Barnabas

Barnabas , born Joseph, was an early Christian, one of the prominent Christian disciples in Jerusalem. According to Acts 436 Barnabas was a Cypriot Jew. Named an apostle in Acts 1414, he and Paul the Apostle undertook missionary journeys together and defended Gentile converts against the Judaizers. They traveled together making more converts , and participated in the Council of Jerusalem . Barnabas and Paul successfully evangelized among the Godfearing Gentiles who attended synagogues in various Hellenized cities of Anatolia.

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