From Nave’s Topical Bible
Barnabas
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 16Passages listed
- 3Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Also called JOSES
- A prophetActs 13:1
- An apostleActs 14:14
- A Levite who gave his possessions to be owned in common with other disciplesActs 4:36Acts 4:37
- Brings him to the apostlesActs 9:25–27
- Accompanies Paul to JerusalemActs 11:30
- Returns with Paul to Antioch (of Syria)Acts 12:25
- Goes with Paul to SeleuciaActs 13
- Goes with Paul to IconiumActs 14:1–7
- Called Jupiter (Zeus)Acts 14:12–18
- Goes to DerbeActs 14:20
- Is sent as an emissary to JerusalemActs 15Galatians 2:1–9
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- Disaffected toward PaulActs 15:36–39
- Is reconciled to Paul1 Corinthians 9:6
- Piety ofActs 11:24
- Devotion of, to JesusActs 15:26
The passages, in Bible order (16)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Acts 4:36
Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),
Commentary on Acts 4:362 voices
Barnabas means, 'Son of a prophet', or 'son of one coming', or, as many think, son of consolation. All the derivations, as 'Bar' (son of) either 'Nabi' (a prophet), or a derivative from 'Bo' (to come) or from 'Bee' (to console), as by the Syriac interpreter it is also rendered, 'Son of consolation.'
Jerome· Book on Hebrew Names, On the Acts of the Apostles, B, 420Patristic
And Joses,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Acts 4:37
sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
Commentary on Acts 4:372 voices
And he brought the price and laid it at the feet of the apostles. About this, Arator says: They prove that they should be deprived, what they avoid touching and teach that gold should be trampled, placed under the feet. From which earthly cares come …
Bede· Commentary on Acts, 735Patristic
Having land, sold it,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Acts 9:25–27
One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
Commentary on Acts 9:25–272 voices
Since he had risen above the wicked, he deserves to escape their ambush while the gates are closed. A basket, which is customarily woven with bulrushes and palms in turn, gives covering to Saul, in glory retaining an allegory of the church, for there is …
Arator· ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 1, 544Patristic
Then the disciples took him by night,.... The Alexandrian copy reads, "his disciples"; the disciples of Saul, such as he had been instrumental in making at Damascus: but it is not usual for the saints to be called in Scripture the disciples of any man; therefore the common reading is best, and designs the disciples and followers of Christ; who being concerned for the preservation of so valuable a life, took Saul in the night season, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Acts 11:24
Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.
Commentary on Acts 11:241 voice
"He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith." It is not the same thing to say that God is good and that a man is good. The former is good by essence, being the beginning and source of all good …
Theophylact of Ohrid· Commentary on Acts, 1107Patristic
- Acts 11:30
This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.
Commentary on Acts 11:301 voice
"To send relief to the brethren." From this it becomes clear that the apostles held the dignity of elders as well, although, besides this, they were at the rank of deacons and bishops.
Theophylact of Ohrid· Commentary on Acts, 1107Patristic
- Acts 12:25
When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
Commentary on Acts 12:251 voice
And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Acts 13:1
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.
Commentary on Acts 13:11 voice
He mentions Barnabas first, since Paul had not yet become famous and had not yet performed any sign. But it should be noted that both Paul and Barnabas were numbered among the rank of the apostles. "Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the …
Theophylact of Ohrid· Commentary on Acts, 1107Patristic
- Acts 14:1–7
At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.
Commentary on Acts 14:1–71 voice
They did not become more fearful, but again "went together into the Jewish synagogue." They customarily addressed their speech both to Jews and to Greeks.
Theophylact of Ohrid· Commentary on Acts, 1107Patristic
- Acts 14:12–18
Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
Commentary on Acts 14:12–181 voice
After he had spoken with me he rose up from the couch, and taking the Shepherd and the virgins, he departed. But he said to me that he would send back the Shepherd and the virgins to my dwelling. Amen.
Shepherd of Hermas· Shepherd of Hermas, Similitude 10, 160Patristic
- Acts 14:14
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,
Commentary on Acts 14:141 voice
Having torn their clothes, they rushed out into the crowd, and so on. They, fearing, tear their garments because they were being honored with the worship of gods. For this is a custom of the Jews whenever they hear anything blasphemous and as if against …
Bede· Commentary on Acts, 735Patristic
- Acts 14:20
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.
Commentary on Acts 14:201 voice
But do you see Paul's fiery zeal? After he was cast out of the city, he came again to that very same city, to show that if anywhere, in such cases, he did withdraw, it was because he had to sow the word of God …
Theophylact of Ohrid· Commentary on Acts, 1107Patristic
- Acts 15:1
Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
Commentary on Acts 15:11 voice
Observe what he alleges as a proof of his statement: "Christians at first were few in number and held the same opinions, but when they grew to be a great multitude, they were divided and separated, each wishing to have his own individual party. This was their object from the beginning."
Origen of Alexandria· AGAINST CELSUS 3.10-11, 253Patristic
- Acts 15:26
men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Commentary on Acts 15:262 voices
He says that "we, having gathered, unanimously decided," because all so determined and write this after careful deliberation. It is remarkable that neither Peter nor James dared, without the whole church, to establish a decree concerning circumcision, although they recognized it as necessary. But even …
Theophylact of Ohrid· Commentary on Acts, 1107Patristic
Men that have hazarded their lives,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Acts 15:36–39
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.”
Commentary on Acts 15:36–392 voices
If it seemed necessary to the apostles to travel around, and to return often to the same cities where they had preached the gospel, and to visit the believers and to examine closely how they were, what justification will we have before God if we …
Severus of Antioch· CATENA ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 15.36-38, 538Patristic
And some days after,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- 1 Corinthians 9:6
Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 9:62 voices
For there is extant withal an Epistle to the Hebrews under the name of Barnabas-a man sufficiently accredited by God, as being one whom Paul has stationed next to himself in the uninterrupted observance of abstinence: "Or else, I alone and Barnabas, have not we the power of working? " And, of course, the Epistle of Barnabas is more generally received among the Churches than that apocryphal "Shepherd" of adulterers.
Tertullian· On Modesty, 220Patristic
Or I only and Barnabas,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Galatians 2:1–9
Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also.
Commentary on Galatians 2:1–92 voices
(Chapter 2 - Verses 1, 2) Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also. I went up by revelation, and I discussed with them the gospel that I preach to the Gentiles, but privately with those who seemed to be influential, so that I might not be running in vain or have run in vain. This matter arose because of false brothers secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery.
Jerome· Commentary on Galatians, 420Patristic
Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed