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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Diotrephes (Man living at the time of the New Testament)
John rebukes him for loving to be first. He would not welcome the travelling missionaries, spread malicious talk about John, and threw out the members who did welcome them.
First, in plain English
John rebukes him for loving to be first. He would not welcome the travelling missionaries, spread malicious talk about John, and threw out the members who did welcome them.
Who this is
A leader in a local church rebuked by John for loving to be first, refusing to welcome traveling missionaries, and spreading malicious accusations against John and his coworkers, even expelling members who did welcome them (3 John 1:9-10).
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
G1361
Where it appears
- 3 John 1:9
