Aquifer Open Bible Dictionary (2026) · CC BY-SA 4.0 EN
Gaius
A man from Macedonia who traveled with the apostle Paul during the apostle's third missionary journey. Rioters seized Gaius and Aristarchus at Ephesus. Demetrius the silversmith started the riot (Acts 19:29).
A man from Derbe in Lycaonia (a region in what is now Turkey). He traveled with the apostle Paul from Ephesus to Macedonia (Acts 20:4). Some have identified him with #1 above.
An important Christian in Corinth. He hosted Paul and the whole church there (Romans 16:23). Paul wrote the letter of Romans at Corinth. So, the Gaius mentioned in 1 Corinthians 1:14 is probably the same person. If so, Paul baptized him.
A man to whom the apostle John addressed his third letter (3 John 1:1).