...the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, the son of consolation), a Levite, having land, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet." Nor are we left without information as to the mode in which such contributions were employed : " In...

...distribution. '36, 37. Bam'abas. A further account is given of this individual in 76 OF THE APOSTLES. 37 having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet. CHAPTER V. TTie Death of Anunua and Sapphira ; the Rescue of the Apostles from Prison, and their Trial...

...(which is, being interpreted, The sou of consolation,) a Lévite, and of the country of Cyprus, 37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet. The apostles distributed the money which was intrusted to them for this purpose, to such as stood in...

...Barnabas, (which is, The son of comfort,) a Levite, of the country of Cyprus, 37. Whereas he had land, he sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet. 32. And ilv. multitude. In this place there are three things commended ; that the faithful were all...

...Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation), a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, having land, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the Apostles' feet ;"1 and afterwards went forth with Paul from Salamis to Paphos, furthering the cause of the gospel...

...conversion of the magistrate. (Acts xiii. 7 — 11.) Of this island was Joses, surnamed Barnabas, who, having land, sold it and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet (Acts iv. 36.) Many of the brethren resorted hither, in time of persecution, from Palestine. (Acts...

...possessions, and *wgtt the proceeds into the common stock of b* church. Thus Barnabas (Acts iv. 36, 37) ' land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.' The apostles then had the general disposal, if they had not also the immediate distribution, of the...

...— " And Joses, who by the Apostle was surnamed Barnabas, a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the Apostles' feet." I HAVE often thought that there is a harmony pervading everything connected with Barnabas, enough in...

...there at the time for purposes of trade. 37. What is here related of Joses 1 That " having land" he " sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the Apostles' feet." Why did he sell it? To relieve the wants of his poor brethren in Christ. What were the circumstances...

...renounced for the common good. His name is foremost among those, who in the early ages of the Church, "having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apos* Epistle, verse 24. ties feet," (verse 37.) Thus the first act recorded of him is one of self-sacrifice...