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Verse 12. _ONE OF THEMSELVES_, EVEN _A PROPHET OF THEIR OWN_] This
was _Epimenides_, who was born at _Gnossus_, in Crete, and was
reckoned by many the _seventh wise man_ of Greece, instead of
_Perian...
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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 native Cretans. The meaning is, that, alike in referen...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The salutation (Titus 1:1)_
2. Instructions concerning elders (Titus 1:5)
3. Warnings against false teachers (Titus 1:10)...
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TITUS-' ATTITUDE TO FALSE TEACHERS. Loyalty to sound doctrine is
needful for silencing many deceitful teachers not outside the Church
(Hort), but self-constituted instructors within its borders, who
r...
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THE MAINSPRINGS OF APOSTLESHIP (Titus 1:1-4)...
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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 reference is to
Epimenides.
THE... BELLIES. Figure of speec...
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_One of themselves_ Rather, ONE OF THEM, there being nothing to
indicate emphasis till the next two words come, A PROPHET OF THEIR
OWN; the force is, -there is a Cretan saying and by a prophet of thei...
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THE HERETICAL TEACHERS AND TITUS’ DUTY IN REGARD TO THEM...
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ΕἿΠΈΝ ΤΙΣ. So the rec. text with the majority of MSS.; א*G f
g and the Bohairic version insert δὲ after εἷπεν.
12. ΕἾΠΈΝ ΤΙΣ ἘΞ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν ἼΔΙΟΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν
ΠΡΟΦΉΤΗΣ, _one of themselves_, sc. the Cretans, _...
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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 of the gods; but Aristotle says, he never foretold a...
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THE DESCRIPTION AND REFUTATION OF FALSE TEACHERS Titus 1:10-16.
_TEXT 1:10-16_
10 For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers,
specially they of the circumcision, 11 whose mouths must...
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One of themselves, [even] a prophet of their own, said, —This is a
reference to the Cretan poet, Epimenides who lived about 600 B.C. It
is a hexameter line and Callimachus quoted the first part of it...
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One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians
are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. ONE - Epimenides, priest,
bard, and seer of Gnossus, in Crete, about 600 BC, sent for to...
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1 Paul writes this letter in the character of a slave. This shows that
the epistle deals with service. He adds the title apostle, to give
weight to his injunctions.
2 Eonian life, usually called "eve...
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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 and prophets were apt to be classed together, and
(2...
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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 of Crete, see to their character, and
be sure that t...
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A GUIDE FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERS
TITUS
_HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_
ABOUT THIS LETTER
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT TITUS
Titus was a *Gentile Christian (Galatians 2:3). Titus had probably
become a Christi...
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Even one of their own famous speakers described the people in Crete as
bad. His name was Epimenides. He was a teacher and a poet. He lived
about 600 years before Jesus was born. He said that:
1 They...
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ONE OF THEMSELVES, EVEN A PROPHET OF THEIR OWN, SAID. — St. Paul had
spoken (Titus 1:10) in the severest terms of certain influential
members of the Cretan Church; he had even alluded to their disastr...
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CHAPTER 20
CHRISTIANITY AND UNCHRISTIAN LITERATURE. - Titus 1:12
THE hexameter verse which St. Paul here cites from the Cretan poet
Epimenides is one of three quotations from profane literature which...
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I have just mentioned rebuke as a necessary element in a presbyter's
teaching. This is especially needful in dealing with Cretan heretics,
in whom the Jewish strain is disagreeably prominent. Alike in...
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προφήτης : It is possible that St. Paul applies this title to
the author of the following hexameter line because the Cretan false
teachers were self-styled prophets. There was a Cretan prophet once
wh...
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REPROVE THOSE WHOSE WORKS DENY GOD
Titus 1:10
The Judaizing teachers, who insisted that men must become Jews before
they could be Christians, were always on Paul's heels, visiting his
churches and di...
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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 Greek.
This letter reached him while he was in Crete,...
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SILENCE THE FALSE TEACHERS
Elders must be able to silence, as when wind instruments cease to
play, such false teachings (Titus 1:11). To stop them, they may answer
them or deny them the pulpit, or bot...
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(m) One of themselves, [even] a prophet of their own, said, The
Cretians [are] alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
(m) Epimenides, who was considered a prophet amongst them. See
Laertius, and Cic...
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_One of them, a prophet of their own. [9] He does not mean a true
prophet, but as the pretended prophets of Baal were called prophets.
St. Paul understands Epimenides, a poet of Crete, who by some pag...
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(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. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in...
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The epistle to Titus has much in common with those to Timothy, as all
must observe; not only as being addressed to a fellow-servant, and
indeed a son in the faith, but in general similarity of charact...
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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,
when the Apostle says that this author was “one of themselves...
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The Epistle to Titus is occupied with the maintenance of order in the
churches of God.
The especial object of those written to Timothy as the maintenance of
sound doctrine, although speaking of other...
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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", since he was a Cretian by
birth,...
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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 their own_] Epimenides, the poet, who by
his countrymen...
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_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 prophet of their own_ This was the poet Epimenides, who,...
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A PROPHET OF THEIR OWN; Epimenides, one of their poets.
EVIL BEASTS; ferocious and malignant.
SLOW BELLIES; slothful gluttons....
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THE FALSE TEACHERS CHARACTERIZED AND THE QUESTION OF HOW TO DEAL WITH
THEM DISCUSSED....
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ONE OF THEMSELVES, EVEN A PROPHET OF THEIR OWN, SAID, THE CRETIANS ARE
ALWAYS LIARS, EVIL BEASTS, SLOW BELLIES....
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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 basis of writing is, first, the faith of God's elect;
t...
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10-16 False teachers are described. Faithful ministers must oppose
such in good time, that their folly being made manifest, they may go
no further They had a base end in what they did; serving a worl...
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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, because he was a poet, and wrote something about such divin...
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Address of Tatian to the Greeks
though some one says that the Cretans are liars.[75]
Athenagoras A Plea for the Christians
Have built a tomb to thee who art not dead."[120]
Tertullian Ad Nationes...
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Titus 1:12 One G5100 of G1537 them G846 prophet G4396 their G846 own
G2398 said G2036 (G5627) Cretans...
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Titus 1:12. THEMSELVES, _i.e._ Cretans. The hexameter verse quoted is
from a lost poem by Epimenides, a Cretan sage of the sixth century
B.C., who is well called ‘a prophet of their own,' for he is
de...
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A PROPHET OF THEIR OWN
(ιδιος αυτων προφητης). "Their own prophet."
Self-styled "prophet" (or poet), and so accepted by the Cretans and by
Cicero and Apuleius, that is Epimenides who was born in Cre...
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While reading this chapter, we must understand that Titus was sent to
Crete, to superintend the preaching of the gospel throughout that
island. Crete was at that time inhabited by a people who were on...
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CONTENTS: Divine order for local churches.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Titus.
CONCLUSION: Divine faith rests not on fallible reasonings and opinions
of men, but on the infallible Word of God, the...
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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
eternal life. This promise is _according to the faith of God...
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IT WAS A CRETAN HIMSELF. Epimenides, writing about 500 B. C. This
implies the false teachers said they _were prophets._ Paul quotes one
of their own prophets who "tells it like it is" about the charac...
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_The __CRETIANS_ _ARE_ _ALWAYS_ _LIARS_
A classical quotation
It is not often that St.
Paul quoted from the treasuries of classic literature, and when he did
so he did not draw upon the most celebra...
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TITUS—NOTE ON TITUS 1:12 CRETANS ARE ALWAYS LIARS, EVIL BEASTS, LAZY
GLUTTONS. Crete was famous in the ancient world for its immorality. A
PROPHET OF THEIR OWN. Paul does not criticize Cretan society...
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TITUS—NOTE ON TITUS 1:10 The Problem: False Teachers. The
description of the false teachers contrasts directly with the
descriptions of what the elders should be (vv. Titus 1:5).
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Titus 1:10. VAIN TALKERS.—Men of aimless speech, which is devoid of
any good result. Men whose speech tendeth to poverty. DECEIVERS.—The
word, which is peculiar to St....
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EXPOSITION
TITUS 1:1
_Knowledge _for _acknowledging, _A.V.; _according to _for _after,
_A.V. A SERVANT OF GOD (δοῦλος Θεοῦ); so in the
superscriptions: Romans 1:1;...
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Ver. 12. The apostle now passes on to the Cretans generally. They had
in a measure been referred to already; for while persons of the Jewish
race had been more particularly noticed, it was only as for...
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Not much is known about Titus. Paul makes slight references to him in
the Corinthian epistles. Outside of that we know very little about
Titus, except what we can pick up in the book. Evidently he was...
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1 Timothy 4:2; 2 Peter 2:12; 2 Peter 2:15; Acts 17:28; Jude 1:8;...
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One of themselves [τ ι ς ε ξ α υ τ ω ν]. Autwn refers to the
gainsayers, vv. 9, 10. Tiv refers to Epimenides, contemporary with
Solon, and born in Crete B. C. 659. A legend relates that, going by
his...
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THE EPISTLE TO TITUS
Titus 1:1 _and Titus 2:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The Epistle of Paul to Titus carries with it some very striking
"admonitions which will be found most helpful to us. Titus was a yo...
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A prophet — So all poets were anciently called; but, besides,
Diogenes Laertius says that Epimenides, the Cretan poet, foretold many
things. Evil wild beasts — Fierce and savage....
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Doesn’t Paul involve himself in a paradox or contradiction here?
PROBLEM: Paul quoted a Cretan who said that “Cretans are always
liars” (1:12). But if this was said by a Cretan and Cretans always
lie,...
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The next argument St. Paul makes use of to excite Titus to take great
care how he behaved himself at Crete, and what bishops he left there,
is drawn from the quality and nature of the people in that i...