All Religious Medals are Customizable. We can change the spelling, your language, names etc, ex:
change "Pray for Us" to "Pray For Me". Just let us know in "special instructions"
if you would like it for a charm bracelet, request a split ring instead of a bail in the "special
instructions"
All we know of Barnabas is to be found in the New Testament. A Jew, born in Cyprus and named Joseph, he sold his
property, gave the proceeds to the Apostles, who gave him the name Barnabas, and lived in common with the earliest
converts to Christianity in Jerusalem. He persuaded the community there to accept Paul as a disciple, was sent to
Antioch, Syria, to look into the community there, and brought Paul there from Tarsus. With Paul he brought Antioch's
donation to the Jerusalem community during a famine, and returned to Antioch with John Mark, his cousin. The three went
on a missionary journey to Cyprus, Perga (when John Mark went to Jerusalem), and Antioch in Pisidia, where they were so
violently opposed by the Jews that they decided to preach to the pagans. Then they went on to Iconium and Lystra in
Lycaonia, where they were first acclaimed gods and then stoned out of the city, and then returned to Antioch in Syria.
When a dispute arose regarding the observance of the Jewish rites, Paul and Barnabas went to Jerusalem, where, at a
council, it was decided that pagans did not have to be circumcised to be baptized. On their return to Antioch, Barnabas
wanted to take John Mark on another visitation to the cities where they had preached, but Paul objected because of John
Mark's desertion of them in Perga. Paul and Barnabas parted, and Barnabas returned to Cyprus with Mark; nothing further
is heard of him, though it is believed his rift with Paul was ultimately healed. Tradition has Barnabas preaching in
Alexandria and Rome, the founder of the Cypriote Church, the Bishop of Milan (which he was not), and has him stoned to
death at Salamis about the year 61. The apochryphal Epistle of Barnabas was long attributed to him, but modern
scholarship now attributes it to a Christian in Alexandria between the years 70 and 100; the Gospel of Barnabas is
probably by an Italian Christian who became a Mohammedan; and the Acts of Barnabas once attributed to John Mark are now
known to have been written in the fifth century. His feast day is June 11.
Item can be engraved with message, names, dates or monogram.
Engraving doesn't delay your shipment.
Available in Yellow Gold Plated &14K Yellow or White Gold, or Sterling Silver
Is a Chain Included? You can choose which chain to add to your order when checking out
Pendant Bail - fits up to 4mm chain. We can make bail larger, just let us know in the special instructions upon ordering
All Sterling Silver is protected with a tarnish resistance to help it last for years without tarnishing.
