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 manuscript. The true reading is evidently 'Joseph:'
Who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,)
х parakleeseoos (G3874)], or, perhaps, 'exhortation,' as the word more directly signifies, and more usually means in the New Testament (perhaps corresponding to bar (H1247) nªbuw'aah (H5016), 'son of prophecy,' as Grotius suggests). If this be the thing intended, the name may have been intended to denote his warm, loving, and successful preaching-as to which, see the notes at Acts 11:22-24. Still the element of "consolation" seems to have been in the view of those who gave Barnabas this name (see the note at Acts 9:27).
A Levite - of whom, as of the priests, very few embraced the faith of Jesus:
Of the country of Cyprus - of which island, in the Mediterranean, in connection with the Gospel, we shall by and by hear more (Acts 11:19-20, etc.).