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Gaius
Gaius is the name of one or more first-century Christians mentioned in the New Testament. People bearing this name appear in Acts, the Pauline Epistles, and 3 John, and interpreters disagree about how many different individuals are meant.
Articles 22, showing 6
- AugustusPeople
Augustus (63 BC–AD 14) was the first emperor of the Roman Empire. He appears in Luke 2:1 as "Caesar Augustus," who issued the decree for the census, and he provides the historical backdrop for the account of Jesus' birth.
- TacitusPeople
Tacitus (c. AD 56 – c. 120) was an ancient Roman historian and senator. In his Annals he recorded Emperor Nero's persecution of Christians and the execution of Christ under Pontius Pilate. For this reason he is frequently cited as an early non-Christian source.
- AugustusPeople
Augustus (Octavian) was the first emperor of the Roman Empire. In Luke 2 he appears as the emperor who decreed a census of the whole world, which led Joseph and Mary to travel to Bethlehem.
- Titius JustusPeople
Titius Justus was a Corinthian mentioned in Acts 18:7, a Gentile described as one who "worshipped God." His house, which stood next to the synagogue, became the place where Paul taught after leaving the synagogue.
- Third JohnBible
Third John is the twenty-fifth book of the New Testament. A brief personal letter from "the elder" to a believer named Gaius, it urges hospitality toward itinerant evangelists and rebukes the conduct of Diotrephes.
Verses in the King James Version 5, showing 5
- Acts 19:29
And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
- Acts 20:4
And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
- Romans 16:23
Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.
- 1 Corinthians 1:14
I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
- 3 John 1:1
The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
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