26 and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught large numbers. The disciples(A) were first called Christians at Antioch.(B)

Famine Relief

27 In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.(C) 28 Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world.[a] This took place during the time of Claudius.[b](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 11:28 Or the whole world
  2. Acts 11:28 Emperor a.d. 41–54; there was a famine a.d. 47–48.

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