{"author":null,"canonical_references":[],"database_sha256":"8cfbe7284c6936871d57c02dc6aa63ebbdfd4722422d539dd9f716e46e91112e","date_end":null,"date_start":null,"edition_year":null,"id":"sermonindex-ecf-3143","native_reference":{"book_number":510,"chapter_from":4,"chapter_to":4,"system":"MyBible module coordinates (mapping unverified)","verse_from":36,"verse_to":36},"public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"verse-keyed-module-record","review_required":["English edition and exact text","author/work attribution","dating","verse mapping and citation kind","reuse and attribution","split author quotations and deduplicate"],"review_status":"unreviewed","source_html":"<p><b>Bede</b>: Joseph, who was also called Barnabas by the apostles. I think this Barnabas is the same who later is read to be ordained as an apostle to the Gentiles with Paul. Hence, because he was a Cypriot by birth, after separating from Paul, he returned to his native island. Although some think he was a companion of Paul rather than the one who was established by lot with Matthias in the apostleship, they overlook the fact that, according to the more correct manuscripts, this Barnabas should be called Barsabas with a changed letter, and in the Book of Hebrew Names, this Barnabas is interpreted as the son of consolation, but the other as the son of quiet.<br/><i>— Commentary on Acts</i></p><p><b>Bede</b>: Which means the Son of Consolation. Wherever the sacred Scriptures place the names of things or persons together with an interpretation, it undoubtedly signifies a more sacred meaning in those. He is rightly called the son of consolation, who, despising present things, is consoled by the hope of future things. For the Holy Spirit is therefore also called Paraclete because He grants consolation, that is, the joy of heavenly things, through the inner infusion of His gift to those who have pressure in the world. Similarly, blessed Peter is called Bar Jona, that is, the son of the dove, because of the same grace of the Spirit.<br/><i>— Commentary on Acts</i></p><p><b>Bede</b>: Joseph, who was surnamed Barnabas by the apostles, which is interpreted as the son of consolation, a Levite of Cyprian origin, having land, sold it, etc. It is remarkable how this Barnabas, who was later ordained an apostle of the Gentiles with Paul, and after a long companionship with him, returned to Cyprus, where he was born, to preach again, Eusebius, in the Ecclesiastical History, considers him to be among the seventy disciples of the Lord Savior, while it is clearly written by blessed Luke that he came to the discipleship of the apostles after the Lord's ascension; unless perhaps it is to be thought that he first followed the discipleship of Christ in such a way that he had not yet renounced all that he possessed. Whether this was in keeping with evangelical doctrine, anyone can easily see.<br/><i>— Retractions on Acts</i></p><p><b>Cassiodorus</b>: \"And Joseph, who, by the apostles, was surnamed Barnabas,\" etc. Here are given examples of faithful and of deceitful people: Joseph, who was surnamed Barnabas, went away unhurt, because he brought the entire price; Ananias, on the other hand, and his wife Saphira, who kept back by fraud the price of the land they had sold, were cursed, and gave up their unfortunate souls in front of everyone; and the same people carried out the husband and later his lifeless wife. After this event, everyone's fear and faith increased, and the apostles' preaching kept intensifying. None of their opponents dared to join them, since the people's favor towards them kept growing, when sick people were cured by a word from the apostles and by Peter's shadow as he passed by. Not only the people of that city, but also people from neighboring cities would try this with growing faith.<br/><i>— Complexiones on the Acts of the Apostles</i></p><p><b>Hippolytus of Rome</b>: This he says regarding the conspiracy into which they were to enter against the Lord. And that he means this conspiracy, is evident to us. For the blessed David sings, \"Rulers have taken counsel together against the Lord,\" and so forth. And of this conspiracy the Spirit prophesied, saying, \"Let not my soul contend,\" desiring to draw them off, if possible, so that that future crime might not happen through them. \"They slew men, and houghed the bull; \"by the \"strong bull\" he means Christ. And \"they houghed,\" since, when He was suspended on the tree, they pierced through His sinews. Again, \"in their anger they houghed a bull.\" And mark the nicety of the expression: for \"they slew men, and houghed a bull.\" For they killed the saints, and they remain dead, awaiting the time of the resurrection. But as a young bull, so to speak, when houghed, sinks down to the ground, such was Christ in submitting voluntarily to the death of the flesh; but He was not overcome of death. But though as man He became one of the dead, He remained alive in the nature of divinity. For Christ is the bull,-an animal, above all, strong and neat and devoted to sacred use. And the Son is Lord of all power, who did no sin, but rather offered Himself for us, a savour of a sweet smell to His God and Father. Therefore let those hear who houghed this august bull: \"Cursed be their anger, for it was stubborn; and their wrath, for it was hardened.\" But this people of the Jews dared to boast of houghing the bull: \"Our hands shed this.\" For this is nothing different, I think, from the word of folly: \"His blood\" (be upon us), and so forth. Moses recalls the curse against Levi, or, rather converts it into a blessing, on account of the subsequent zeal of the tribe, and of Phinehas in particular, in behalf of God. But that against Simeon he did not recall. Wherefore it also was fulfilled in deed. For Simeon did not obtain an inheritance like the other tribes, for he dwelt in the midst of Judah. Yet his tribe was preserved, although it was small in numbers.<br/><i>— Hippolytus - Exegetical Fragments</i></p><p><b>Jerome</b>: Barnabas means, 'Son of a prophet', or 'son of one coming', or, as many think, son of consolation. All the derivations, as 'Bar' (son of) either 'Nabi' (a prophet), or a derivative from 'Bo' (to come) or from 'Bee' (to console), as by the Syriac interpreter it is also rendered, 'Son of consolation.'<br/><i>— Book on Hebrew Names, On the Acts of the Apostles, B</i></p><p><b>John Chrysostom</b>: The writer is now about to relate the affair of Ananias and Sapphira, and in order to show that the man's sin was of the worst description, he first mentions him who performed the virtuous deed; that, there being so great a multitude all doing the same, so great grace, so great miracles, he, taught by none of these, but blinded by covetousness, brought destruction upon his own head. \"Having land,\" meaning that this was all he possessed, \"sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the Apostles' feet.\"<br/><i>— Homily on Acts 12</i></p><p><b>John Chrysostom</b>: \"And Joses, who by the Apostles was surnamed Barnabas, which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation.\" I do not think that this is the same with the companion of Matthias; for that person was also called Justus and Barsabas, but this, Joses and \"Barnabas\" [\"son of consolation\"]. I suppose he also received the name from his virtue, as being qualified and suited for this duty. \"A Levite, and of the country of Cyprus by birth.\" Observe on all occasions how the writer indicates the breaking up of the Law. But how was he also a \"Cyprian by birth?\" Because they then even removed to other countries, and still were called Levites. \"Having land, sold it, and brought the price, and laid it at the Apostles' feet.\"<br/><i>— Homily on Acts 11</i></p><p><b>Oecumenius</b>: First, he recalls the one who had succeeded, namely Joseph, as a greater rebuke to Ananias, because with so many persons doing these things, and so many signs, and so great a grace, none of them was instructed by him. But the calling of Joseph was confirmed by the Apostles as testimony of compassionate virtue. And he was a Levite who conducted affairs in Cyprus, since the law was already relaxed, and people were migrating from Judea wherever one wished. And Barnabas, being of Judean tongue and being brought into Greece, he presents himself as a son of consolation, a sort of encouragement and mercy. This is the preparation for the destructive narrative concerning Ananias and Sapphira. For he too imitated Joseph in giving up his idleness, not using properly the office and the end, and so he escaped notice while bringing destruction upon himself.<br/><i>— Commentary on Acts</i></p>","source_html_sha256":"1eac7b90ed84c9c42043875eb5de40f132ed5a4d99c669633d23f60c2c1baac5","source_module":"ECF","source_row_id":3143,"source_url":"https://www.sermonindex.net/commentary/ecf/","text_sha256":"e2bf5d618535dc5b024e7bc3804b4efb9550a635cebdc45101cb3ad52ac8ac92","translator":null,"work":null}