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- Crete, a place of Scripture.Mediterranean island where Paul left Titus to set in order the things that are wanting and appoint elders in every city (Titus 1:5); its ill repute quoted from its own prophet…
- Crete, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
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5 results- VerseTitus 1:5The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
- VerseActs 27:7After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.
- VerseActs 27:13When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.
- VerseActs 27:12Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both…
- VerseActs 27:21After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted…
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7 results- WordG2914 Κρήτη · Krḗtē (Greek)Crete, an island in the Mediterranean. The Greek word stands 5 times in the original text.
- WordG2912 Κρής · Krḗs (Greek)a Cretan, i.e. inhabitant of Crete. The Greek word stands 2 times in the original text.
- WordG5405 Φοῖνιξ · Phoînix (Greek)Phœnix, a place in Crete. The Greek word stands 1 time in the original text.
- WordG2802 Κλαύδη · Klaúdē (Greek)Claude, an island near Crete. The Greek word stands 1 time in the original text.
- WordG2996 Λασαία · Lasaía (Greek)Lasæa, a place in Crete. The Greek word stands 1 time in the original text.
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2 results- ThemeFaith**Faith across the canon is less a feeling than a transaction: a person trusts what God has said and acts on it before the outcome is visible.** The Old Testament rarely uses…
- ThemeJudgmentJudgment in Scripture is not a stray topic but a load-bearing theme, running from Eden to the lake of fire. It begins with a question, not a threat: Abraham asks whether the…
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2 results- VoiceAndrew of CreteAndrew was born in Damascus about 650. The tradition says he could not speak until he was seven years old, and that his tongue was loosed after he received communion. At…
- VoiceJohn of KarpathosJohn came from Karpathos, a long thin island in the Aegean between Crete and Rhodes. He is usually placed in the seventh century, and some accounts make him a bishop of the…
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