1. Acts 11:28 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why does Agabus stand up?

Acts 11:28 (ESV)

28 And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius).

The reference to Agabus standing suggests that there was a meeting taking place when he decided to share his prediction.1