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BARNABAS

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Nom araméen qui se traduit en grec (Ac 4:36) par uïos paraclêséôs et en franc, par « fils de consolation » (Ost., Burnier, Vers. Syn.) ou « fils d'exhortation » (Sg., Oltr.) ou simplement « le prédicateur » (Oltr. rév., Stapf., Bbl. Cent.). Mais Deissmann (BS, 175 ; NBS, 15) a supposé que le nom de Barnabas, ainsi interprété au temps des apôtres, serait la déformation d'un nom sémitique, soit Bar-nabi (=fils de prophète), soit Bar-Nébo (=fils du dieu Nébo).

Barnabas, surnom donné par les apôtres à Joseph, le Lévite, originaire de Chypre, que la tradition compte parmi les soixante-dix envoyés en mission par Jésus (Lu 10:1). Dans l'histoire de l'Église primitive il est présenté comme un généreux donateur (Ac 4:36), dont le geste fut parodié par Ananias (Ac 5:1). C'est lui qui présenta Paul à l'Église de Jérusalem (Ac 9:27, cf. d'autre part Ga 1:18-20). Homme de coeur et d'action, personnage influent de l'Église primitive, Barnabas fut délégué à Antioche auprès de la première communauté chrétienne issue du paganisme (Ac 11:22). Bien qu'apparenté au milieu fervent de l'Église de Jérusalem (Col 4:10, Ac 12:12), son origine et sa culture hellénique l'ont dégagé de l'étroitesse rabbinique et lui ont donné la compréhension de l'âme païenne. Il s'intéresse dès la première heure à la mission parmi les Gentils. Se rendant compte que l'Évangile est en plein essor de conquête à Antioche, Barnabas s'en va chercher Paul à Tarse (Ac 11:25) pour entreprendre avec lui l'évangélisation méthodique de ces premiers « chrétiens » (Ac 11:26). Un an après, il retourna avec Paul à Jérusalem pour y porter la collecte recueillie en Asie, et c'est là que Jean surnommé Marc (Ac 12:25), cousin de Barnabas (Col 4:10), se joignit à eux pour la première mission en terre païenne.

Consacrés en vue de cette tâche par l'Église d'Antioche qui les soutenait de ses dons et de ses prières, Barnabas et Paul se rendirent dans l'île de Chypre, patrie du premier (Ac 13:4). Dès ce moment, Paul occupe le premier rang. Jean-Marc renonce à la mission en Asie Mineure et repart pour Jérusalem (Ac 13:13). Paul et Barnabas évangélisent la Pamphylie (Ac 13:13), la Pisidie (Ac 13:14), la Lycaonie (Ac 14:6). A Lystre, ils furent accueillis comme des dieux : Barnabas-Zeus, et Paul-Hermès, faillirent être l'objet d'adoration et de sacrifices (Ac 14:13). A leur retour à Antioche, les missionnaires rendent compte de leur voyage (Ac 14:27).

Barnabas accompagna Paul (Ac 15, Ga 2) à la conférence de Jérusalem, où ils plaidèrent la cause de la mission en terre païenne. De retour à Antioche, Barnabas s'apprêtait à repartir avec Paul en mission ; mais celui-ci refusa d'emmener Jean-Marc, qui ne les avait pas suivis en Pamphylie (Ac 15:38). Barnabas se sépara de Paul et partit avec Jean-Marc pour l'île de Chypre. Ga 2:13 nous permet de comprendre qu'il y eut encore un autre motif au conflit entre les deux puissants évangélistes. Barnabas n'était pas aussi affranchi que Paul des préjugés judéo-chrétiens, et la hardiesse de son compagnon l'effrayait. Mais il ne faut pas exagérer ce dissentiment, non plus que celui de Paul avec Pierre. 1Co 9:6 nous montre au contraire que Paul continua à s'intéresser si bien à la mission poursuivie par son ancien collaborateur avec la même méthode que lui, et sans doute en Occident comme lui, qu'il n'hésite pas à solidariser leur manière de travailler et qu'il prend la défense de Barnabas en même temps. que la sienne propre. Pour Paul, Barnabas n'a jamais cessé d'être un « homme de bien rempli de Saint-Esprit et de foi » (Ac 11:24).

L'Église catholique romaine a fait de cet apôtre le saint Barnabe dont la fête est célébrée le 11 juin. Actes et Évangile de Barnabas sont apocryphes (voir Évangile apocr.), de même que l'Épître de Barnabas, qui au III e siècle, à Alexandrie, a joui d'une grande autorité. Par contre, beaucoup de théologiens (déjà Tertullien) ont considéré l' Épître aux Hébreux comme l'oeuvre de cet ancien Lévite, transposant sur le terrain de l'Évangile les données rituelles du sacrifice lévitique, qui avaient marqué son esprit d'une empreinte ineffaçable. Jg. L.

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      Lévitique 11

      1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
      2 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.
      3 Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.
      4 "'Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those who part the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but doesn't have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you.
      5 The coney, because he chews the cud but doesn't have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you.
      6 The hare, because she chews the cud but doesn't part the hoof, she is unclean to you.
      7 The pig, because he has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn't chew the cud, he is unclean to you.
      8 Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.
      9 "'These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you may eat.
      10 All that don't have fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination to you,
      11 and you detest them. You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses.
      12 Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomination to you.
      13 "'These you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the black vulture,
      14 and the red kite, any kind of black kite,
      15 any kind of raven,
      16 the horned owl, the screech owl, and the gull, any kind of hawk,
      17 the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,
      18 the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,
      19 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
      20 "'All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you.
      21 Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the earth.
      22 Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.
      23 But all winged creeping things which have four feet, are an abomination to you.
      24 "'By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
      25 Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
      26 "'Every animal which parts the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor chews the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.
      27 Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
      28 He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.
      29 "'These are they which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard,
      30 the gecko, and the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.
      31 These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.
      32 On whatever any of them falls when they are dead, it shall be unclean; whether it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it is, with which any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it will be clean.
      33 Every earthen vessel, into which any of them falls, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it.
      34 All food which may be eaten, that on which water comes, shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.
      35 Everything whereupon part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.
      36 Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is a gathered shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean.
      37 If part of their carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.
      38 But if water is put on the seed, and part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.
      39 "'If any animal, of which you may eat, dies; he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
      40 He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
      41 "'Every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is an abomination. It shall not be eaten.
      42 Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, even all creeping things that creep on the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
      43 You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled thereby.
      44 For I am Yahweh your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy: neither shall you defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.
      45 For I am Yahweh who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
      46 "'This is the law of the animal, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth,
      47 to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.'"

      Luc 10

      1 Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place, where he was about to come.

      Actes 4

      36 Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,

      Actes 5

      1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession,

      Actes 9

      27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.

      Actes 11

      22 The report concerning them came to the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem. They sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch,
      24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and many people were added to the Lord.
      25 Barnabas went out to Tarsus to look for Saul.
      26 When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. It happened, that for a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

      Actes 12

      12 Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.
      25 Barnabas and Saul returned to Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their service, also taking with them John whose surname was Mark.

      Actes 13

      4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.
      13 Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia. John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.
      14 But they, passing on from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia. They went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down.

      Actes 14

      6 they became aware of it, and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region.
      13 The priest of Jupiter, whose temple was in front of their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and would have made a sacrifice along with the multitudes.
      27 When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.

      Actes 15

      1 Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can't be saved."
      2 Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas, and some others of them, to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.
      3 They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They caused great joy to all the brothers.
      4 When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.
      5 But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses."
      6 The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.
      7 When there had been much discussion, Peter rose up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that a good while ago God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the nations should hear the word of the Good News, and believe.
      8 God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.
      9 He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
      10 Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
      11 But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are."
      12 All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.
      13 After they were silent, James answered, "Brothers, listen to me.
      14 Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations, to take out of them a people for his name.
      15 This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,
      16 'After these things I will return. I will again build the tabernacle of David, which has fallen. I will again build its ruins. I will set it up,
      17 That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; All the Gentiles who are called by my name, Says the Lord, who does all these things.
      18 All his works are known to God from eternity.'
      19 "Therefore my judgment is that we don't trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God,
      20 but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood.
      21 For Moses from generations of old has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath."
      22 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers.
      23 They wrote these things by their hand: "The apostles, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: greetings.
      24 Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, 'You must be circumcised and keep the law,' to whom we gave no commandment;
      25 it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
      26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
      27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.
      28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay no greater burden on you than these necessary things:
      29 that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell."
      30 So, when they were sent off, they came to Antioch. Having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter.
      31 When they had read it, they rejoiced over the encouragement.
      32 Judas and Silas, also being prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers with many words, and strengthened them.
      33 After they had spent some time there, they were sent back with greetings from the brothers to the apostles.
      34
      35 But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
      36 After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing."
      37 Barnabas planned to take John, who was called Mark, with them also.
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