ACC ~ Acts 11 v28

A TWOFOLD FAMINE AND A TWOFOLD ABUNDANCE. CHRYSOSTOM: But no one does this now, even though the famine is more severe than the one then. For it is not the same when misfortune is borne in common and when everyone else has plenty, but the poor one is famishing. Back then, even those who gave were poor. “Everyone according to his ability,” it says. The famine is twofold, just as the abundance is twofold. Back then, this was a severe famine—a famine not only of hearing the word of the Lord but also of being nourished by alms. Back then, both the poor in Judea enjoyed the benefit and those in Antioch who gave their money, and the latter more than the former. Now, both we and the poor are famishing: they from a lack of necessary sustenance and we because we, in our luxury, lack the mercy of God. HOMILIES ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 25.

REVELATION THROUGH THE SPIRIT. BEDE: Agabus can be said to mean herald of tribulation. In accordance with his name he also here prophesied a general famine, and [as we learn] below, he prophesied chains for Paul the apostle.COMMENTARY ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 11.28.

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