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 See also Barshabba Barsabias