Showing posts with label Acts. Show all posts
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Thursday, 8 December 2011

Agabus (est30-60A.D.)


Agabus came with a group of prophets to Antioch from Jerusalem, as recorded in the Book of Acts, whilst there he predicted a famine which came true only a few years later in 45A.D. where a famine in Jerusalem was so bad that many people died.

It is also recorded that in 58A.D. that Agabus met Paul of Tarsus at Caesarea Maritima and foretold him of his imminent capture and even demonstrated to him what the Jews would do to him if he continued with his journey to Jerusalem. It is also worth while mentioning that Philip the Evangelist also resided in Caesarea Maritima and it is more than likely that the two men knew each other well. This supports the story told by the supporters of Montanus who said that he had learnt prophecy from Quadratus and Ammia who had learnt it from Agabus and Philip. Maybe Caesarea Maritima was the location of these teachings.

Philip the Evangelist (est40-60 A.D.)

Philip was one of the seven deacons that were chosen to care for poor people in Jerusalem, later he preached and performed miracles in Samaria, and converted an Ethiopian man in Gaza. Later in life he is known to have been living in Caesarea Maritima (nowadays near Tel Aviv) with his four daughters who also prophesied.

All the references I could find for Philip and his family originate from the Book of Acts, Book of Ephesians and the Book of Timothy.