Acts 11:27

Which they also did,.... They not only determined, but they put their resolutions into execution, and acted according to a rule which the apostle recommends, Co2 8:11

and sent it to the elders; to…

And in these days - While Barnabas and Saul were at Antioch. Came prophets - The word “prophet” denotes properly “one who foretells future events.” See the notes on Mat 7:15. It is sometimes used in…

Came prophets from Jerusalem - Though the term prophet is used in the New Testament simply to signify a teacher, (see the note on Gen 20:7, where the subject is largely explained), yet here it…

When our Lord Jesus ascended on high he gave gifts unto men, not only apostles and evangelists, but prophets, who were enabled by the Spirit to foresee and foretel things to come, which not only…

Agabus at Antioch foretells a famine, and in consequence the Church at Antioch sends relief to Jerusalem

27. And in these days i.e. while the Church at Antioch was being increased with a great…