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Acts 4:36 — King James Version← Study notes

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,


Acts 4:36Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 4:3617 words
GreekMeaning
ἸωσὴφIōsēph
JosephnounG2501
δὲde
nowwordG1161
ho
whoarticleG3588
ἐπικληθεὶςepiklētheis
having been calledverbG1941
ΒαρναβᾶςBarnabas
BarnabasnounG921
ἀπὸapo
fromprepositionG575
τῶνtōn
thearticleG3588
ἀποστόλωνapostolōn
apostlesnounG652
ho
whichrelative pronounG3739
ἐστινestin
isverbG1510
μεθερμηνευόμενονmethermēneuomenon
being translatedverbG3177
υἱὸςhyios
SonnounG5207
παρακλήσεωςparaklēseōs
of encouragementnounG3874
ΛευίτηςLeuitēs
a LevitenounG3019
ΚύπριοςKyprios
a CypriotnounG2953
τῷ
at thearticleG3588
γένειgenei
birthnounG1085
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Acts 4:36

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, having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the Apostles' feet. 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…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 12 on Acts
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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