Bahr´nuh-buhs
According to (Acts 4:36-37) a Levite named Joseph from Cyprus who was surnamed Barnabas (Heb., “son of encouragement”) by the apostles after he became a member of the early Christian community in Jerusalem. Barnabas was a cousin of John Mark (Col 4:10) and became a leader in the church. According to Acts, he introduced Saul (Paul) to the apostles in Jerusalem (Acts 9:27). Later, he served as a representative of the Jerusalem church in Antioch (Acts 11:19-26). Paul and Barnabas worked together on a mission tour to Cyprus and the Iconium region of Asia Minor (Acts 13:1-14:28) and appeared together at the Jerusalem conference (Acts 15:1-35), but they later disagreed and separated over the question of allowing John Mark to accompany them on a second tour (Acts 15:36-41).
