Acts 11:28
28One 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 ▼ was about to come over the whole inhabited world. ▼ (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.
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