Noo, iʼ the fifteenth year oʼ the rule oʼ Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate bein Governor oʼ Judea, and Herod Tetrarch oʼ Galilee; Philip, his brither, bein Tetrarch oʼ the kintra oʼ Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanius Tetrarch oʼ Abilene,
And ane oʼ them, caʼd Agabus, gied an intimation, throwe the Spirit, that an unco famine was to come on the hail warld: whilk aʼ cam aboot under Claudius.
“For gin — on the ae haun — I be a wrang‐doer, or hae dune ocht wordie oʼ death, I am ready to dee: or — on the ither haun — gin the things they wyte me wiʼ are naething, nae man can grant me as a favor to them! I appeal tae Cesar!”