Acts 4:36

And Joses, who was also named Barnabas by the apostles (which is translated Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus,

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,

In Context

35and were placing them beside the feet of the apostles; and they were distributing to each, to the degree that anyone had need.

37who, possessing a field, sold it and brought the money and placed it beside the feet of the apostles.

Read all of Acts 4

Cross References

Mark 3:17James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, He gave them the names Boanerges, which is, “Sons of Thunder”;

Acts 11:19Then those who were scattered because of the tribulation coming about over Stephen, went about as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews only.

Acts 11:30which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

Acts 15:2Therefore when there arose a serious dissension and debate with Paul and Barnabas, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem concerning this issue.

Acts 15:37But Barnabas desired to take along with them John called Mark.

Acts 21:16Also some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us and brought with them a certain Cypriot named Mnason, a long-standing disciple, with whom we would stay as a guest.

Matthew Henry on Acts 4:33-37

The Prosperity of the Church; The Liberality of the Disciples. 32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. 33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. 34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Acts 4:36