The Gospel of Barnabas is a non-canonical, pseudepigraphical gospel, written during the Late Middle Ages and attributed to the early Christian disciple Barnabas, who is one of the apostles of Jesus. I
The opening of the Gospel of Barnabas from a 16th-century Italian manuscript with Arabic-language marginalia
Excerpt from the Gospel of Barnabas in which Jesus foretells of the coming Machometo (Muhammad), a Messenger of God. The Arabic marginalia identifies several sections as the Shahada.
1835 painting of the Austrian National Library, where the Italian manuscript was kept
The University of Sydney's Fisher Library, where the Spanish manuscript was discovered
Barnabas, born Joseph or Joses, was a prominent Christian disciple, identified as an apostle in Acts 14:14. According to Acts 4:36, he was a Cypriot Levite. He undertook missionary journeys as a compa
Gospel of Barnabas
…The Gospel of Barnabas is a non-canonical, pseudepigraphical gospel, written during the Late Middle Ages and attributed to the early Christian disciple Barnabas, who (in this work) is one of the apostles of Jesus. It is about the same length as the four canonical gospels combined and largely harmonizes stories…
Detail from San Barnaba Altarpiece [Wikidata] by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1490
Saint Barnabas or Saint Matthew, attrib. Juan Martín Cabezalero, c. 1640
Barnabas curing the sick by Paolo Veronese, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, c. 1566
Saints Paul and Barnabas at Lystra (Sacrifice at Lystra) by Bartholomeus Breenberg, 1637, Princeton University Art Museum