Timothy
25 CE · Lystra
Timothy was Paul's closest co-worker. Acts introduces him as a disciple at Lystra in Asia Minor, the son of a Jewish mother who had become a believer and a Greek father. Paul took him on his travels and, according to Acts, had him circumcised because the local Jews knew his father was Greek (Acts 16:1-3). Timothy worked in Thessalonica, Corinth, Macedonia and Ephesus, often as Paul's envoy (1 Thessalonians 3:1-6; 1 Corinthians 4:17; Acts 19:22). He is named as co-sender of six of Paul's letters (2 Corinthians, Philippians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, Philemon, and Colossians, though the last and 2 Thessalonians are of disputed authorship). Paul writes that he has 'no one else like-minded' (Philippians 2:20). Two letters addressed to Timothy place him in charge at Ephesus, but many scholars think they were written after Paul's death. Church tradition, reported by Eusebius in the early 4th century, calls him the first bishop of Ephesus. A later legend says he was killed there.
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Lystraליסטרה
What they did here
Paul found Timothy at Lystra (or nearby Derbe; Acts 16:1 names both). The believers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. Paul took him along as a companion (Acts 16:1-3).
In Lystra at the same time
In the same place & time
Sages whose lives overlapped with Timothy’s in the same cities, drawn from their recorded journeys.
Across the traditions
In the same tradition
Barnabas, Mary Magdalene, Paul the Apostle, John the Apostle, Silas, Priscilla, Aquila, Titus, Apollos
The world in their lifetime
Thinkers and teachers of other traditions whose lives overlapped with Timothy’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.
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