son of return; son of rest
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Bar'sabas. (son of Sabas or rest). See Joseph Barsabas; Judas Barsabas.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
Joseph Barsabas, surnamed Justus, was one of the first disciples of Jesus Christ, and probably one of the seventy. When St. Peter proposed to the disciples to fill up the place of Judas the traitor, by choosing another Apostle, Act_1:21, Barsabas was nominated along with Matthias; but the lot fell on Matthias, who was therefore numbered with the eleven Apostles. We know nothing farther of the life of this Barsabas.
2. BARSABAS was also the surname of Judas, one of the principal disciples mentioned, Act_15:22, &c. Barsabas and some others were sent by the Apostles, with Paul and Barnabas, to Antioch, and carried a letter with them from the Apostles, signifying what the council at Jerusalem had decreed. After the reading of the letter to the brethren, which was received with joy, Barsabas and Silas continued here some time longer, instructing and confirming the brethren; after which Silas and Barsabas returned to Jerusalem. This is all we know of Barsabas Judas.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.
Bar?sabas [JOSEPH BARSABAS; JUDAS BARSABAS]
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Barsabas
(Βαρσαβᾶς, a Chald. patronymic), the surname of two men.
1. Of JOSEPH SEE JOSEPH (q.v.), mentioned in Act_1:23.
2. Of JUDAS SEE JUDAS (q.v.), mentioned in Act_15:22.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.