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According to the Acts of Apostles, Agabus was a member of the Church in Jerusalem, known for his prophetic abilities. He was said to have predicted the famine at the time of Claudius (around 45 CE) an then (in 58 CE) the arrest of [[Paul of Tarsus]]. | According to the Acts of Apostles, Agabus was a member of the Church in Jerusalem, known for his prophetic abilities. He was said to have predicted the famine at the time of Claudius (around 45 CE) an then (in 58 CE) the arrest of [[Paul of Tarsus]]. | ||
There is no further reference to Agabus in the New Testament. | There is no further reference to Agabus in the New Testament. According to later Christian traditions, St. Agabus was a former suitor of the Virgin Mary who became a hermit and built a chapel dedicated to her on Mount Carmel. The tradition also identified him as one of the [[Seventy Disciples]] and narrated his martyrdom at Antioch. | ||
== Agabus, in ancient sources == | == Agabus, in ancient sources == | ||
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According to Christian tradition, Agabus was an earlier follower of the Church.
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Overview
According to the Acts of Apostles, Agabus was a member of the Church in Jerusalem, known for his prophetic abilities. He was said to have predicted the famine at the time of Claudius (around 45 CE) an then (in 58 CE) the arrest of Paul of Tarsus.
There is no further reference to Agabus in the New Testament. According to later Christian traditions, St. Agabus was a former suitor of the Virgin Mary who became a hermit and built a chapel dedicated to her on Mount Carmel. The tradition also identified him as one of the Seventy Disciples and narrated his martyrdom at Antioch.
Agabus, in ancient sources
Acts of Apostles
Acts 11:28 -- And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius).
Acts 21:10-14 -- 10 While we were staying there for several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. 11 He came to us and took Paul's belt, bound his own feet and hands with it, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.'" 12 When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus." 14 Since he would not be persuaded, we remained silent except to say, "The Lord's will be done."
Eusebius, Historia ecclesiatica
II 3,4 -- And Agabus, one of the prophets who was with them, uttered a prophecy concerning the famine which was about to take place, and Paul and Barnabas were sent to relieve the necessities of the brethren.
II 8,1 -- ...Under (Claudius) the world was visited with a famine, which writers that are entire strangers to our religion have recorded in their histories. And thus the prediction of Agabus recorded in the Acts of the Apostles, <Acts 11:28> according to which the whole world was to be visited by a famine, received its fulfillment. [8,2] Luke, in the Acts, mentions the famine in the time of Claudius, and states that the brethren of Antioch, each according to his ability, sent to the brethren of Judea by the hands of Paul and Barnabas <Acts 11:29-30>
Agabus, in the arts
References
- Agabus / Joann Ford Watson / In: The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992 Freedman), dictionary, 1:88
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