Person New Testament
Linus
Linus, a Christian in Rome to whom Paul sent greetings. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 2 Timothy 4:21.
Why it matters. Christian in Rome; greeted by Paul
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Linus
Linus was a Christian who lived in Rome during the time of Paul's second imprisonment (2Ti.4.21). In Paul's second letter to Timothy, he asked Timothy to greet Linus, along with other believers such as Eubulus, Pudens, and Claudia. This suggests that Linus was a member of the Christian community in Rome and likely known to both Paul and Timothy. Some early church traditions identify Linus as the second bishop of Rome, succeeding Peter, but this cannot be confirmed from the biblical text alone.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
2 Timothy (1 verse)