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Gaius
the name means of Latin origin Strong's Lexicon
Gaius of Derbe accompanied Paul on his journey from Greece to Jerusalem, along with several others.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
(1.) 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).
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
First named at Acts 20:4.
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Verses that name Gaius
- Acts 20:4 Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.