# 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 11:28, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- c. AD 40-44 (counted from the text)
- Date source: Acts 11:28 announces the famine of Claudius's reign, which Tacitus (Annals XII.43) and Josephus (Antiquities XX.2) put in AD 46-48.

## Who ruled

- **Claudius**, emperor of Rome, AD 41-54, named in the text · Source: Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII
- **Caligula**, emperor of Rome, AD 37-41 · Source: Suetonius, Caligula; Josephus, Antiquities XVIII-XIX
- **Herod Agrippa I**, king of Judea, AD 41-44 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.6-XIX.8, which dates his death to AD 44

## See also

- Acts 21:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/21/10
- Acts 18:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/2
- 1 Kings 17:1-16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/17/1
- Luke 2:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/2/1
- Luke 3:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/3/1

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11/28
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).