Bible Person
Meaning: lord; an earthly man · Male · 1 cross reference
This Gaius entry refers to the Macedonian companion seized during the uproar at Ephesus, not to the addressee of 3 John or the man from Derbe. He belongs to the traveling missionary circle surrounding Paul. First appears in Acts 19:29.1
AI summary: This Gaius matters because his single cross reference places him in the dangerous public backlash faced by Paul's mission. The entry shows that Paul's coworkers, not only Paul himself, were exposed to the risks of gospel advance in hostile cities. Taken together, the material presents this Gaius as a missionary companion caught in the turmoil of Ephesus.1
Central Figure
Gaius
Meaning: lord; an earthly man
A Macedonian, Paul’s fellow-traveller, and his host at Corinth when he wrote his Epistle to the Romans (16:23).
A Macedonian, Paul’s fellow-traveller, and his host at Corinth when he wrote his Epistle to the Romans (16:23). He with his household were baptized by Paul (1 Cor. 1:14). During a heathen outbreak against Paul at Ephesus the mob seized Gaius and Aristarchus because they could not find Paul, and rushed with them into the theatre. Some have identified this Gaius with No. (2). 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.