Southern Presbyterian
Puritan Board Doctor
Acts 14 is about Paul and Barnabas in Iconium, Lystra and surrounding areas and in verse 4 it says...
[bible]Acts 14:4[/bible]
Was Barnabas therefore an Apostle in the same sense that Paul was an Apostle? I mean Paul had a direct commission from Christ, Acts 26:14-18. I know of no such call for Barnabas, neither was there a decision by the other Apostles as with Mattias in Acts 1. So what is the deal with Barnabas? Were others, besides Paul and The Twelve, considered Apostles? What about Apollos?
[bible]Acts 14:4[/bible]
Was Barnabas therefore an Apostle in the same sense that Paul was an Apostle? I mean Paul had a direct commission from Christ, Acts 26:14-18. I know of no such call for Barnabas, neither was there a decision by the other Apostles as with Mattias in Acts 1. So what is the deal with Barnabas? Were others, besides Paul and The Twelve, considered Apostles? What about Apollos?