# Epistle of Barnabas 16.6

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Epistle of Barnabas](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/) (*Epistula Barnabae*)
- Date: ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:396–398; 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/16/6/

Summary: There is a true temple of God, to be built in the Lord's name.

## Greek text

ζητήσωμεν δέ, εἰ ἔστιν ναὸς θεοῦ. ἔστιν, ὅπου αὐτὸς λέγει ποιεῖν καὶ καταρτίζειν. γέγραπται γάρ· Καὶ ἔσται, τῆς ἑβδομάδος συντελουμένης οἰκοδομηθήσεται ναὸς θεοῦ ἐνδόξως ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι κυρίου.

## English translation (Claude)

But let us inquire whether there is a temple of God. There is, where he himself says he makes and completes it. For it is written, “And it will come to pass, when the week is completed, that a temple of God will be built gloriously in the name of the Lord.”

## Scripture references

- Dan 9:24: allusion, low confidence

## Extrabiblical texts

- 1 En. 91.13 (1 Enoch): allusion, low confidence

## Translation notes

- The source of the quotation is uncertain; compare Dan 9:24–27 and 1 En. 91.13.

## Citation (SBL)

Barn. 16.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/16/6/).