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Person

Timotheus

Also called Timothy

Mentioned in 24 verses across 12 books, first in Acts 16:1. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

At a glance

Gender: Male

Family

Mother

Eunice

As the dataset records them from the biblical genealogies.

Often appears with

Named in the same verses most often. Sharing a verse doesn’t always mean they met.

Jesus Christ14 verses
Paul9 verses
God8 verses
Silas6 verses
Sopater2 verses
Tychicus1 verse
Erastus1 verse
Trophimus1 verse
Secundus1 verse
Gaius (of Derbe)1 verse
Philemon1 verse
Lucius1 verse
Jason1 verse
Aristarchus1 verse

Places

Where the data places them (born, died, or an event they take part in) first; then places named in the same verses, which does not mean they were there.

Derbescene of “Timothy Joins Paul and Silas”2 shared verses
Macedoniascene of “Call to Macedonia”; scene of “Mission to Macedonia and Greece”2 shared verses
Lystrascene of “Timothy Joins Paul and Silas”1 shared verse
Asiascene of “Mission to Phrygia, Galatia and Asia”; scene of “Mission to Ephesus/1 Cor Written”1 shared verse
Philippiscene of “Call to Macedonia”; scene of “Lydia's Conversion” +2 more1 shared verse
Achaiascene of “Mission to Corinth, 1&2 Thess Written”1 shared verse
Corinthscene of “Mission to Corinth, 1&2 Thess Written”1 shared verse
Troasscene of “Mission to Phrygia, Galatia and Asia”; scene of “Call to Macedonia” +1 more
Mysiascene of “Mission to Phrygia, Galatia and Asia”
Galatiascene of “Mission to Phrygia, Galatia and Asia”
Phrygiascene of “Mission to Phrygia, Galatia and Asia”
Neapolisscene of “Call to Macedonia”

In the Bible

The first 10 of 24 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Acts

Acts 16:1
Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.
Acts 17:14
The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
Acts 17:15
Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
Acts 18:5
And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
Acts 19:22
He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.
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.

Romans

Romans 16:21
Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you greetings, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow countrymen.

1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 4:17
That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.
1 Corinthians 16:10
If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, just as I am.

2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:

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Events

Events the dataset lists Timotheus as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

c. AD 46
Second Missionary JourneyActs 15:1–18:23
no date
Timothy Joins Paul and SilasActs 16:1–5 · at Lystra, Derbe
no date
Mission to Phrygia, Galatia and AsiaActs 16:6–8 · at Troas, Mysia, Asia, Galatia, Phrygia
no date
Call to MacedoniaActs 16:9–12 · at Philippi, Neapolis, Samothrace, Troas, Macedonia
c. AD 47
Lydia's ConversionActs 16:13–15 · at Philippi
c. AD 47
Paul casts demon out of soothsayerActs 16:16–18 · at Philippi
no date
Mission to BereaActs 17:10–15 · at Berea
no date
Mission to Corinth, 1&2 Thess WrittenActs 18:1–17 · at Achaia, Corinth
c. AD 50
Third Missionary JourneyActs 18:24–20:16
no date
Mission to Ephesus/1 Cor WrittenActs 19:1–22 · at Asia, Ephesus
no date
Mission to Macedonia and GreeceActs 20:1–6 · at Philippi, Troas, Greece, Macedonia

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

Honouring God, a young disciple who was Paul’s companion in many of his journeyings. His mother, Eunice, and his grandmother, Lois, are mentioned as eminent for their piety (2 Tim. 1:5). We know nothing of his father but that he was a Greek (Acts 16:1). He is first brought into notice at the time of Paul’s second visit to Lystra (16:2), where he probably resided, and where it seems he was converted during Paul’s first visit to that place (1 Tim. 1:2; 2 Tim. 3:11). The apostle having formed a high opinion of his “own son in the faith,” arranged that he should become his companion (Acts 16:3), and took and circumcised him, so that he might conciliate the Jews. He was designated to the office of an evangelist (1 Tim. 4:14), and went with Paul in his journey through Phrygia, Galatia, and Mysia; also to Troas and Philippi and Berea (Acts 17:14). Thence he followed Paul to Athens, and was sent by him with Silas on a mission to Thessalonica (17:15; 1 Thess. 3:2). We next find him at Corinth (1 Thess. 1:1; 2 Thess. 1:1) with Paul. He passes now out of sight for a few years, and is again noticed as with the apostle at Ephesus (Acts 19:22), whence he is sent on a mission into Macedonia. He accompanied Paul afterwards into Asia (20:4), where he was with him for some time. When the apostle was a prisoner at Rome, Timothy joined him (Phil. 1:1), where it appears he also suffered imprisonment (Heb. 13:23). During the apostle’s second imprisonment he wrote to Timothy, asking him to rejoin him as soon as possible, and to bring with him certain things which he had left at Troas, his cloak and parchments (2 Tim. 4:13). According to tradition, after the apostle’s death he settled in Ephesus as his sphere of labour, and there found a martyr’s grave.