DEMETRIUS de me’ tri us (belonging to Demeter). 1. The disciple whom John praised in his letter to Gaius (3 John 12).

2. The jeweler of Ephesus who raised a mob against Paul because his preaching had resulted in damage to his lucrative business of making silver images of the goddess Diana (Acts 19:23-27). The name of one Demetrius, a warden of the Ephesian temple, has been found by modern explorers; he probably was the silversmith. Three kings of Syria bore the name: Demetrius Soter or Savior (Jos Antiq. XII. x. 1-4); D. Nikator, or Conqueror (Antiq. XIII. v. 2, 3, 11); D. Eukarios, the fortunate (Antiq. XIII. xiii. 3; xiv. 1. 3).