Editing Barnabas (section)

==Other sources==
Although many assume that the biblical [[Mark the cousin of Barnabas]]<ref>[[Colossians 4:10]]</ref> is the same as John Mark<ref>{{bibleref2|Acts|12:12, 25; 13:5, 13; 15:37|NKJV}}</ref> and [[Mark the Evangelist]], the traditionally believed author of the [[Gospel of Mark]], they are listed as three distinct people in [[Pseudo-Hippolytus]]' ''On the Seventy Apostles of Christ,'' which includes Barnabas himself as one of the [[Seventy-two Disciples|Seventy-Two Disciples]].<ref>Ante-Nicean Fathers, ed. Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson and A. Cleaveland Coxe, vol. 5 (Peabody MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1999), 255–6</ref> There are two people named Barnabas among Hippolytus' list of Seventy Disciples, One (#13) became the bishop of Milan, the other (#25) the bishop of Heraclea. Most likely one of these two is the biblical Barnabas; the first one is more likely, because the numbering by Hippolytus seems to indicate a level of significance, and Barnabas is traditionally credited with founding the [[See of Milan|apostolic see of Milan]]. [[Clement of Alexandria]]<ref>''Stromata'', ii, 20</ref> also makes Barnabas one of the [[Seventy Disciples]] that are mentioned in the [[Gospel of Luke]].<ref>[[Luke 10|10:1ff]]</ref>

Other sources bring Barnabas to [[Rome]] and [[Alexandria, Egypt|Alexandria]]. In the [[Clementine literature|"Clementine Recognitions"]] (i, 7) he is depicted as preaching in Rome even during Christ's lifetime.

Cypriots developed the tradition of his later activity and martyrdom no earlier than the 3rd century. The question whether Barnabas was an apostle was often discussed during the Middle Ages.<ref>Compare [[C. J. Hefele]], ''Das Sendschreiben des Apostels Barnabas,'' Tübingen, 1840; [[Otto Braunsberger]], "Der Apostel Barnabas," Mainz, 1876.</ref>