# Epistle of Barnabas 12.8

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Epistle of Barnabas](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/) (*Epistula Barnabae*)
- Date: ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:384–386; 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/12/8/

Summary: Moses gave Joshua the name Jesus as a prophecy.

## Greek text

τί λέγει πάλιν Μωϋσῆς Ἰησοῦ, υἱῷ Ναυή, ἐπιθεὶς αὐτῷ τοῦτο τὸ ὄνομα, ὄντι προφήτῃ, ἵνα μόνον ἀκούσῃ πᾶς ὁ λαός; ὅτι πάντα ὁ πατὴρ φανεροῖ περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ Ἰησοῦ.

## English translation (Claude)

What again does Moses say to Jesus the son of Nun, when he gave him this name, being a prophet, so that all the people might listen to him alone? That the Father reveals everything about his Son Jesus.

## Scripture references

- Num 13:16: allusion, high confidence

## Translation notes

- In Greek, Joshua and Jesus are the same name (Ἰησοῦς). Moses renamed Hoshea as Joshua (Num 13:16).

## Citation (SBL)

Barn. 12.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/12/8/).