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# General Information:
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Here Luke tells background information about a prophecy in Antioch. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
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# Now
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This word is used here to mark a break in the main story-line.
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# came down from Jerusalem to Antioch
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Jerusalem was higher in elevation than Antioch, so it was normal for Israelites to speak of going up to Jerusalem or going down from it.
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# Agabus by name
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"whose name was Agabus"
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# indicated by the Spirit
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"the Holy Spirit enabled him to prophesy"
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# a great famine would occur
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"a great shortage of food would happen"
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# over all the world
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This was a generalization referring to the part of the world that they were interested in. AT: "all over the inhabited world" or "throughout the Roman Empire" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# in the days of Claudius
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Luke's audience would know that Claudius was the emperor of Rome at that time. AT: "when Claudius was the Roman emperor" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jerusalem]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/antioch]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holyspirit]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/famine]] |