Topic
Demetrius (2)
3 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Acts 19:23ISBE
And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
- 2 Timothy 4:10ISBE
For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
- 3 John 1:12ISBE
Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
de-me'-tri-us (Demetrios, "belonging to Ceres"): The name of two persons:
(1) A Christian disciple praised by John (3Joh 1:12).
(2) A silversmith of Ephesus who manufactured the little silver shrines of the goddess Diana to sell to the visiting pilgrims (Ac 19:23 ff). Because the teachings of Paul were injuring the trade of the silversmiths, there arose a riot of which Demetrius was the chief. Upon an inscription which Mr. Wood discovered among the ruins of the city, there appeared the name Demetrius, a warden of the Ephesian temple for the year 57 AD, and some authors believe the temple warden to be identical with the ringleader of the rebellion. The name, however, has been most common among the Greeks of every age. Because of its frequent use it cannot be supposed that Demetrius, the disciple of 3Joh 1:12, was the silversmith of Ephesus, nor that Demas of 2Ti 4:10, who bore the name in a contracted form, may be identified with him.
E. J. Banks
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.