Barnabas

a Jew of the Diaspora, the dispersion of Jews outside Palestine or modern Israel.

He was originally named Joseph but the apostles called him Barnabas, he probably

acquired this name because of his ability as a preacher. The name Barnabas was

understood by Luke to mean "Son of Encouragement" (Acts 4:36). Barnabas was an

apostle of the secondary group, companion of Paul on his mission to Cyprus and

Barnabas first appears in Luke's account of communal living in the

Jerusalem church, as a man of some means who gave to the church the proceeds

from the sale of a piece land, "Barnabas sold a field he owned and brought the

money and put it at the apostles' feet" (Acts 4:36-37).

After the stoning of Stephen in Acts 7:54-8:1, the church was persecuted

and scattered, "On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at

Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and

Samaria. Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. But Saul began to

destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and

put them in prison" Acts 8:1-3. In Acts 9:26-27, "Saul tries to join

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