Acts 4:36

And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, [and] of the country of Cyprus,

And {G1161} Joses {G2500}, who {G3588} by {G5259} the apostles {G652} was surnamed {G1941} Barnabas {G921},(which {G3739} is {G2076}, being interpreted {G3177}, The son {G5207} of consolation {G3874},) a Levite {G3019}, and of the country {G1085} of Cyprus {G2953},

Thus Yosef, whom the emissaries called Bar-Nabba (which means “the Exhorter”), a Levi and a native of Cyprus,

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

And Joseph, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of exhortation), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,

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Cross-References

  • Galatians 2:13 (5 votes)

    And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.

  • Galatians 2:9 (5 votes)

    And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we [should go] unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

  • Galatians 2:1 (5 votes)

    ¶ Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with [me] also.

  • Acts 15:39 (4 votes)

    And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;

  • Acts 12:25 (3 votes)

    And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled [their] ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.

  • Acts 13:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

  • Acts 11:30 (3 votes)

    Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.