Verse 28
28. Stood up Doubtless in the public congregation.
Agabus The name is probably derived from the Hebrew verb עגב , Agab, he loved; cognate with the Agape, love. Agabus again appears a true prophet, but a prophet of evil, in Acts 21:11.
All the world Literally, the whole inhabited land. The extent of this land depends upon the subject of the discourse. In this case Agabus was doubtless speaking of a particular land, namely, Palestine. This appears plainly from the fact that the Antiochians forthwith determined to send relief to Judea, as if there, and not in Syria, was to be the dearth.
The Codex Beza has here a remarkable addition: “And when we were all gathered about him he said,” etc. This would be, if authentic, an addition to “the we passages,” and prove Luke to have been at Antioch at this time. (See note on Acts 16:10.) It only indicates, as it is, an ancient belief that he then was there.
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