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Barnabas is both a masculine given name and a surname. As a given name, it is a New Testament name which means "son of the prophet". [ 1 ] Variants of the name include Barnaba , Barnaby , [ 2 ] and Barnabás , a Hungarian masculine given name.
In the Acts of the Apostles, Joseph Barsabbas (also known as Justus of Eleutheropolis) was one of two candidates qualified to be chosen for the office of apostle after Judas Iscariot lost his apostleship when he betrayed Jesus and committed suicide.
Barnabas appears mainly in Acts, a history of the early Christian church. He also appears in several of Paul's epistles. Barnabas, a native of Cyprus and a Levite, is first mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as a member of the early Christian community in Jerusalem, who sold the land that he owned and gave the proceeds to the community. [1]
Simon Niger is a person in the Book of Acts in the New Testament.He is mentioned in Acts 13:1 as being one of the "prophets and teachers" in the church of Antioch: . In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul.
Barsabbas or Barsabas is a surname used in the Acts of the Apostles, to refer to two persons: . Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus.He was a candidate to fill the vacancy among the Twelve Apostles.
Judas and Silas were delegated the task of accompanying Paul and Barnabas to Antioch and delivering the Council's letter resolving the controversy surrounding gentile circumcision. [1] Acts 15:32 further describes Judas and Silas as prophets, and says that they "said much to encourage and strengthen the believers." After a stay in Antioch ...
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It is a New Testament name which means "son of consolation" and was the name of St. Barnabas, an early Christian, one of the prominent Christian disciples in Jerusalem. [3] People bearing the name Barnabás include: Barnabás Berzsenyi, (1918–1993), Hungarian fencer; Barnabás Bese (born 1994), Hungarian footballer