Act 11:28 | NET2full | STEP | One of them , named Agabus , got up and predicted by the Spirit that a severe famine was about to come over the whole inhabited world . ( This took place during the reign of Claudius.)

Acts 11:28

28 One of them, named Agabus, got up ^{▼▼tn Grk “getting up, predicted.” The participle ἀναστάς (anastas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.} and predicted ^{▼▼tn Or “made clear”; Grk “indicated beforehand” (BDAG 920 s.v. σημαίνω 2).} by the Spirit that a severe ^{▼▼tn Grk “great.”} famine ^{▼▼sn This famine is one of the firmly fixed dates in Acts. It took place from a.d. 45-48. The events described in chap. 11 of Acts occurred during the early part of that period.} was about to come over the whole inhabited world. ^{▼▼tn Or “whole Roman Empire.” While the word οἰκουμένη (oikoumenē) does occasionally refer specifically to the Roman Empire, BDAG 699 s.v. οἰκουνένη 2 does not list this passage (only Acts 24:5 and 17:6).} (This ^{▼▼tn Grk “world, which.” The relative pronoun (“which”) was replaced by the demonstrative pronoun “this” and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point to improve the English style, due to the length of the sentence in Greek.} took place during the reign of Claudius.) ^{▼▼sn This is best taken as a parenthetical note by the author. Claudius was the Roman emperor Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus, known as Claudius, who ruled from a.d. 41-54.}