...poet, for the terms poet and prophet were often used indifferently both by the Greeks and Romans) " of their own, said. The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies," Tit. i. 10 — lii; or, as the two latter phrases have been interpreted, u brutes " and " lazy gluttons."...

...stopped, * who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, f for filthy lucre's sake. 12 * One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said,...Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. b 1 Tim. i. 6.-T— c Rom. xvi. 18. JActs xv. 1. "Matt. xxiii. 14. ' 1 Tim. vi. 5. s Acts xvii. 28....

...of Paul to Titus in Crete, and particularly on the apostle's assertion : — ' One of themselves, о prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies' (Tit. i. 12). This 'prophet' was the poet Epimenides of Gnossos, in whose piece, entitled ' On Oracles,'...

...stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. 12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said,...Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. 13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith ; 14 Not...

...carry on the good work which he had begun. (Titus i. 5.) The ancient Cretians had a bad reputation. " One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said,...Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies," (Titus i. 12) ; and Paul adds, " This witness is true." We fear that their successors are not free...

...stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. 12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said,...Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. 13 This witness is true : wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith ; 14 Not...

...given of Paul to Titus in Crete, and particularly on the apostle's assertion : — ' One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies' (Tit i. 12). This 'prophet' was the poet Epimenides of Gnossos, in whose piece, entitled ' On Oracles,'...

...poet, for the terms poet and prophet were often used indifferently both by the Greeks and Romans) " of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies," Tit. i. 10 — 12 ; or, as the two latter phrases have been interpreted, "brutes" and "lazy gluttons."...

...into contact with such a rascally set of people. St. Paul, referring to the Cretan poet Epimenides, says : " One of themselves, even a prophet of their own said, The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. This witness is true." It is just as true at the...

...stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. 12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said,...Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. 13 This witness is true : wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith : 14 Not...