28And 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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And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla;(because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
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,
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. …
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27-30)When our Lord Jesus ascended on high he gave gifts unto men , not only apostles and evangelists, but prophets , who were enabled by the Spirit to foresee and foretel things to come, which not only served for a confirmation of the truth of Christianity (for all that these prophets foretold came to pass, which proved that they were sent of God , Deut. 18:22 ; Jer. 28:9 ), but was also of great use t…
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