Reading as Seek: to learn Scripture and its teachings. Same facts, warmer framing.

Person

Agabus

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Acts 11:28. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

At a glance

Gender: Male

Often appears with

Named in the same verses most often. Sharing a verse doesn’t always mean they met.

Holy Spirit1 verse
Claudius (4th Roman Emperor)1 verse

Places

Where the data places them (born, died, or an event they take part in) first; then places named in the same verses, which does not mean they were there.

Judeascene of “Voyage from Miletus to Jerusalem”1 shared verse
Antioch (Syria)scene of “Disciples first called Christians”
Caesareascene of “Voyage from Miletus to Jerusalem”
Ptolemaisscene of “Voyage from Miletus to Jerusalem”
Jerusalemscene of “Voyage from Miletus to Jerusalem”
Tyrescene of “Voyage from Miletus to Jerusalem”
Syriascene of “Voyage from Miletus to Jerusalem”
Cyprusscene of “Voyage from Miletus to Jerusalem”
Pheniciascene of “Voyage from Miletus to Jerusalem”
Patarascene of “Voyage from Miletus to Jerusalem”
Rhodesscene of “Voyage from Miletus to Jerusalem”
Coosscene of “Voyage from Miletus to Jerusalem”

In the Bible

All 2 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Acts

Acts 11:28
One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)
Acts 21:10
After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

Events

Events the dataset lists Agabus as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

c. AD 40
Disciples first called ChristiansActs 11:19–30 · at Antioch (Syria)
c. AD 50
Third Missionary JourneyActs 18:24–20:16
no date
Voyage from Miletus to JerusalemActs 21:1–17 · at Judea, Caesarea, Ptolemais, Jerusalem, Tyre, Syria, Cyprus, Phenicia, Patara, Rhodes, Coos

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

A “prophet,” probably one of the seventy disciples of Christ. He prophesied at Antioch of an approaching famine (Acts 11:27, 28). Many years afterwards he met Paul at Caesarea, and warned him of the bonds and affliction that awaited him at Jerusalem should he persist in going thither (Acts 21:10-12).