# Epistle of Barnabas 11.9

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Epistle of Barnabas](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/) (*Epistula Barnabae*)
- Date: ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:380–382; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 340–407 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/11/9/

Summary: The praised land is the body in which the Spirit dwells.

## Greek text

καὶ πάλιν ἕτερος προφήτης λέγει· Καὶ ἦν ἡ γῆ τοῦ Ἰακὼβ ἐπαινουμένη παρὰ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν. τοῦτο λέγει· τὸ σκεῦος τοῦ πνεύματος αὐτοῦ δοξάζει.

## English translation (Claude)

And again another prophet says, “And the land of Jacob was praised above all the earth.” He means this: he glorifies the vessel of his Spirit.

## Scripture references

- Zeph 3:19: allusion, low confidence

## Translation notes

- The source of the quotation is uncertain (compare Zeph 3:19); “the vessel of his Spirit” may mean Christ's body or the believer's.

## Citation (SBL)

Barn. 11.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/11/9/).