Acts of Barnabas

[1] These are 5th century concerns, the independence of the Church of Cyprus having been declared by the First Council of Ephesus in 431 and confirmed by Emperor Zeno in 488.

The text speaks of the multiple travels of Barnabas and Paul of Tarsus through the first Christian communities in Asia Minor and in Cyprus, full of miracles and preaching to the pagans, and adds the church foundations, the consecration of bishops and the tomb of the apostle in Cyprus.

Then I stayed there for about two months, wanting to sail to the western regions, but Holy Spirit wouldn't let me.

So I went back to see the apostles and, knowing that they were in Antioch, I went to them.John and Barnabas visit Isaura, Cilicia, Cyprus and Laodiceia, where they cure many sick people and baptize.

[2] And the book ends:The travels and martyrdom of the saint Apostle Barnabas were thus accomplished by the grace of God.