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Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version. One of Crete’s own prophets has said it: “Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.” New Living Translation. Even one of their own men, a prophet from Crete, has said about them, “The people of Crete are all liars, cruel animals, and lazy gluttons.” English Standard Version.
One of Crete’s own prophets has said it: “Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”
Titus 1:12. Paul quotes the saying of a Cretan poet as a testimony regarding the Cretans. εἶπέ τις ἐξ αὐτῶν ἴδιος αὐτῶν προφήτης ] ἐξ αὐτῶν is by most expositors referred to the preceding πολλοί or to οἱ ἐκ περιτομῆς ; but such a reference is unsuitable; the apostle is ...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version. One of Crete's own prophets has said it: "Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons." American Standard Version. One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons. Berean Study Bible.
12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, the Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. Read full chapter.
Titus 1:12 — New Living Translation (NLT) 12 Even one of their own men, a prophet from Crete, has said about them, “The people of Crete are all liars, cruel animals, and lazy gluttons.”.
What does Titus 1:12 mean? In this verse, Paul quotes from a Cretan prophet. History tells us that these words come from Epimenides, a writer from the sixth century BC. This quote was likely widely known, both to Titus and others on Crete. Paul simply used these words to affirm a known fact.
12. and what manner of men they be. NASB: One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons." KJV: One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ to further the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness— 2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time, 3 and which now at his appointed season he has brought to light through the preaching ...
One of Crete’s own prophets has said it: “Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.” This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human commands of those who reject the truth. NIV: New International Version. Read Titus 1.
