Βαρνάβας

Acts 4:36 Βαρναβᾶς Barnabas

Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),

Here: An Aramaic name in Greek letters. It begins with bar, 'son of'. What the second part comes from is disputed (see debates). By the time of Acts it was the name he went by.

Acts 9:27 Βαρναβᾶς Barnabas

Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.

Here: The nickname the apostles themselves gave to Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus (Acts 4:36). Placed first, his name stands against the 'all' of the previous verse: everyone was afraid, Barnabas was not.

Acts 11:22 Βαρναβᾶν Barnabas

When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

Acts 11:30 Βαρναβᾶ of Barnabas

This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.

Here: The Levite from Cyprus (Acts 4:36). Jerusalem had sent him to Antioch, and he had himself given money to the apostles. That made him the natural person to carry Antioch's gift back.

Acts 12:25 Βαρναβᾶς Barnabas

When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.

Acts 13:1 Βαρναβᾶς Barnabas

Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.

Here: Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles nicknamed Barnabas, which Luke explains as 'son of encouragement' (4:36). Jerusalem had sent him to Antioch, and he is named first, probably as the senior figure.

Acts 13:2 Βαρναβᾶν Barnabas

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Here: Barnabas, the Levite from Cyprus (4:36) whom Jerusalem sent to Antioch (11:22). He is named first, as the senior figure at this point.

Acts 13:7 Βαρναβᾶν Barnabas

an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

Here: Named first because at this point he leads the mission. He was a Cypriot Levite himself (Acts 4:36), so he is on home ground.

Acts 13:43 Βαρναβᾷ, after Barnabas,

After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

Here: Paul's senior partner on this journey, sent out with him from Syrian Antioch (13:2). By now Luke lists Paul first.

Acts 13:46 Βαρναβᾶς Barnabas

Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

Here: Barnabas is a Levite from Cyprus (4:36) and one of the Jerusalem church's trusted men. His joining in shows this is the considered verdict of the commissioned pair (13:2-3), not an outburst by Paul.

Acts 13:50 Βαρναβᾶν Barnabas

The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.

Here: Barnabas, Paul's senior partner from the Antioch church in Syria (13:1–3).

Acts 14:12 Βαρναβᾶν Barnabas

Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

Acts 14:14 Βαρναβᾶς Barnabas

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,

Acts 14:20 Βαρναβᾷ Barnabas

But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

Acts 15:2 Βαρναβᾷ Βαρναβᾶν Barnabas

And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.

Here: Barnabas, a Levite from Cyprus who first vouched for Paul (Acts 9:27) and was earlier sent to Antioch by the Jerusalem church (11:22). That made him a trusted link to Jerusalem.

Acts 15:12 Βαρναβᾶ Barnabas

The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

Here: Named first. In Jerusalem Barnabas was the trusted senior figure (4:36–37; 9:27; 11:22), and Luke puts him ahead of Paul here and in the council's letter (15:25).

Acts 15:22 Βαρναβᾷ, Barnabas,

Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,

Here: Barnabas, a Levite from Cyprus. Earlier he had been Jerusalem's own trusted link to Antioch (11:22).

Acts 15:25 Βαρναβᾷ Barnabas

So we all agreed to choose men to send to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Acts 15:35 Βαρναβᾶς Barnabas

But Paul and Barnabas remained at Antioch, along with many others, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord.

Acts 15:36 Βαρναβᾶν Barnabas

Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”

Here: Paul's senior partner, who brought him into the Antioch church (11:25–26) and was named first when the two were sent out (13:2).

Acts 15:37 Βαρναβᾶς Barnabas

Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark.

Here: The Cypriot Levite whose given name was Joseph and whom the apostles nicknamed 'son of encouragement' (Acts 4:36). He brought Paul into the Jerusalem community (9:27) and led the first mission alongside him. He comes first in the sentence, which sets his position against Paul's in v. 38.

Acts 15:39 Βαρναβᾶν Barnabas

Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,

1 Corinthians 9:6 Βαρναβᾶς Barnabas

Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?

Here: Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus (Acts 4:36), Paul's partner on his first mission (Acts 13–14). Naming him shows that working for a living was a known practice they shared, and it quietly counts Barnabas among the apostles (compare Acts 14:14).

Galatians 2:1 Βαρναβᾶ Barnabas

Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also.

Galatians 2:9 Βαρναβᾷ to Barnabas

And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

Here: Paul's senior partner in the Antioch mission (Acts 11:22–26; 13:1–3). He was a Levite from Cyprus, well known and trusted in Jerusalem.

Galatians 2:13 Βαρναβᾶς Barnabas

The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.

Here: Paul's partner in the mission to the Gentiles. He went with Paul to Jerusalem and received the right hand of fellowship there for that mission (2:1, 9). His giving in hit Paul harder than anyone else's.

Colossians 4:10 Βαρναβᾶ, of Barnabas,

My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him.

Here: The Levite from Cyprus, early leader of the church and Paul's first missionary partner (Acts 4:36; 13:2). Paul assumes the Colossians know who he is, so the link lends Mark standing.