en_tn_lite_do_not_use/act/11/28.md

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Agabus by name

"whose name was Agabus"

indicated by the Spirit

"the Holy Spirit enabled him to prophesy"

a great famine would occur

"a great shortage of food would happen"

over all the world

This was a generalization referring to the part of the world that they were interested in. Alternate translation: "all over the inhabited world" or "throughout the Roman Empire" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole)

in the days of Claudius

Luke's audience would know that Claudius was the emperor of Rome at that time. Alternate translation: "when Claudius was the Roman emperor" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit and rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names)