Acts 4:36

For example, there was Joseph. He was a descendant of Levi and he was born on Cyprus Island. The apostles called him Barnabas; in the Jewish language that name means a person who [IDM] always encourages others.

Translation for Translators

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 they would present it to the apostles [MTY]. Then the apostles would give money to any believer who needed it. So no one among the believers was lacking anything.

37He sold one of his fields, and brought the money to the apostles for them to distribute to other believers.

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Cross References

Mark 3:17James, the son of Zebedee, and John, the younger brother of James, to both of whom he added the new name, ‘Men who are like Thunder’. because of their fiery zeal;

Acts 11:19After people had killed Stephen, many of the believers left Jerusalem and went to other places, because people were causing them to suffer there in Jerusalem. Some of them went to Phoenicia region, some went to Cyprus Island, and others went to Antioch city in Syria province. In those places they were continually telling people the message about Jesus, but they told only other Jewish people.

Acts 11:30They sent the money with Barnabas and Saul to the leaders of the congregation in Jerusalem.

Acts 15:2Paul and Barnabas strongly disagreed with those Jews and started arguing with them. So the believers at Antioch appointed Paul and Barnabas and some of the other believers to go to Jerusalem, in order that they would/could discuss this matter with the apostles and other spiritual leaders.

Acts 15:37Barnabas agreed with Paul, and said that he wanted to take John, whose other name was Mark, along with them again.

Acts 21:16Some of the believers from Caesarea also went with us. On the way to Jerusalem, we stayed one night in the house of a man whose name was Mnason. He was from Cyprus Island, and he had believed in Jesus when people were first beginning to hear the message about him.

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 →

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