Episode 98: Who was Gaius?
Download MP3Second John was addressed, a bit mysterious, “to the lady chosen by God and to her children.” Third John, by contrast, is addressed concretely to a man named Gaius whom he also loves “in the truth.” But who was Gaius? The name appears several times in the New Testament. Is John writing to one of the Gaiuses mentioned elsewhere, or to someone else?
Second John was addressed, a bit mysterious, “to the lady chosen by God and to her children.” Third John, by contrast, is addressed concretely to a man named Gaius whom he also loves “in the truth.” But who was Gaius? The name appears several times in the New Testament. Is John writing to one of the Gaiuses mentioned elsewhere, or to someone else?
