WATCHMAN33
Agabus warns believers in Antioch while church leaders prepare sacks and funds for famine relief.
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Fulfilled

Agabus Foretells a Widespread Famine

Agabus, speaking by the Spirit, predicts a severe famine across the Roman world during the reign of Claudius.

PRIMARY PROPHECY

Acts 11:27–28

27¶ And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.

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 Cæsar.

THE HISTORICAL CONNECTION

The prophetic word and its fulfillment

Principal fulfillment

During the reign of Claudius, with severe Judean famine commonly dated around AD 46–48

AUDITABLE EVIDENCE

Sources & further reading

Historical facts and interpretive background are kept as structured citations so links can be checked and maintained over time.

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Primary source

Codex Sinaiticus

Codex Sinaiticus Project

Institutional manuscript resource supporting the ancient transmission context of the biblical book; it does not by itself prove the proposed fulfillment.

Checked September 20, 2026
How to read this file

The sources establish the historical record and provide background on the biblical passage. The conclusion that these events fulfill prophecy is the stated interpretation of Watchman 33.