Acts 11:27-30
World English Bible
27 Now in these days, prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28 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. 29 As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea; 30 which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
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Acts 11:27-30
Lexham English Bible
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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- Acts 11:28 Literally “by name”
- Acts 11:28 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stood up”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Acts 11:29 Literally “to the degree that anyone was prospering”
- Acts 11:29 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Acts 11:30 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
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