# 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]])