# Epistle of Barnabas 12.11

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Epistle of Barnabas](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/) (*Epistula Barnabae*)
- Date: ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:386; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 340–407 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/12/11/

Summary: Isaiah and David both call the Christ Lord.

## Greek text

καὶ πάλιν λέγει οὕτως Ἡσαΐας· Εἶπεν κύριος τῷ Χριστῷ μου κυρίῳ, οὗ ἐκράτησα τῆς δεξιᾶς αὐτοῦ, ἐπακοῦσαι ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ ἔθνη, καὶ ἰσχὺν βασιλέων διαρρήξω. ἴδε, πῶς Δαυεὶδ λέγει αὐτὸν κύριον, καὶ υἱὸν οὐ λέγει.

## English translation (Claude)

And again Isaiah speaks thus: “The Lord said to my Christ, the Lord, whose right hand I have held, that nations should obey before him, and I will shatter the strength of kings.” See how David calls him Lord, and does not call him son.

## Scripture references

- Isa 45:1: quotation, high confidence

## Translation notes

- Isa 45:1 LXX reads “to my anointed, Cyrus” (Κύρῳ); the author reads “to my Christ, the Lord” (κυρίῳ), differing by one letter.

## Citation (SBL)

Barn. 12.11 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/12/11/).