time of Claudius). 29 So from the disciples, according to their ability to give,[c] each one of them determined to send financial aid[d] for support to the brothers who lived in Judea, 30 which they also did, sending the aid[e] to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 11:28 Literally “by name”
  2. Acts 11:28 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stood up”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. Acts 11:29 Literally “to the degree that anyone was prospering”
  4. Acts 11:29 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  5. Acts 11:30 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation