Saint Agabus
Prophète (Ier siècle)
Il annonça qu'il y aurait une grande famine sur toute la terre et, inspiré par l'Esprit, prédit à saint Paul, par une action symbolique, les tourments qui l'attendaient de la part des païens.
Livre des Actes des Apôtres - Chapitre 11
27 En ces jours-là, des prophètes descendirent de Jérusalem à Antioche.
28 L'un d'eux, nommé Agabus, se mit à parler sous l'action de l'Esprit ; il
annonça qu'il y aurait une grande famine sur toute la terre. Elle se produisit
effectivement sous le règne de l'empereur Claude.
(source: Aelf)
Livre des Actes des Apôtres - Chapitre 21
10 Comme nous restions là plusieurs jours, un prophète nommé Agabus descendit de Judée.
11 Il vint vers nous, prit la ceinture de Paul, s'attacha les mains et les pieds, et dit: «Voici ce que dit l'Esprit Saint : L'homme à qui appartient cette ceinture, les Juifs l'attacheront comme cela à Jérusalem et le livreront aux mains des païens.»
(source: Aelf)
Martyrologe romain
19 Les frères
dispersés par la tourmente qui se produisit lors de l’affaire d’Étienne
allèrent jusqu’en Phénicie, puis à Chypre et Antioche, sans annoncer la Parole
à personne d’autre qu’aux Juifs.
20 Parmi eux, il y
en avait qui étaient originaires de Chypre et de Cyrène, et qui, en arrivant à
Antioche, s’adressaient aussi aux gens de langue grecque pour leur annoncer la
Bonne Nouvelle : Jésus est le Seigneur.
21 La main du
Seigneur était avec eux : un grand nombre de gens devinrent croyants et se
tournèrent vers le Seigneur.
22 La nouvelle
parvint aux oreilles de l’Église de Jérusalem, et l’on envoya Barnabé jusqu’à
Antioche.
23 À son arrivée,
voyant la grâce de Dieu à l’œuvre, il fut dans la joie. Il les exhortait tous à
rester d’un cœur ferme attachés au Seigneur.
24 C’était en effet
un homme de bien, rempli d’Esprit Saint et de foi. Une foule considérable
s’attacha au Seigneur.
25 Barnabé partit
alors à Tarse chercher Saul.
26 L’ayant trouvé,
il l’amena à Antioche. Pendant toute une année, ils participèrent aux
assemblées de l’Église, ils instruisirent une foule considérable. Et c’est à
Antioche que, pour la première fois, les disciples reçurent le nom de
« chrétiens ».
27 En ces jours-là,
des prophètes descendirent de Jérusalem à Antioche.
28 L’un d’eux, nommé
Agabus, se leva pour signifier sous l’action de l’Esprit qu’il y aurait une
grande famine sur toute la terre ; celle-ci se produisit sous l’empereur
Claude.
29 Alors les disciples
décidèrent d’envoyer de l’aide, chacun selon ses moyens, aux frères qui
habitaient en Judée ;
30 ce qu’ils firent
en l’adressant aux Anciens, par l’intermédiaire de Barnabé et de Saul.
LIVRE DES ACTES DES
APÔTRES, XI : 19-30
01 Alors, après nous
être séparés d’eux, nous avons gagné le large et filé droit sur Cos, le
lendemain sur Rhodes, et de là sur Patara.
02 Puis, ayant
trouvé un bateau qui faisait la traversée vers la Phénicie, nous sommes montés
à bord et nous avons gagné le large.
03 Arrivés en vue de
Chypre, nous avons laissé l’île sur notre gauche ; nous avons navigué vers
la Syrie et nous avons débarqué à Tyr : c’est là, en effet, que le bateau
déchargeait sa cargaison.
04 Ayant trouvé les
disciples, nous sommes restés sept jours avec eux ; ceux-ci, poussés par
l’Esprit, disaient à Paul de ne pas monter à Jérusalem.
05 Mais quand notre
séjour a été achevé, nous sommes partis et nous avons repris la route,
accompagnés jusqu’en dehors de la ville par tous, y compris les femmes et les
enfants. À genoux sur le rivage, nous avons prié ;
06 après nous être
dit adieu les uns aux autres, nous avons embarqué à nouveau sur le bateau,
tandis qu’ils retournaient chez eux.
07 Quant à nous,
achevant notre traversée, de Tyr nous sommes arrivés à Ptolémaïs ; ayant
salué les frères, nous avons passé une journée chez eux.
08 Partis le
lendemain, nous sommes allés à Césarée, nous sommes entrés dans la maison de
Philippe, l’évangélisateur, qui était l’un des Sept, et nous sommes restés chez
lui.
09 Il avait quatre
filles non mariées, qui prophétisaient.
10 Comme nous
restions là plusieurs jours, un prophète nommé Agabos descendit de Judée.
11 Il vint vers
nous, enleva la ceinture de Paul, se ligota les pieds et les mains, et
déclara : « Voici ce que dit l’Esprit Saint : L’homme à qui
appartient cette ceinture, les Juifs le ligoteront de la sorte à Jérusalem et
le livreront aux mains des nations. »
12 Quand nous avons
entendu cela, nous et les frères qui habitaient là, nous l’exhortions à ne pas
monter à Jérusalem.
13 Alors Paul
répondit : « Que faites-vous là à pleurer et à me briser le
cœur ? Moi je suis prêt, non seulement à me laisser ligoter, mais encore à
mourir à Jérusalem pour le nom du Seigneur Jésus. »
14 N’ayant pu le
persuader, nous n’avons pas insisté, et nous avons dit : « Que la
volonté du Seigneur soit faite. »
15 À la fin du
séjour, nos préparatifs étant achevés, nous sommes montés à Jérusalem.
16 Quelques
disciples, venus avec nous de Césarée, nous conduisirent chez un certain Mnason
de Chypre, un disciple des premiers jours, pour que nous y recevions
l’hospitalité.
17 Les frères, à
notre arrivée à Jérusalem, nous ont fait bon accueil.
LIVRE DES ACTES DES
APÔTRES, XXI : 1-17.
SOURCE : https://www.aelf.org/bible/Ac/21
AGABUS
Prophète et un des
septante disciples du Sauveur, selon les Grecs, il prédit qu'il y aurait une
grande famine par toute la terre (Ac 11 :28), et saint Luc, dans les
Actes, nous avertit qu'elle arriva en effet sous l'empereur Claude, la
quatrième année de son règne et la quarante-quatrième de J.-C. Les historiens
profanes font mention de cette famine, et Suétone dit que l'empereur lui-même
fut insulté à cette occasion et attaqué par le peuple au milieu du marché et
obligé de se retirer dans son palais. Comme cette famine affligeait
principalement la Judée, les fidèles d'Antioche, informés de la disette où
étaient réduits les fidèles de Jérusalem, résolurent de leur envoyer des
aumônes pour les soulager. Saint Paul et saint Barnabé furent chargés de ces
charités et les portèrent à Jérusalem (Ac 11 :29, 30).
Dix ans après,
c'est-à-dire l'an 58 de J.-C., comme saint Paul allait à Jérusalem et était
déjà abordé à Césarée en Palestine (Ac 21 :10) le même prophète Agabus y
arriva, et étant venu voir saint Paul et ceux de sa compagnie, il prit la
ceinture de saint Paul et s'en liant les pieds et les mains, il dit :
Voici ce que dit le Saint-Esprit : L'homme à qui appartient cette ceinture,
sera lié de cette sorte par les Juifs de Jérusalem et ils le livreront entre les
mains des gentils. Ayant entendu cette parole, tous ceux qui étaient présents,
prièrent saint Paul de n'aller pas plus avant. Mais il leur répondit qu'il
était tout prêt de souffrir non seulement la prison, mais la mort même pour le
nom du Sauveur Jésus. On ne sait point d'autres particularités de la vie
d'Agabus. Les Grecs disent qu'il fut martyrisé à Antioche, et ils font sa fête
le 8 mars; les Latins, dès le neuvième siècle, la faisaient le 9 février.
SOURCE : http://456-bible.123-bible.com/calmet/A/agabus.htm
Juan Bautista Maíno (1581–1649),
San Agabo en hábito de carmelita, circa 1640, 110.5 x 90.2, Bowes
Museum, Barnard Castle, County
Durham, England
Also
known as
Agabo
Agabos
8 March (Greek
calendar)
13
February on some calendars
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Jewish convert.
One of the 72 disciples sent out by Jesus to preach.
Had the gift of prophecy, and predicted an empire-wide famine that occurred
in 49.
Probably the one who predicted Paul‘s imprisonment in Jerusalem in
Acts 21:10.
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in Antioch
making a prophesy
with a dove
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At that time some
prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch,
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. So
the disciples determined that, according to ability, each should send relief to
the brothers who lived in Judea. – Acts 28:27-29
MLA
Citation
“Saint Agabus the
Prophet“. CatholicSaints.Info. 8 February 2024. Web. 7 April 2024.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-agabus-the-prophet/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-agabus-the-prophet/
St. Agabus
Facts
Feastday: February 13
Death: 1st Century
Martyr and one of the
seventy-two disciples mentioned by St. Luke. He was a Jewish convert
to the faith, noted as a prophet. Agabus predicted
a famine in the Roman Empire and probably Paul's imprisonment. Agabus was
unable to dissuade Paul from going to Jerusalem. The martyr died
for the faith in
the city of Antioch.
SOURCE : https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1154
St. Agabus the Prophet
St. Agabus, one of the
seventy disciples, and martyr. The seventy disciples were chosen by the Lord to
go before Him to preach the gospel. St. Agabus was with the twelve disciples in
the upper room on the day of Pentecost, and he was filled with the Holy Spirit,
the Comforter.
He received the gift of
prophecy, as the Acts of the Apostles tells us, “And as we stayed many days, a
certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. When he had come to us, he
took Paul’s belt, bound his own hands and feet, and said, ‘Thus says the Holy
Spirit, so shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and
deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’” (Acts 21:10-11) This prophecy was
fulfilled. (Acts 21:17-36)
He also prophesied about
a famine on all the earth, and this was fulfilled during the time of Claudius
Caesar, the Roman Emperor. (Acts 11:27-28) He preached the gospel together
with the holy apostles. He went to many countries, teaching and converting many
of the Jews and the Greeks to the knowledge of the Lord Christ. He sanctified
them by the life-giving baptism.
This moved the Jews of
Jerusalem to arrest him, and they tortured him by beating him severely, and
putting a rope around his neck, and they dragged him outside the city. They
stoned him there until he gave up his pure spirit. At this moment, a light came
down from heaven. Everyone saw it as a continuous column between his body and
heaven. A Jewish woman saw it and said, “Truly this man was righteous.” She
shouted in a loud voice, “I am a Christian and I believe in the God of this
saint.” They stoned her also and she died and was buried with him in one tomb.
SOURCE : http://www.ucatholic.com/saints/saint-agabus-the-prophet/
Agabus
Mentioned in Acts
11:28, and 21:10,
as a prophet of
the New
Testament. Most probably both passages refer to the same person,
who appears to have been a resident of Jerusalem.
Tradition makes him one of the seventy-two disciples (Luke
10:1), and one of the martyrs who
suffered at Antioch. The Roman Martyrology mentions
his name on 13 February, while the Greek
Church commemorates him on 8 March. According to Acts
11:27-30, Agabus predicted the famine which apparently must be identified
with that happening in the fourth year of Claudius, A.D. 45. In the year 58
the prophet predicted
to St.
Paul his coming captivity, though he could not induce
the Apostle to stay away from Jerusalem (Acts
21:10-11).
Maas,
Anthony. "Agabus." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol.
1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 13 Feb.
2017<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01200a.htm>.
Transcription. This
article was transcribed for New Advent by Tim Drake.
Ecclesiastical
approbation. Nihil Obstat. March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John
Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
Copyright © 2023 by Kevin Knight.
Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
SOURCE : http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01200a.htm
Agabus the Prophet (RM)
1st century. A Jewish-Christian prophet from Jerusalem, Agabus came to Antioch
and predicted a famine throughout the Roman Empire (Acts 11:28-29), which
actually occurred in 49 AD during the reign of Emperor Claudius. He is probably
the same Agabus who predicted Paul's imprisonment in Jerusalem (Acts 21:10ff).
According to tradition, he died a martyr at Antioch. A Carmelite legend has led
to his being usually represented in art robed in the Carmelite habit and
holding the model of a church (Benedictines, Delaney, Encyclopedia).
SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0213.shtml#agab
February 13, we celebrate the feast day of Saint Agabus (also known as Saint Agabo, died 1st Century), one of the seventy disciples of Christ sent out to preach the Gospel, and holy martyr of Antioch. Saint Agabus was graced with the gift of prophecy, and was likely present in the upper room on the day of Pentecost.
Saint Agabus is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, in which he is recorded as predicting a great famine thorughout the Roman Empire.
27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that
there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in
the days of Claudius Caesar. (Acts 11: 27-28)
Saint Agabus later
predicted the imprisonment of Paul, attempting unsuccessfully to convince him
to refrain from journeying to Jerusalem:
10 And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain
prophet, named Agabus.
11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands
and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem
bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of
the Gentiles.
12 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought
him not to go up to Jerusalem.
13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am
ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the
Lord Jesus.
14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord
be done.
15And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to
Jerusalem. (Acts 21: 10-15)
Saint Agabus traveled, preaching the Gospel with his fellow disciples of
Christ. He converted both Jews and Greeks, attracting the attention of the Jews
of Jerusalem. He was arrested, tortured, beaten, and dragged by a rope around
his neck outside the city. He was stoned to death at Antioch. At the moment of
his death, a glowing light from Heaven shone down, causing those in attendance
to look upon it in amazement. A Jewish woman proclaimed, "Truly this man
was righteous,” and converted to Christianity on the spot. The crowds promptly
stoned her and she was buried with the holy saint in his tomb.
Today we pray that Saint Agabus, and all the holy martyrs of the faith, inspire
us to live our lives with the conviction and certainty of Christ—that we may
proclaim the Gospel through our thoughts, words, and actions each day!
SOURCE : http://365rosaries.blogspot.ca/2012/02/february-13-saint-agabus.html
The Martyrdom of St.
Agabus, One of the Seventy Disciples.
On this day, St. Agabus,
one of the seventy disciples, was martyred. The seventy disciples were chosen
by the Lord to go before Him to preach the gospel. St. Agabus was with the
twelve disciples in the upper room on the day of Pentecost, and he was filled with
the Holy Spirit, the Comforter.
He received the gift of
prophecy, as the Acts of the Apostles tells us, "And as we stayed many
days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. When he had come to
us, he took Paul's belt, bound his own hands and feet, and said, 'Thus says the
Holy Spirit, so shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt,
and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'" (Acts 21:10-11) This
prophecy was fulfilled. (Acts 21:17-36)
He also prophesied about
a famine on all the earth, and this was fulfilled during the time of Claudius
Caesar, the Roman Emperor. (Acts 11:27-28)
He preached the gospel
together with the holy apostles. He went to many countries, teaching and
converting many of the Jews and the Greeks to the knowledge of the Lord
Christ. He sanctified them by the life-giving baptism.
This moved the Jews of
Jerusalem to arrest him, and they tortured him by beating him severely, and
putting a rope around his neck, and they dragged him outside the city. They
stoned him there until he gave up his pure spirit. At this moment, a light came
down from heaven. Everyone saw it as a continuous column between his body and
heaven. A Jewish woman saw it and said, "Truly this man was
righteous." She shouted in a loud voice, "I am a Christian and I
believe in the God of this saint." They stoned her also and she died and
was buried with him in one tomb.
Their prayers be with us
and glory be to our God forever. Amen.
SOURCE : http://www.copticchurch.net/synaxarium/6_4.html
Voir aussi : http://www.notredamedeparis.fr/spip.php?article577
http://orthodoxologie.blogspot.ca/2014/01/synaxe-des-saints-septante-apotres-du_6.html
Sant' Agabo Profeta
I secolo d.C.
Si tratta di uno dei
personaggi citati dagli Atti degli Apostoli. Vissuto a Gerusalemme nel I
secolo. Negli Atti compare la prima volta al capitolo 11, collocato in una più
ampia categoria di "profeti" giudeo-cristiani, come erano note alcune
figure carismatiche. Questo il racconto: «Alzatosi in piedi, egli annunziò per
impulso dello Spirito che sarebbe scoppiata una grave carestia su tutta la
terra. Ciò che di fatto avvenne sotto l'impero di Claudio» (11,28). L'annuncio
di Agabo aveva una finalità di solidarietà: la più ricca comunità cristiana di
Antiochia, infatti, si autotassò per sostenere i fratelli della Giudea (11,29).
Agabo riappare poi a Cesarea: «Presa la cintura di Paolo, si legò i piedi e le
mani e disse: Questo dice lo Spirito Santo: l'uomo a cui appartiene questa
cintura sarà legato così dai Giudei a Gerusalemme e verrà consegnato quindi
nelle mani dei pagani». (At 21,11-13). (Avvenire)
Etimologia: Agabo =
Hagab
Martirologio
Romano: Commemorazione di sant’Ágabo, profeta, che, come attestano gli
Atti degli Apostoli, profetizzò, mosso dallo Spirito, una grande carestia su
tutta la terra e le torture inflitte a Paolo da parte dei pagani.
In data odierna il nuovo Martyrologium Romanum pone la “commemorazione di Sant'Agabo profeta”. Questi non è che uno della miriade di personaggi citati da San Luca negli Atti degli Apostoli. Vissuto a Gerusalemme nel I secolo dell'era cristiana, il suo strano nome forse non è che una deformazione greca di un termine semitico.
Nel libro suddetto compare la prima volta nel capitolo 11, collocato in una più ampia categoria di “profeti” giudeo-cristiani, come erano note alcune figure carismatiche, tra i più fervidi testimoni di Cristo, dotati di particolari carismi che permetteva loro di scrutare i cuori, nonchè di prevedere eventi futuri. Lo steso apostolo Paolo d'altronde, elencando i “carismi”, cioè gli speciali doni dello Spirito Santo, collocò la profezia addirittura al secondo posto dopo la missione apostolica (1 Corinzi 12,28).Agabo è dunque uno dei “profeti che scesero da Gerusalemme ad Antiochia” e come racconta Luca: “Alzatosi in piedi, egli annunziò per impulso dello Spirito che sarebbe scoppiata una grave carestia su tutta la terra. Ciò che di fatto avvenne sotto l'impero di Claudio” (11,28). In effetti attorno al 49-50 l'impero romano soffrì un simile periodo, prima in Grecia e poi a Roma e nel resto del bacino mediterraneo. L'annunzio compiuto da Agabo aveva in realtà una finalità intrinseca di solidarietà: la più ricca comunità cristiana di Antiochia di Siria infatti si autotassò per sostenere i fratelli più poveri della Giudea (11,29).Agabo riapparve poi più avanti, quando San Paolo si diresse per l'ultima volta a Gerusalemme. Giunto al porto di Cesarea, fu ospitato da un “evangelista” cristiano, un certo Filippo appartenente alla cerchia dei Sette Diaconi, che aveva quattro figlie anch'esse dotate del carisma profetico. Dalla Giudea sopraggiunse anche Agabo che nuovamente riuscì ad intuire il futuro, in questo caso dell'apostolo delle genti.
“Agabo, presa la cintura di Paolo, si legò i piedi e le mani e disse: Questo dice lo Spirito Santo: l'uomo a cui appartiene questa cintura sarà legato così dai Giudei a Gerusalemme e verrà consegnato quindi nelle mani dei pagani. All'udire questo, noi e quelli del luogo pregammo Paolo di non andare più a Gerusalemme. Ma Paolo replicò: Perché fate così, continuando a piangere e a spezzarmi il cuore? Io sono pronto non soltanto a essere legato, ma a morire a Gerusalemme per il nome del Signore Gesù”(At 21,11-13).
Qualsiasi altra notizia leggendaria su questo misterioso personaggio neotestamentario è da ritenersi pura fantasia, in quanto le uniche certezze sul suo conto sono date dai pochi passi citati su di lui contenuti negli Atti degli Apostoli.
Autore: Fabio Arduino
SOURCE : https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92471
Den hellige Agabos
profeten (1. årh)
Minnedag: 13.
februarDen hellige Agabos (lat: Agabus) var en jødisk-kristen profet fra
Jerusalem. Han kom til Antiokia og profeterte at en hungersnød skulle ramme
hele Romerriket (Apg 11,28-29). Den kom i år 49 i regjeringstiden til keiser
Claudius (41-54). Han er trolig den samme Agabos som forutså den hellige
apostelen Paulus'
fengsling i Jerusalem (Apg 21,10-12).
Tradisjonen gjør ham til
en av Kristi 72 disipler og at han led martyrdøden i Antiokia. Han står som nr.
35 på biskop Dorotheus av Tyrus liste over «Jesu Sytti disipler»
i henhold til Den ortodokse kirkes tradisjon. Hans minnedag er 13. februar,
mens grekerne minnes ham den 8. mars. En karmelittisk legende har ført til at
han i kunsten vanligvis fremstilles i karmelittenes drakt mens han holder en
kirkemodell.
Kilder:
Benedictines, Delaney, Bunson, KIR, CE, CSO, Patron Saints SQPN -
Kompilasjon og oversettelse: p. Per Einar Odden -
Opprettet: 1999-01-04 02:03 - - Sist oppdatert: 2006-08-11 20:09
SOURCE : http://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/agabus_p
Voir aussi : https://biblehub.com/topical/a/agabus.htm
