Titus 1:12 (WEB)
One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”
Fathers and councils · 9
Tertullian
“Comic poets deride the Phrygians for their cowardice; Sallust reproaches the Moors for their levity, and the Dalmatians for their cruelty; even the apostle brands the Cretans as “liars.”” — editor's note: Tit. i. 12.
Read the whole comment“Your Jupiter too, stolen in his infancy, was unworthy of both the home and the nutriment accorded to human beings; and, as he deserved for so bad a child, he had to live in Crete.” — editor's note: The ill-fame of the Cretans is noted by St. Paul, Tit. i. 12.
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Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus III.43Book III
“…meaning which was contained in the stories about Jupiter and his tomb; and accordingly he accuses the Cretans in his hymn addressed to Jupiter, in the words:—” — editor's note: Cf. Callimach., Hymn, i. Cf. also Tit. i. 12.
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Jerome
“You know the meaning of language, or you would not quote Epimenides, Menander, and Aratus.” — editor's note: Tit. i. 12.
Read the whole comment“As regards the obligation of priests to be teachers we bare have the precepts of the old Law and the fuller instructions given on the subject to Titus.” — editor's note: Tit. i. 9–14.
Read the whole comment“The Apostle Paul also, in writing to Titus, has used a line of the poet Epimenides: “The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.”” — editor's note: Tit. i. 12.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Faustus of RiezCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Also there are Prophets some of the Jews, such as are well known; others of the Gentiles as Paul speaks, “A prophet of their own hath said;” [Tit 1:12] and others of the truth of whom Jesus speaks, “I send unto you wise men and prophets.” [Matt 23:34]” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom
“In imitation of this, Paul also reasons with the Greeks from an heathen altar, and brings forward testimonies from the poets.” — editor's note: Acts xvii. 23, 28; 1 Cor. xv. 33; Titus i. 12.
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Clement of Alexandria
“And this witness is true.”” — editor's note: Tit. i. 12, 13.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Faustus of Riez on Matthew 5:17–19 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Faustus of Riez on Matthew 5:17–19 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Faustus of Riez on Matthew 5:17–19 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Faustus of Riez on Matthew 5:17–19 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Faustus of Riez on Matthew 5:17–19 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Faustus of Riez on Matthew 5:17–19 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.14.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.14.