Barnabas = "son of rest"

1. the surname of Joses or Joseph, a Levite, a native of Cyprus He was a distinguished Christian teacher and companion and colleague of Paul.

to deliberate with one's self, consider

to take counsel, resolve

but, moreover, and, etc.

John = "Jehovah is a gracious giver"

1. John the Baptist was the son of Zacharias and Elisabeth, the forerunner of Christ. By order of Herod Antipas he was cast into prison and afterwards beheaded.

2. John the apostle, the writer of the Fourth Gospel, son of Zebedee and Salome, brother of James the elder. He is that disciple who (without mention by name) is spoken of in the Fourth Gospel as especially dear to Jesus and according to the traditional opinion is the author of the book of Revelation.

3. John surnamed Mark, the companion of Barnabas and Paul. #Acts 12:12

4. John a certain man, a member of the Sanhedrin. # Ac 4:6

to call

1. to call aloud, utter in a loud voice

2. to invite

to call i.e. to name, by name

1. to give a name to

   1. to receive the name of, receive as a name

   2. to give some name to one, call his name

2. to be called i.e. to bear a name or title (among men)

3. to salute one by name

Mark = "a defense"

1. an evangelist, the author of the Gospel of Mark. Marcus was his Latin surname, his Jewish name was John. He was a cousin of Barnabas and a companion of Paul in some of his missionary journeys

this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than "the" counted

to take along together with

in the NT to take with one as a companion