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Ἀναστὰς δὲ εἷς ἐξ αὐτῶν ὀνόματι Ἅγαβος ἐσήμανεν διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος λιμὸν μέγαν μέλλειν ἔσεσθαι ἐφ᾽ ὅλην τὴν οἰκουμένην ὅστις καὶ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος (Acts 11:28)

And rising up, one of them, by name Agabos, signaled through the Spirit that a great famine was about to be over the whole inhabited world, which also happened in the time of Claudius Caesar.

Living Greek Breakdown

The sentence does not begin by naming a man. It begins by making him rise. ἀναστὰς δὲ places movement first, and only afterward does the listener learn who this rising figure is. This is one of the great strengths of living Greek style.… Learn Koine Greek