of Paul on the part of Barnabas. It also shows what confidence the apostles had in Barnabas. Barnabas, in fact, is a man of whom nothing but good is reported. Luke sums up his character by saying, “he was a good man” (Acts 11:24). He first appears as a generous donor of a piece of land—or at least of the price that he got for it—to the common pool set up by the Jerusalem church for the maintenance of its poorer members. If it be asked how a Levite came to have landed property, the answer may be that