Barnabas
Early Christian disciple and bishop
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Updated 2026-05-29
Early Christian missionary who traveled with Paul across Anatolia, spreading the gospel to Gentile crowds in synagogues. A Cypriot Levite whose evangelizing work earned him apostle status in Acts.
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Barnabas, born Joseph (Ἰωσήφ) or Joses (Ἰωσής), was a prominent Christian disciple, identified as an apostle in Acts 14:14. According to Acts 4:36, he was a Cypriot Levite. He undertook missionary journeys as a companion of Paul the Apostle, evangelizing among the "God-fearing" Gentiles who attended synagogues in some of the Hellenized cities of Anatolia. He participated in the Council of Jerusalem.
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