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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Act 11:28 — And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
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Agabus
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Act 21:10 |
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"This was probably the famine which took place in the fourth year of Claudius, which continued for several years, and in which, says Josephus, ""many died for want of food."" Gen 41:30,31,38; 1Ki 17:1-16; 2Ki 8:1,2" |
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Claudius
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Claudius Caesar succeeded C. Caligula, A..D. 41; and after a reign of upwards of 13 years, he was poisoned by his wife Agrippina, and succeeded by Nero. Luk 2:1; Luk 3:1 |
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Act 21:10 |
And as we tarried [there] many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. |
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Gen 41:30 |
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; |
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Gen 41:31 |
And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it [shall be] very grievous. |
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Gen 41:38 |
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find [such a one] as this [is], a man in whom the Spirit of God [is]? |
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1Ki 17:1 |
And Elijah the Tishbite, [who was] of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, [As] the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. |
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1Ki 17:2 |
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, |
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1Ki 17:3 |
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that [is] before Jordan. |
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1Ki 17:4 |
And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. |
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1Ki 17:5 |
So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that [is] before Jordan. |
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2Ki 8:1 |
Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years. |
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2Ki 8:2 |
And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. |
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Luk 2:1 |
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. |
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Luk 3:1 |
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Acts 11:28," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Act/11/28.html>.
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