# Epistle of Barnabas 14.8

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Epistle of Barnabas](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/) (*Epistula Barnabae*)
- Date: ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:392; 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/14/8/

Summary: Isaiah: a light to the nations and salvation to the ends of the earth.

## Greek text

πάλιν ὁ προφήτης λέγει· Ἰδού, τέθεικά σε εἰς φῶς ἐθνῶν, τοῦ εἶναί σε εἰς σωτηρίαν ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς, οὕτως λέγει κύριος ὁ λυτρωσάμενός σε θεός.

## English translation (Claude)

Again the prophet says, “Behold, I have made you a light for the nations, that you may be for salvation to the end of the earth; thus says the Lord, the God who redeemed you.”

## Scripture references

- Isa 49:6: quotation, high confidence
- Isa 49:7: quotation, medium confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Barn. 14.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/14/8/).