Titus 1:12-13 WEB

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Titus 1:1-16

Titus 1:1-3 . 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’s elect, believed by all the elect people of God; for he promised it coëval with the plan of our redemption, before the world began. The gracious Creator of heaven and earth had every possible idea before him of the formation and arrangement of every creature, and he has always elicited that... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Titus 1:12-13

Titus 1:12-13The Cretians are always liars A classical quotationIt 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 celebrated of the Greek poets. The Hymn of Cleanthes gave him a text in his speech on Mars’ Hill; the treatise of Epimenides “concerning oracles” furnished him with another. Epimenides was a Cretian poet of religious character and prophetic claims, who visited Athens 599 b.c., and who shortly afterwards... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Titus 1:12

12 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 the Cretians was counted a prophet, and had divine honours done to him after his death. This uncircumcised poet Paul brings here into the temple, as before he had done Aratus, Acts 17:28 , and Menander, 1 Corinthians 15:33 . The Cretians are always liars ] So were the Carthaginians, Tyriique... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Titus 1:13

13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; Ver. 13. Rebuke them sharply ] Gr. αποτομως , cuttingly, precisely, rigidly, severely, and to the quick. A metaphor from surgeons, who must not be melch-hearted, saith Celsus, a but pare away the dead flesh, Ne pars sincera trahatur. Howbeit, that is a good rule given by a godly divine, that although there must be some warmth in a reproof, yet it must not be scalding hot. Words of reviling and... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Titus 1:12

of: Acts 17:28 liars: Romans 16:18, 1 Timothy 4:2, 2 Peter 2:12, 2 Peter 2:15, Jude 1:8 -13 Reciprocal: Leviticus 11:42 - goeth upon the belly Job 30:1 - whose Matthew 24:49 - and to Acts 2:11 - Cretes Acts 27:7 - we sailed Ephesians 4:25 - putting Philippians 3:19 - whose God Colossians 3:9 - Lie read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Titus 1:13

rebuke: Titus 2:15, Proverbs 27:5, 2 Corinthians 13:10, 1 Timothy 5:20, 2 Timothy 4:2 that: Titus 2:2, Leviticus 19:17, Psalms 119:80, Psalms 141:5, 2 Corinthians 7:8-2 Kings :, 1 Timothy 4:6 Reciprocal: Proverbs 15:5 - but Proverbs 24:25 - them Proverbs 26:5 - a fool Mark 8:33 - he rebuked 2 Corinthians 13:5 - in the faith Colossians 3:9 - Lie 1 Timothy 5:7 - General read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Titus 1:12

One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.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. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:12

12. The fictions of these errorists have a congenial soil in the character of the Cretan population, as attested by a prophet of their own. The poet Callimachus, mentioning that it was said that the tomb of Jupiter was in Crete, responded, “The Cretans are always liars.” But the real prophet who first uttered the words quoted by St. Paul was Epimenides, born in Crete about the year 600 B.C. He was held to be a prophet in the literal sense of the word as predictor of future events. So says... read more