What is "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