Levite living at the time of the New Testament

Barnabas

Acts 4:36–37; 9:27; 11:22–30; 13–15; 1 Corinthians 9:6

A Levite from Cyprus named Joses, whom the apostles called Barnabas, “Son of Encouragement”; he sold a field and gave the money to the apostles (Acts 4:36–37). When the church in Jerusalem was afraid of Saul, he brought him to the apostles (Acts 9:26–27). Sent to Antioch, he was “a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith,” and went to Tarsus to find Saul and bring him to Antioch, where the disciples were first called Christians (Acts 11:22–26). The Holy Spirit set Barnabas and Saul apart for the first missionary journey (Acts 13:2–3). Later he and Paul parted over whether to take John Mark; Barnabas took Mark to Cyprus (Acts 15:36–39).

Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles named Barnabas, Son of Encouragement (Acts 4:36). He vouched for Saul in Jerusalem, led the church at Antioch, and went with Paul on his first journey; they later parted over John Mark, his cousin (Colossians 4:10). Scripture doesn't record his death; tradition says he was martyred at Salamis in Cyprus. Both ends of the bar are estimates.

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