Devine Scripture

Acts 11:28

Acts chapter 11 · verse 28 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be a great famine over all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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 Cesar.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be a great famine over all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius.

Context

v.27Now in these days there came down prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.

v.28This passage

v.29And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judæa:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 2:1

    Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled.

  • Acts 18:2

    And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome: and he came unto them;

  • Genesis 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;

  • Acts 21:10

    And as we tarried there some days, there came down from Judæa a certain prophet, named Agabus.

  • Luke 3:1

    Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituræa and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

  • Matthew 24:14

    And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.