Barnabas appears to have been the leader of the first missionary journey. There are several reasons for believing this.
1. Barnabas originally took on a mentoring role, seeking out Paul and bringing him to Antioch before.
2. Luke gives Barnabbas primacy in listing at the beginning of the mission trip (Acts 13) and only later moves to placing Paul first.
3. The mission trip started by going to Cyprus, which was the homeland of Barnabas. Only after that, did they go to Asia Minor, the homeland of Paul.
4. The people in the city of Lystra believed that Barnabas was the leader of the team. According to Acts 14: 11-12, "When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they yelled out in the language of Lycaonia, 'The gods have turned into humans and have come down to us!' The people then gave Barnabas the name Zeus, and they gave Paul the name Hermes, because he did the talking." So the people saw Barnabas as Zeus, the leader of the gods, and Paul as Hermes, the spokesman of the gods.
While we (rightly) give great credit to Paul as a great missionary, it seems as if Barnabas may have been the one that developed the method of missions that was used by Paul and Barnabas on the first trip, Paul on the 2nd and 3rd trips, and (presumably) Barnabas and John Mark on their 2nd trip.
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Barnabas was Paul's companion on his first missionary journey. They traveled together to Cyprus and Asia Minor to preach the gospel and establish churches.
Paul's first missionary journey was around 46 A.D. And he took along with him his aid, a person called Barnabas.
The Island of Cyprus (Acts 13:4-12)
It depends upon the journeys. the short answer is that over all the journeys Paul was accompanied by Peter, Barnabas, Timothy, Silas, John Mark (author of the Gospel of Mark) and Luke amongst others.
Paul's first cohort and companion was Barnabas, who traveled with him on his first missionary journey to Asia Minor. Barnabas played a key role in supporting and encouraging Paul in his ministry, and the two worked closely together in spreading the gospel.
In the book of Acts it is said Paul went on his third missionary journey along with his companion who were his co workers they were young men called Silas and Barnabas.
Mark who wrote the gospel of Mark after the death of christ was from the early christian church. He accompanied Paul and Barnabas on their first missionary journey
Paul's traveling companions changed often. Some of the better-known men who accompanied him from time to time include Barnabas, John Mark, Silas, Luke, and Timothy. In his letters, Paul also mentions lesser-known companions such as Gaius and Aristarchus (Acts 19:29), and Epaphroditus (Philippians 2:25).
Yes he was welcomed by Barnabas .
The three missionary journeys are only a convenient classification developed by students of Acts. In his own epistles, Paul provides no information about the first missionary journey, in fact his own itinerary seems to rule out the possibility of the first missionary journey that is reported in Acts of the Apostles.According to Acts, Paul departed on the journey with Barnabas. they met Bar-Jesus, also known as Elymas, and Sergius Paulus on the island of Paphos. According to Acts, their mission was to the Jews, since Peter had not yet proposed that Gentiles be admitted to the Christian Church. Paul did meet some Gentiles but, apart from Sergius Paulus, was reported to be spectacularly unsuccessful in converting them.