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Agabus in the Bible.

A "prophet," probably one of the seventy disciples of Christ. The King James Version names Agabus in 2 verses, from Acts 11:28 to Acts 21:10.

Agabus’s own words.

Agabus speaks in 1 verse of the King James Version, all in Acts.

He also passes on the LORD’s words in 1 verse.

His first words in the Bible
And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
Acts 21:11 ›

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Who Agabus was.

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).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Places in Agabus’s story.

  • Judeanamed with him in 1 verse

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All 2 verses that name Agabus.

Acts 2

  • Acts 11:28And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
  • Acts 21:10And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.

Questions about Agabus.

Who was Agabus in the Bible?

A "prophet," probably one of the seventy disciples of Christ. The King James Version names Agabus in 2 verses, from Acts 11:28 to Acts 21:10.

Where does Agabus speak in the Bible?

In 1 verse of the King James Version, all in Acts. His first words are in Acts 21:11.

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