Acts 11:28-30
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
28 and one of them named Agabus stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine all over the world, and it happened under Claudius.(A) 29 So the disciples determined that, according to ability,(B) each should send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea. 30 [a]This they did, sending it to the presbyters in care of Barnabas and Saul.
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- 11:30 Presbyters: this is the same Greek word that elsewhere is translated “elders,” primarily in reference to the Jewish community.
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