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Gaius (of Macedonia)

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Named at Acts 19:29 as one of “Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel”, whom they seized when the whole city was filled with confusion and they rushed with one accord into the theater.

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ACT 19:23–34, engwebp
²³About that time there arose no small disturbance concerning the Way.
²⁴For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,
²⁵whom he gathered together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, “Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.
²⁶You see and hear that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods that are made with hands.
²⁷Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.”
²⁸When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
²⁹The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel.
³⁰When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples didn’t allow him.
³¹Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.
³²Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn’t know why they had come together.
³³They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defense to the people.
³⁴But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice for a time of about two hours cried out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
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Unresolved interpretation: Gaius of Macedonia in Acts 19:29 and Gaius of Derbe in Acts 20:4

Acts 19:29 names those seized when the whole city rushed into the theater as “Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel”.
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- ACT 19:23–34, engwebp
  ²³About that time there arose no small disturbance concerning the Way.
  ²⁴For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,
  ²⁵whom he gathered together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, “Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.
  ²⁶You see and hear that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods that are made with hands.
  ²⁷Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.”
  ²⁸When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
  ²⁹The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel.
  ³⁰When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples didn’t allow him.
  ³¹Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.
  ³²Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn’t know why they had come together.
  ³³They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defense to the people.
  ³⁴But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice for a time of about two hours cried out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
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Acts 20:4 names Gaius of Derbe among those who accompanied Paul as far as Asia.
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- ACT 20:1–5, engwebp
  ¹After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, took leave of them, and departed to go into Macedonia.
  ²When he had gone through those parts and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece.
  ³When he had spent three months there, and a plot was made against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.
  ⁴These accompanied him as far as Asia: Sopater of Beroea, Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, Gaius of Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.
  ⁵But these had gone ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas.
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The text calls the Gaius of 19:29 a man of Macedonia and the Gaius of 20:4 a man of Derbe, and does not say whether the two are one man. This collection records the two entries apart and does not decide whether they are the same person.

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The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel.

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Entry: Gaius (of Macedonia) (person-gaius-macedonia)
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Current wording: Named at Acts 19:29 as one of “Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel”, whom they seized when the whole city was filled with confusion and they rushed with one accord into the theater.
Cited evidence: ACT 19:23–34, engwebp
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