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His Hellenic Jewish parents called him Joseph ( although the Byzantine text-type calls him, Iōsēs, ' Joses ', a Greek variant of ' Joseph '), but when he sold all his goods and gave the money to the apostles in Jerusalem, they gave him a new name: Barnabas.
This name appears to be from the Aramaic,, meaning ' the son ( of the ) prophet '.
However, the Greek text of the explains the name as, hyios paraklēseōs, meaning " son of consolation " or " son of encouragement ".
A similar link between ” prophecy ” and ” encouragement ” is found in Paul ’ s letter to the Corinthians ( 1 Corinthians 14: 3 )

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