Ju'das,
surnamed Barsabas, a leading member of the apostolic church at Jerusalem,
endued with the gift of prophesy, ver.
chosen with Silas to accompany Paul and Barnabas as delegates to the church at Antioch. (A.D. 47.) Later, Judas went back to Jerusalem.
Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among the brothers.
Both Judas and Silas, who were also prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers and strengthened them with a long message.
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