# Epistle of Barnabas 15.2

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Epistle of Barnabas](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/) (*Epistula Barnabae*)
- Date: ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:392–394; 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/15/2/

Summary: If they keep the Sabbath, God will show mercy.

## Greek text

καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ λέγει· Ἐὰν φυλάξωσιν οἱ υἱοί μου τὸ σάββατον, τότε ἐπιθήσω τὸ ἔλεός μου ἐπʼ αὐτούς.

## English translation (Claude)

And in another place he says, “If my sons keep the Sabbath, then I will bestow my mercy upon them.”

## Scripture references

- Jer 17:24: allusion, medium confidence
- Jer 17:25: allusion, medium confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Barn. 15.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/15/2/).