Difference between revisions of "Joseph Barsabbas"

<p> ''''' bar ''''' - ''''' sab´as ''''' Βαρσαββᾶς , <i> ''''' Barsabbás ''''' </i> , or Βαρασβᾶς , <i> ''''' Barsabás ''''' </i> ; the King James Version [[Barsabas]] , <i> ''''' bar ''''' </i> ´ <i> ''''' sa ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' bas ''''' </i> ; for etymology, etc., of Joseph, see general article on [[Joseph]] ): Joseph [[Barsabbas]] was surnamed [[Justus]] (&nbsp;Acts 1:23 ). Barsabbas was probably a patronymic, i.e. son of Sabba or Seba. Other interpretations given are "son of an oath," "son of an old man," "son of conversion," "son of quiet." It is likely that the "Judas called Barsabbas" of &nbsp;Acts 15:22 was his brother. Ewald considers that both names refer to the same person, but this is improbable. </p> <p> Joseph was one of those who accompanied the apostles "all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us, beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us" (&nbsp;Acts 1:21 , &nbsp;Acts 1:22 ). At the meeting of the brethren under the presidency of Peter in [[Jerusalem]] shortly after the crucifixion, he was, therefore, proposed along with [[Matthias]] as a suitable candidate for the place in the apostleship left vacant by the treachery and death of [[Judas]] Iscariot; but was unsuccessful (&nbsp;Acts 1:15-26 ). </p> <p> According to [[Eusebius]] ( <i> Historia Ecclesiastica </i> , I, 12), Joseph was one of the 70 (&nbsp; Luke 10:1 ), and [[Papias]] records the oral tradition that he drank a cup of poison without harm (compare &nbsp;Mark 16:18 ). The Acts of Paul, a work belonging to the 2nd century and first mentioned by Origen, relates that Barsabbas, Justus the Flatfoot and others were imprisoned by [[Nero]] for protesting their faith in Christ, but that upon a vision of the newly martyred Paul appearing to the emperor, he ordered their immediate release. </p>

<p> ''''' bar ''''' - ''''' sab´as ''''' Βαρσαββᾶς , <i> ''''' Barsabbás ''''' </i> , or Βαρασβᾶς , <i> ''''' Barsabás ''''' </i> ; the King James Version [[Barsabas]] , <i> ''''' bar ''''' </i> ´ <i> ''''' sa ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' bas ''''' </i> ; for etymology, etc., of Joseph, see general article on [[Joseph]] ): Joseph [[Barsabbas]] was surnamed [[Justus]] (&nbsp;Acts 1:23 ). Barsabbas was probably a patronymic, i.e. son of Sabba or Seba. Other interpretations given are "son of an oath," "son of an old man," "son of conversion," "son of quiet." It is likely that the "Judas called Barsabbas" of &nbsp;Acts 15:22 was his brother. Ewald considers that both names refer to the same person, but this is improbable. </p> <p> Joseph was one of those who accompanied the apostles "all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us, beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us" (&nbsp;Acts 1:21 , &nbsp;Acts 1:22 ). At the meeting of the brethren under the presidency of Peter in [[Jerusalem]] shortly after the crucifixion, he was, therefore, proposed along with [[Matthias]] as a suitable candidate for the place in the apostleship left vacant by the treachery and death of [[Judas]] Iscariot; but was unsuccessful (&nbsp;Acts 1:15-26 ). </p> <p> According to [[Eusebius]] ( <i> Historia Ecclesiastica </i> , I, 12), Joseph was one of the 70 (&nbsp; Luke 10:1 ), and [[Papias]] records the oral tradition that he drank a cup of poison without harm (compare &nbsp;Mark 16:18 ). The Acts of Paul, a work belonging to the 2nd century and first mentioned by Origen, relates that Barsabbas, Justus the Flatfoot and others were imprisoned by [[Nero]] for protesting their faith in Christ, but that upon a vision of the newly martyred Paul appearing to the emperor, he ordered their immediate release. </p>

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