Barsabbas

Barsabbas or Barsabas is a surname used in the Acts of the Apostles, to refer to two persons:


 * Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus. He was a candidate to fill the vacancy among the Twelve Apostles.
 * Judas Barsabbas, an emissary of the Church of Jerusalem to the Church at Antioch.

The name denotes either
 * a literal son of a man called Sabbas
 * a symbolic name, meaning son of sabbath or rest, or of return