Titus 1:14

giving heed. Greek. prosecho. Compare 1 Timothy 1:4.

Jewish fables. Compare Colossians 2:16-22; 1 Timothy 1:4.

commandments. Greek. entole,

men. App-123.

turn from. Greek. apostrepho. Compare 2 Timothy 4:4.

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not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
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Commandments of men — The Jewish or other teachers, whoever they were that turned from the truth.

¹⁴ Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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