tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post4020100168666691264..comments2024-03-27T03:32:53.817-05:00Comments on Euangelion: Friday is for Fontes: The "anointed one" in 11Q13Michael F. Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-29497191223213671692008-06-01T01:24:00.000-05:002008-06-01T01:24:00.000-05:00Michael, did Isa 61:2-3 inspire the naming of Barn...Michael, did Isa 61:2-3 inspire the naming of Barnabas?<BR/><BR/>To the apostles, who named him, "Barnabas" would have meant "son of prophet" or "son of prophecy", yet Acts 4:36-37 interprets the name as "son of PARAKLHSEWS" and says that he sold a field and laid the money at the feet of the apostles.<BR/><BR/>Now, the prophecy of Isa 61:2-3 reads "to comfort all who mourn; to provide for those who mourn in Zion." The word for "comfort" here is PARAKALE/SAI. So in this text, as in Acts 4:36-37 we have prophecy, generosity to Jerusalem, and "comfort". Was Joseph named "Barnabas" because he showed himself to be a son of the prophet (or prophecy) of Isa 61:2-3 by providing comfort for the Jerusalem church through his gift? This would explain why Luke rendered the meaning of the name, "son of PARAKLHSEWS". I can imagine that this text was important to the apostles.Richard Fellowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06777460488456330838noreply@blogger.com