Titus 1:12 BSB — MannaFest

Titus 1:12

As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons.

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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 Periander, to whom that honor was by them denied. Many fabulous things are related of this poet, which are not proper to be noticed here. He died about 538 years before the Christian era. When St. Paul calls him a prophet of their own, he only intimates that he was, by the Cretans, reputed a prophet.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Observe, Such scandalous vices as were the reproach of heathens should be far from Christians: falsehood and lying, invidious craft and cruelty, all beastly and sensual practices, with idleness and sloth, are sins condemned by the light of nature. For these were the Cretans taxed by their own poets. Here is the verification of this by the apostle himself:

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἶπέν	eipen	Said	G2036 →
τις	tis	one	G5100 →
ἐξ	ex	of	G1537 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	them	G846 →
ἴδιος	idios	own	G2398 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	of them	G846 →
προφήτης·	prophētēs	a prophet;	G4396 →
Κρῆτες	Krētes	Cretans	G2912 →
ἀεὶ	aei	[are] always	G104 →
ψεῦσται,	pseustai	liars,	G5583 →
κακὰ	kaka	evil	G2556 →
θηρία,	thēria	beasts,	G2342 →
γαστέρες	gasteres	gluttons	G1064 →
ἀργαί.	argai	lazy.	G692 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 17:28
‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’
leads to
- Job 12:10
  The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
- Colossians 1:17
  He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
- Hebrews 1:3
  The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the…
- Psalms 36:9
  For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
- Luke 20:38
  He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”
Through
1 Timothy 4:2
influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:19
  Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.
Through
Romans 16:18
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
leads to
- Colossians 2:4
  I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.
- Matthew 7:15
  Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.