Paul and his companions
Aristarchus
Macedonian traveling companion of Paul
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- Events
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- Places
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- Journeys
Editorial summary
A Macedonian of Thessalonica, seized with Gaius in the riot at Ephesus. He accompanied Paul as far as Asia and later sailed with him on the voyage toward Rome; Paul calls him his fellow prisoner.
Scripture
Journeys
2Where their story unfolds
3From: Thessalonica ()
Where they appear
3The silversmiths’ riot
Demetrius, a silversmith who made shrines of Artemis, stirred up the craftsmen against Paul. The city filled with confusion, and the crowd seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s Macedonian companions in travel, and rushed into the theater, shouting for about two hours until the town clerk quieted them.
Companions waiting at Troas
Acts names those who accompanied Paul as far as Asia: Sopater of Beroea, Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, Gaius of Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia. They had gone ahead and were waiting at Troas, where Paul’s party joined them and stayed seven days.
Handed to the centurion Julius
When it was decided that they should sail for Italy, Paul and other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, and they put to sea in a ship of Adramyttium.