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Acts 11:28

And 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.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “great” (μεγάλην) before ensue here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “which” (ἥτις) before was here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “great” (μέγαν) before ensue here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “which also” (ὅστις καὶ) before was here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of Caesar” (Καίσαρος.) after Claudius here.

ἀναστὰςanastasthere stood upἀνίστημι (anistēmi)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “there stood up”, a single actionG450I raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear.there stood upδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.εἷςheisoneεἷςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG1520one.oneἐξexofἐκ (ek)preposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofαὐτῶνautōnthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themὀνόματιonomatinamedὄνομα (onoma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “named”, the to- or for-formG3686name, character, fame, reputation.namedἍγαβοςhagabosAgabusἍγαβοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Agabus”, the subject formG13Agabus, a Christian prophet.Agabusἐσήμανενesēmanenand signifiedσημαίνω (sēmainō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and signified”, a single actionG4591I signify, indicate, give a sign, make known.and signifiedδιὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πνεύματοςpneumatosspiritπνεῦμα (pneuma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “spirit”, the of-formG4151wind, breath, spirit.This verse uses “spirit”.the spiritλιμὸνlimondearthλιμός (limos)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “dearth”, the object formG3042a famine, hunger.dearthμεγάληνmegalēngreatμέγας (megas)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “great”, the object formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.μέλλεινmelleinto ensueμέλλω (mellō)verb, present active infinitive — “to ensue”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.ἔσεσθαιesesthaito beεἰμί (eimi)verb, future middle infinitive — “to be”, an action still aheadG1510I am, exist.ἐφ’ephthroughoutἐπί (epi)preposition — “throughout”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.throughoutὅληνholēnallὅλος (holos)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “all”, the object formG3650all, the whole, entire, complete.This verse uses “all”.allτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.οἰκουμένηνoikoumenēnworldοἰκουμένη (oikoumenē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “world”, the object formG3625(properly: the land that is being inhabited, the land in a state of habitation), the inhabited world, that is, the Roman world, for all outside it was regarded as of no account.the worldἥτιςhētiswhichὅστις (hostis)relative pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “which”, the subject formG3748whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.whichἐγένετοegenetocame to passγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “came to pass”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.came to passἐπὶepiin the days ofἐπίpreposition — “in the days of”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.in the days ofΚλαυδίουklaudiouClaudiusΚλαύδιος (klaudios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Claudius”, the of-formG2804(a) Claudius, the fourth of the Roman Emperors, Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, who ruled A.D. 41-54, (b) Claudius Lysias, a tribune at Jerusalem.Claudius

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μέγανmegangreatμέγας (megas)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “great”, the object formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.ὅστιςhostiswhichὅστιςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “which”, the subject formG3748whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ΚαίσαροςkaisarosCaesarΚαῖσαρ (kaisar)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Caesar”, the of-formG2541Caesar, a surname of the gens Iulia, which became practically synonymous with the Emperor for the time being; in the Gospels it always refers to Tiberias.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and one of them, by name Agabus, having stood up, did signify through the Spirit a great dearth is about to be throughout all the world — which also came to pass in the time of Claudius Caesar —

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American Standard Version (1901)

And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be a great famine over all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius.

Young’s Literal Translation

and one of them, by name Agabus, having stood up, did signify through the Spirit a great dearth is about to be throughout all the world — which also came to pass in the time of Claudius Caesar —

World English Bible

One of them named Agabus stood up and indicated by the Spirit that there should be a great famine all over the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius.

Darby Translation

and one from among them, by name Agabus, rose up and signified by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth, which also came to pass under Claudius.

Douay-Rheims

And one of them named Agabus, rising up, signified by the Spirit, that there should be a great famine over the whole world, which came to pass under Claudius.

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