Acts 11:28

"And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be. great famine over all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius" "Agabus" (AG uh bus). This man is mentioned again in Acts 21:10. "Signified by the Spirit" "Began to indicate by the Spirit" (NASV). (2 Peter 1:20). "Great famine over all the world" The Roman Empire (Luke 2:1). "Which came to pass in the days of Claudius" The Roman Emperor who reigned from 41-54 AD Writing after the fact, Luke notes that what Agabus predicted did come to pass. No less than four famines occurred during his reign. In 42 or 43 AD, there was. severe famine in Rome. In 50 AD, one in Greece. In 51 AD, another in Rome, and Josephus notes that in 45 AD, when Cuspius Fadus was governor. severe famine took place in Judea. "We know from other sources that this emperor's reign was indeed marked by. succession of bad harvests and serious famines in various parts of the empire" (Bruce p. 243).