The next verse informs us that the disciples in Antioch, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea. "which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar." (Acts 11:28.) Just before this famine, prophets had journeyed from Jerusalem to Antioch, and one by the name of Agabus, inspired by the Holy Spirit, proclaimed that there would be a "great dearth throughout all the world," and then Luke says. The reason for considering this particular famine is due to the fact that it served as an occasion for many of the New Testament congregations to co-operate in the giving of material aid to the "brethren which dwelt in Judea." (Acts 11:29.) In a footnote, it is indicated that it may have lasted for a three year period. Josephus, the Jewish historian, supplies further information concerning the intensity of this famine, with its great distress and many deaths. and once again, plagued the city of Rome. The third famine during the time of Claudius was centered in Greece in about A.D. It is this famine to which Luke makes reference in Acts 11:28, and to which we hope to give further attention in this discussion. The second famine known to have occurred during the reign of Claudius was in the fourth year of his office (45 A.D.), and was particularly centered in Judea. The first famine during this period was centered around the city of Rome in the years 41 and 42 A.D. His reign covered a period of thirteen years (41-54 A.D.) and was brought to a rather spectacular conclusion when one of his wives, Agrippina, poisoned him in order that her son could take the throne.ĭuring the reign of Claudius, several different famines are known to have occurred. In this sense, it was a title somewhat of the same order as the use of the name Pharaoh, among the Egyptians, and is found some twenty-six times in the New Testament.Ĭlaudius Caesar was the fifth Roman emperor, and ascended to the throne in the year 41 A.D. The name Caesar was either assumed or conferred upon all of the emperors of the Roman Empire after Julius Caesar. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline.NUMBER 30, PAGE 2-3a Famines In The Days Of Claudius Caesar Together with Tacitus' Annals, this work is a major source for the historical details in Robert Graves' novels "I Claudius" and "Claudius the God". On the Life of the Caesars concentrates on the acts and personalities of the Julio-Claudians and their immediate successors.
The work was written in 121 during the reign of the emperor Hadrian, while Suetonius was Hadrian's personal secretary. The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire. Download cover art Download CD case insert The Lives of the Twelve Caesars
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