And Joseph, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of encouragement,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
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AD 1480
Wherever Sacred Scriptures gives the names of things or persons with an interpretation, it certainly indicates that a more sacred sense is contained in them.