Bible Dictionaries
Gaius

　　(Δερβαῖος), possibly intentionally to distinguish him from 3.

　　Attempts have been made to identify 3 and 4. It is natural to do so, as the passages stand so close together. Emendations of the text have been suggested by which ‘of Derbe’ is taken with ‘Timothy,’ but these are purely conjectural, and Timothy was apparently a Lystran (Acts 16:1-2). See W. M. Ramsay, St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman Citizen, 1895, p. 280.

　　5. In 3 John 1:1, the person to whom 3 John is addressed. He is described as ‘the beloved’ (