The Apostolic Age · AD 4–70
Titius Justus
fl. c. 51 (death unrecorded) · God-fearer of Corinth · Host of the mission · Corinth
The Apostolic Age
Who Titius Justus was
When the Corinthian synagogue turned against Paul, this Gentile God-fearer opened his house — provocatively, next door to the synagogue itself — and it became the base from which “many of the Corinthians hearing believed.” His triple Roman name has invited the old conjecture (Ramsay and others) that he is the Gaius who later hosted “the whole church” (Rom 16:23), Gaius Titius Justus; it remains conjecture.
Acts 18:7 only.
Common questions
When was Titius Justus active?
Titius Justus is dated fl. c. 51 (death unrecorded) in the archive, which places Titius Justus in the Apostolic Age (AD 4–70). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.
Which early sources mention Titius Justus?
Titius Justus is named in 1 primary-source passage catalogued here, drawn from Luke. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Titius Justus from?
The archive associates Titius Justus with Corinth.
Who were Titius Justus’ contemporaries?
The archive links Titius Justus to 3 other figures, including Paul of Tarsus, Crispus of Corinth and Gaius of Corinth. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.
Scripture record
Primary-source mentions (1)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Acts 18:7
c. AD 85And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man’s house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.Luke · read ↗
Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 30 · Crucifixion, Resurrection and Pentecost, AD 30–33
- AD 44 · Persecution under Herod Agrippa I, AD 44
- AD 49 · The Council of Jerusalem, AD 49
- AD 57 · Paul writes Romans, AD 57
- AD 62 · James the Just stoned, AD 62
- AD 64 · The Great Fire and Nero’s persecution, AD 64
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Titius Justus.