1 Timothy 4:2; 2 Peter 2:12; 2 Peter 2:15; Acts 17:28; Jude 1:8-13; Romans 16:18
One of themselves - That is, one of the Cretans. The quotation here shows that Paul had his eye not only on the Jewish teachers there, but on the...
(m) One of themselves, [even] a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians [are] alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. (m) Epimenides, who was consi...
Titus-' Attitude to False Teachers. Loyalty to sound doctrine is needful for silencing many deceitful teachers not outside the Church (Hort), but s...
One . App-123. prophet . App-189. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct). App-6. To Paul,. prophet by repute only. It is supposed that the refer...
12 One of themselves, a prophet of their own I have no doubt that he who is here spoken of is Epimenides, who was a native of Crete; for, wh...
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. One of themselves, even a prophet...
One of themselves—a prophet of their own— Epimenides, whose words St. Paul here quotes, is said by Diogenes Laertius to have been a great favourite...
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. One - Epimenides, priest, bard...
Greeting. Directions For Organising the Cretan Church 1-16. 'Paul an Apostle, to Titus his own son in the faith. In appointing elders in the towns...
One of themselves ] i.e. one of the Cretans. The reference is to Epimenides, a poet, circ. 600 b.c. St. Paul calls him a, prophet because, (1) poets...
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said. — St. Paul had spoken ( Titus 1:10-11 ) in the severest terms of certain influential members...
Chapter 20 CHRISTIANITY AND UNCHRISTIAN LITERATURE. - Titus 1:12-13 THE hexameter verse which St. Paul here cites from the Cretan poet Epimenid...
Reprove Those Whose Works Deny God Titus 1:10-16 The Judaizing teachers, who insisted that men must become Jews before they could be Christians...
Titus is not mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles. From the letter we learn that he was a convert of the apostle. Moreover, we know that he was a Gr...
(12) One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. (13) This witness is true. Wheref...
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own ,.... This was Epimenides, in whose poems stand the words here cited; the apostle rightly calls him "...
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. Ver. 12. Even a prophet of the...
One of themselves That is, one of their own countrymen, who could not be unacquainted with their conduct, or disposed to belie them; even a prophe...
Paul writes both as a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, so that in the epistle considerate care is mingled with firm authority. His basi...
The Qualifications of a Bishop; The Necessity of Sharp Reproof. A. D. 66....
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own; Epimenides, a Greek poet, thus spake of the people of this country, whom he calls a prophet, becaus...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Titus 1:10 . Vain talkers. —Men of aimless speech, which is devoid of any good result. Men whose speech tendeth t...
While reading this chapter, we must understand that Titus was sent to Crete, to superintend the preaching of the gospel throughout that island. Crete...
Titus 1:1 . Paul, a servant of God, and not a servant of Moses. This style is much the same as in 2 Timothy 1:1 , respecting the promise of etern...
The Cretians are always liars A classical quotation It is not often that St. Paul quoted from the treasuries of classic literature, an...
EXPOSITION Titus 1:1 Knowledge for acknowledging, A.V.; according to for after, A.V. A servant of God (δοῦλος Θεοῦ); so in the...
The False Teachers Characterized and the Question of How to Deal with Them Discussed.
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, the Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
The Epistle to Titus Titus 1:1-16 and Titus 2:1-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Epistle of Paul to Titus carries with it some very striking "a...
A prophet — So all poets were anciently called; but, besides, Diogenes Laertius says that Epimenides, the Cretan poet, foretold many things. Evil w...
12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.