Acts 4:36

So Joses who was by the apostles sirnamed Barnabas, which is a son of consolation,

1770 John Worsley 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 laid them at the apostles feet; and distribution was made to every one according to their necessity.

37a Levite, by birth a Cyprian, having an estate, sold it and brought the money, and laid it at the feet of the apostles.

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Cross References

Mark 3:17and James the Son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, (and He surnamed them Boanerges, which is to say, Sons of thunder,) and Andrew,

Acts 11:19Now they that were dispersed by the trouble, which arose about Stephen, travelled as far as Phenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but the Jews only.

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

Acts 15:2A dissension therefore arising, and Paul and Barnabas having no small dispute with them, it was resolved that Paul and Barnabas, and some others, should go up to the apostles and elders at Jerusalem about this question.

Acts 15:37And Barnabas proposed to take with them John, who was surnamed Mark.

Acts 21:16And there went also with us from Cesarea some of the disciples, who brought us to one Mnason a Cyprian, an old disciple, with whom we were to lodge.

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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