Who was Barnabas?

Son of consolation, the surname of Joses, a Levite (Acts 4:36). His name stands first on the list of prophets and teachers of the church at Antioch (13:1). Luke speaks of him as a “good man” (11:24).

Barnabas first appears in Acts 4:36. In this repository’s biblical text, this figure is associated with 28 verse mentions across 4 books, most notably Acts, Galatians, 1 Corinthians, Colossians.