Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Barnabas

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Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Barnabas, born Joseph (Ἰωσήφ) or Joses (Ἰωσής), was according to tradition an early Christian, one of the prominent Christian disciples in Jerusalem. According to Acts 4:36, Barnabas was a Cypriot Jew. Named an apostle in Acts 14:14, he and Paul the Apostle undertook missionary journeys together and defended Gentile converts against the Judaizers. They traveled together making more converts, and participated in the Council of Jerusalem. Barnabas and Paul successfully evangelized among the "God-fearing" Gentiles who attended synagogues in various Hellenized cities of Anatolia.

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It is said that blood is thicker than water. It is what joins us, binds us, curses us.

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I have already prepared my counter proposal. It reads thusly: you may strategically place your wonderful lips upon my posterior and kiss it repeatedly!

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Love means never having to say you're sorry. However, it is with sincere regret that I must now kill all of you.

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There was much bitterness in the family. There were even those who would liked to have considered Barnabas Collins dead. But he lived on. He lived on-and outlived his enemies.

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For most men, time moves slowly, oh so slowly, they don't even realize it. But time has revealed itself to me in a very special way. Time is a rushing, howling wind that rages past me, withering me in a single, relentless blast, and then continues on. I've been sitting here passively, submissive to its rage, watching its work. Listen! Time, howling, withering!

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Loathesome I am, and evil. You can mock me for that. But leave my pain alone!

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Without grace there is no hope, but with it there is no shortage.

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Some men live their lives terrified. Terrified of the night and all that is dark. I will live my life eternally in fear of the light of day.

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Family is the only real wealth.

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I'm a picker, I'm a grinner, I'm a lover and I'm a sinner. I play my music in the sun.

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They tried stoning me, my dear. It did not work.