Bible Person
Meaning: a locust; the father's joy or feast · Male · 2 cross references
Agabus is a Christian prophet in Acts who first announces a coming famine and later warns Paul about the suffering awaiting him in Jerusalem. He belongs to the prophetic life of the early church as it learns to discern guidance, danger, and obedience. First appears in Acts 11:28.1
AI summary: Agabus matters because the cross references present prophecy in the New Testament as concrete, communal, and costly rather than abstract. His famine warning helps mobilize practical care for believers, while his symbolic warning to Paul shows that true guidance may clarify suffering without removing it. Taken together, the material presents Agabus as a trusted prophetic voice whose ministry strengthens both compassion and sober discernment in the early church.1
Central Figure
Agabus
Meaning: a locust; the father's joy or feast
A “prophet,” probably one of the seventy disciples of Christ.
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). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.