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Acts 4:36

ACTS—NOTE ON Acts 4:36 Barnabas is a major character in the later chapters of Acts 1:1, particularly as Paul’s companion on his first mission. That mission began on Cyprus (Acts 13:4), Barnabas’s home. The nickname son of encouragement describes his personality well (Acts 9:27; Acts 11:25; Acts 15:36).

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    ACTS 4:36 VIwsh,f The Textus Receptus, following P Y 1 33 69 326 440 522 623 920 1611 1827 _al,_ reads VIwsh/j, a spelling that reflects the tendency to replace a non-Greek ending (&f) with one more...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Acts 4:36. _JOSES_] Or, _Joseph_, as many excellent MSS. read; but who he was, farther than what is here said, we know not. _SURNAMED BARNABAS_] Or, _Barsabbas_, according to the _Coptic_. _T...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND JOSES - Many manuscripts, instead of “Joses,” here read “Joseph.” The reasons why this individual is selected and specified particularly were, doubtless, because he was a foreigner; because it was...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 4 __ 1. Their Arrest (Acts 4:1). 2. The Result of the Testimony (Acts 4:4). 3. Peter and John before the Rulers and Elders (Acts 4:5). 4. Peter's bold witness ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ACTS 4:36 TO ACTS 5:11. COMMUNITY OF GOODS AMONG THE FIRST CHRISTIANS. Acts 4:36 f. The Case of Joses Barnabas. Joses is not again heard of in the NT under this name, but always under his other name,...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    ARREST (Acts 4:1-4)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    The heart and soul of the crowd who had believed was one; and no one used to say that any of his possessions was his own, but they had all things in common. And the apostles kept on bearing witness to...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    The next chapter should begin here. JOSES. Texts read Joseph, as in Acts 1:23. BARNABAS. It is possible that Joseph Barnabas, or BARNABAS. It is possible that Joseph Barnabas, or Barnabbas, is the...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And Joses_ The same name as _Joseph_, which form the oldest MSS. give. _who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas_ He was the companion of St Paul in his first missionary journey (Acts 13:2), and is...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἸΩΣῊΦ with אABDE and _Vulg_., also several cursives and some other versions. 36. ἸΩΣΉΦ. The oldest MSS. give this as the form of the word. Barnabas, who was so called, was afterwards the companion of...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    UNANIMITY AND LOVE AMONG THE FIRST CHRISTIANS...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE APOSTLES IN THEIR OWN COMPANY ACTS 4:23-37:_ When the apostles came back to their own company they: (1) reported what commands and injunctions their accusers had lain upon them, (2) reported what...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΈΠΙΚΛΗΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. part. (adj.) от_ ΈΠΙΚΑΛΈΩ (G1941) называть, звать по имени. ΜΕΘΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΌΜΕΝΟΝ _praes. pass. part. от_ ΜΕΘΕΡΜΗΝΕΎΩ (G3177) переводить, ΥΙΌΣ (G5207) сын; здесь используется в сем...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    JOSES,—SURNAMED BARNABAS,— Considering how common the names of _Joses_ and _Joseph_ were, there seems no just reason to conclude, as some have done, that this was the _Joseph_ mentioned ch. Acts 1:23...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    8. IN THE UPPER ROOM. Acts 4:28, Acts 5:11. a. The Prayer Service. Acts 4:23-31. Acts 4:23 And being let go, they came to their own company,

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    36, 37. After stating that many brethren who had property sold it, and gave up the proceeds, Luke now gives an individual instance of this liberality, introduced, no doubt, on account of the subsequen...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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, AND JOSES, This reading is in no uncial manuscr...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    30 The timid opposition of the Sanhedrin is in contrast to the boldness of those who proclaimed the evangel. God manifested Himself by miraculous interventions, and the powers of the kingdom abounded....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ARREST OF PETER AND JOHN 1-22. Arrest of Peter and John. Peter's speech before the Sanhedrin. The proceedings of the Apostles displeased the authorities, (1) because they taught the people (Acts 4:2)...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 4 THE *JEWISH LEADERS ARREST PETER AND JOHN, 4:1-4 V1 Peter and John were speaking to the people. As they spoke, the priests, the captain of th...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND JOSES, WHO BY THE APOSTLES WAS SURNAMED BARNABAS. — The better MSS. give the name as Joseph. It is possible, as Rabbinic writers often give _Jose_ for Joseph, that both were but different forms, l...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 11 HONESTY AND PRETENCE IN THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH Acts 4:36; Acts 6:1 THE exact period in the history of the apostolic Church at which we have now arrived is a most interesting one. We stand a...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    Ἰωσῆς δὲ : δέ introduces the special case of Barnabas after the general statement in Acts 4:34. ὁ ἐπικ., _cf._ Acts 1:23. On what occasion this surname was conferred by the Apostles nothing certain is...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    LYING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT Acts 4:36-37; Acts 5:1-11 The Spirit of God is the source of generous and liberal giving. It is a poor substitute to set up bazaars, and fairs, and ice cream suppers. When th...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Opposition to apostolic preaching and work seems to have originated mostly from the influence of the Sadducees. The preaching of the apostles contradicted all the cardinal elements in the Sadducean ph...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Sharing Blessings Perhaps because Peter and John had overcome this first threatening act of the religious leaders, the church was united. Early Christian unity is very evident in the way they readily...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Joseph... surnamed Barnabas, the son of consolation, &c. He seems to be mentioned as the first that sold all he had, and brought the price, and laid it at the feet of the apostles. (Witham) --- There...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    BARNABAS 33-37. Here we have another allusion to the community of goods, practiced by the Apostolic church, necessitated by the suddenness and improvidence of the Pentecostal revival, and inspired by...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. (33) And wi...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    First of all we see man in an entirely new place man risen from among the dead and ascending to heaven. The risen ascended man, Christ Jesus, is the new starting-point of the dealings of God. The firs...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _BARNABAS_ ‘Barnabas, (which is being interpreted, The son of consolation).’ Acts 4:36 The name Barnabas may be equally translated ‘Son of Prophecy’ or ‘Son of Consolation.’ We cling to the latter,...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In a word, they are invited to return by repentance, and enjoy all the promises made to Israel. The Messiah Himself should return from heaven to establish their blessing. The whole nation is here addr...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND JOSES,.... The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions, read "Joseph", and so do Beza's most ancient copy, and two of his manuscripts, and the Alexandrian copy, and others; for "Jose", or "Jo...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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, Ver. 36. _Surnamed Barnabas_] _See Trapp on "_ A...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And Joses_ Among the rest of those primitive converts who so generously contributed of their substance for the relief and subsistence of the poor believers, in these extraordinary circumstances, ther...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    CYPRUS; an island in the north-eastern part of the Mediterranean. Acts 13:4; Acts 15:39....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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, v. 37. HAVING LAND, SOLD IT, AND BROUGHT THE MONEY...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The unity and charity of the Church:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    The religious leaders were greatly agitated by the public speaking of the apostles, and the Sadducees particularly, for one of their cardinal doctrines was the denial of any resurrection. They were ev...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    AND JOSES, WHO WAS ALSO NAMED BARNABAS BY THE APOSTLES (WHICH IS TRANSLATED SON OF ENCOURAGEMENT), A LEVITE OF THE COUNTRY OF CYPRUS, 1. Joses (Joseph) is also called by a nickname given by the apost...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    And Joseph, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of exhortation),. Levite,. man of Cyprus by race, 'WHO BY THE APOSTLES WAS SURNAMED'-'who had received from the...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    32-37 The disciples loved one another. This was the blessed fruit of Christ's dying precept to his disciples, and his dying prayer for them. Thus it was then, and it will be so again, when the Spirit...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    JOSES; some read Joseph; the Hebrew names, when turned into Greek, meet with divers terminations or endings. SURNAMED BARNABAS; full of consolation; not only in that he gave so liberally towards the r...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    36, 37. After stating that many brethren who had property sold it, and gave up the proceeds, Luke now gives an individual instance of this liberality, introduced, no doubt, on account of the subsequen...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments 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 th...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 4:36 And G1161 Joses G2500 who G3588 named G1941 (G5685) Barnabas G921 by G5259 apostles G652 which...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And Joseph, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of exhortation), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race, having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Acts 4:36-37. AND JOSEPH, WHO BY THE APOSTLES WAS SURNAMED BARNABAS. This is given as one of the more famous instances of this giving up houses and lands for the Lord's sake. Clement of Alexandria tel...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    _The Inner Life of the Church, Acts 4:32 to Acts 5:11_. The characteristic feature is concord among the believers. The great topic of preaching among them is the Lord's resurrection. The favour they w...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    BARNABAS (Βαρναβας). His name was Joseph (correct text, and not Jesus) and he is mentioned as one illustration of those in verse Acts 4:34 who selling brought the money. The apostles gave him the ni...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Acts 4 Before the Council From this section of Apostolic history we may draw the following practical inferences: I. We may learn that if we are Christ's disciples we may expect to encounter antagon...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Acts 4:23 I. The whole Church is interested in the proceedings of its individual members. II. The right method of treating opposition to the Kingdom of Christ. III. The spiritual and social results...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Acts 4:32-5 Ananias and Sapphira I. We have much need to lay to heart the lessons of this incident. Christ's Church has long since come to include so many false or unspiritual members, and to be so b...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Acts 4:36 Barnabas is described as a "good man, full of the Holy Ghost and of faith." Goodness, the Holy Ghost, faith these are the materials out of which sons of exhortation must be made if they wou...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The first persecution. Peter's address to the Sanhedrin. Preaching in Jesus' name forbidden. Christians again filled with the Spirit. State of the Church at Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: God, Jesu...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Acts 4:1. _The captain of the temple_ was the captain of the watch, and saw that the levites performed their duty day and night. He beat them and set fire to their garments, if he found them asleep on...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    JOSEPH, A LEVITE BORN IN CYPRUS. He is "Barnabas" from this time on. SOLD A FIELD HE OWNED. He did this out of love, of his own free will, and brought the _entire_ sum of money, and turned it over to...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And being let go, they went to their own company._ BEING LET GO We do not know what we or other people are until the restraint is taken off. We call ourselves free, but there is not an absolutely f...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas._ BARNABAS Surnames become necessary as soon as men form themselves into societies. They are then no longer adequately distinguished by the simple “J...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 4:32. THE MULTITUDE OF THEM THAT BELIEVED were not the new converts merely, but the general body of the disciples. Acts 4:33. GRACE.—Not favour with the people, as in Acts 2:4...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ACTS 4:1 THE CAPTAIN OF THE TEMPLE. Only here and Acts 5:24, and Luke 22:4, Luke 22:52 in the plural some

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 9:6; Acts 11:19; Acts 11:20; Acts 11:22; Acts 11:30;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE MARKS OF A GENUINE FAITH Acts 4:32 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We come today to a most interesting, and inside view of the lives and ministry of the early saints. May the impact of this message call each...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    A son of consolation — Not only on account of his so largely assisting the poor with his fortune; but also of those peculiar gifts of the Spirit, whereby he was so well qualified both to comfort and t...

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