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People of the Bible

Judas Barsabas

In the story

Jerusalem Council · 46 AD

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

A Christian teacher, surnamed Barsabas. He was sent from Jerusalem to Antioch along with Paul and Barnabas with the decision of the council (Acts 15:22, 27, 32). He was a “prophet” and a “chief man among the brethren.”

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 3 verses

Acts: 15:22, 15:27, 15:32

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.