Atlas Biblica

    person

    Agabus

    Ἄγαβος

    Agabus, a prophet, foretold a famine and Paul's arrest in Jerusalem.

    verses
    2
    first named
    Acts 11:28
    last named
    Acts 21:11
    period
    the New Testament
    role
    Man

    Description

    Who was Agabus?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Agabus was a prophet from Jerusalem mentioned twice in the book of Acts. In the first instance, he came to Antioch and predicted through the Spirit that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world, which happened during the reign of Claudius. The disciples then decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea. (Act.11.28)

    Later, when Paul was visiting Philip the evangelist in Caesarea, Agabus came down from Judea. He took Paul's belt, tied his own hands and feet with it, and said, "The Holy Spirit says, 'In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.'" This prophetic act foretold Paul's arrest in Jerusalem. (Act.21.10,11).

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    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Agabus happensThe one place the claims about Agabus reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Judea. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Agabus there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Judea
    the New TestamentThe one place the claims about Agabus reach

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    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 1 book.

    1. Acts2 verses

      11:2821:10

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    ElsewhereIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesElsewhereDavidAnointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus ChristElsewhereJudahIsraelite tribe, kingdom, and province

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