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2912. Kres -- a Cretan
... Word Origin from Krete Definition a Cretan NASB Word Usage Cretans (2). Crete, Cretian.
From Krete; a Cretan, ie Inhabitant of Crete -- Crete, Cretian. ...
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Library

He Next Says of Us, that "We Ridicule those who Worship Jupiter...
... out in the island of Crete; and yet we worship him who rose from the tomb, [3566]
although ignorant of the grounds [3567] on which the Cretans observe such a ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xliii he next says.htm

Titus i. 14-Dec
... It is this. The Cretans have a tomb of Jupiter, with this inscription. ... The poet said
that the Cretans were liars for saying that Jupiter was dead. ...
/.../homily iii titus i 14-dec.htm

The Emperor Theodosius by Salaminius Hermias Sozomen, and Proposal ...
... Thou showest greater personal favor toward the speakers than the ancient Cretans
did toward the much-sung Homer; or the Alevadæ did to Simonides; or Dionysius ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/address to the emperor theodosius.htm

The Christians are Hated Unjustly.
... The tomb of Olympian Zeus is shown among you, [495] though some one says that the
Cretans are liars. [496] Your assembly of many gods is nothing. ...
/.../tatian/tatians address to the greeks/chapter xxvii the christians are hated.htm

Succession of Philosophers in Greece.
... as a Greek prophet, whom he mentions in the Epistle to Titus, where he speaks thus:
"One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, The Cretans are always ...
/.../the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xiv succession of philosophers in.htm

Faustus is Willing to Admit that Christ May have Said that He came ...
... If any one is in doubt about the prophets of the Gentiles, let him hear what Paul
says when writing of the Cretans to Titus: "A prophet of their own has said ...
/.../faustus is willing to admit.htm

The Epistle to Titus
... Probably the island was evangelized soon after the first Pentecost by those
Cretans that were converted at Jerusalem, Acts 2:11. ...
/.../drummond/introduction to the new testament/the epistle to titus.htm

Paul Before his Conversion.
... phtheirousin ethe chresta homiliai kakai. "Evil associations corrupt good manners.".
[351] Tit. 1:12. Kretes aei pseustai, kaka theria, gasteres argai. "Cretans ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 30 paul before his.htm

Pastoral and Personal
... Special moral and spiritual fitness is set forth as necessary in view of the peculiar
character of the Cretans and certain forms of doctrinal error. ...
/.../sell/bible studies in the life of paul/study x pastoral and personal.htm

Greek-Amerikan-Christian-Association
... nearly a billion drachmas national debt, hanging upon the neck of every Greek, like
the Damoclean sword, but there is no deliverance for the Cretans, and there ...
/.../chapter x greek-amerikan-christian-association.htm

Thesaurus

Cretans (3 Occurrences)
...Cretans (3 Occurrences). ... Others are visitors from Rome--being either Jews or converts
from heathenism--and others are Cretans or Arabians. (WEY). ...
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Crete (7 Occurrences)
... The character of the people is described in Paul's quotation from "one of their
own poets" (Epimenides) in his epistle to Titus: "The Cretans are alway liars ...
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Converts (9 Occurrences)
... Cyrene. Others are visitors from Rome--being either Jews or converts from
heathenism--and others are Cretans or Arabians. (WEY). ...
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Arabians (8 Occurrences)
... Cyrene. Others are visitors from Rome--being either Jews or converts from
heathenism--and others are Cretans or Arabians. (WEY). ...
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Crest (2 Occurrences)

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Philistines (224 Occurrences)
... The Septuagint renders the word with Kretes or Kretoi; and, about 1770 AD, Michaelis
(Spicil., I, 292-308) argued that this meant "Cretans," and that the ...
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Judaism (5 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Judaism (5 Occurrences). Acts 2:11 Cretans and Arabians:
we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!" (See NIV). ...
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Lazy (10 Occurrences)
... (See NAS NIV). Titus 1:12 One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans
are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons. (DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Liars (14 Occurrences)
... Titus 1:12 One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars,
evil beasts, and idle gluttons." (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Gluttons (3 Occurrences)
... Titus 1:12 One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars,
evil beasts, and idle gluttons." (WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Cretans (3 Occurrences)

Acts 2:10 of Egypt or of the parts of Africa towards Cyrene. Others are visitors from Rome--being either Jews or converts from heathenism--and others are Cretans or Arabians.
(WEY)

Acts 2:11 Cretans and Arabians: we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!"
(WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Titus 1:12 One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons."
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Cretans

Related Terms

Crete (7 Occurrences)

Converts (9 Occurrences)

Arabians (8 Occurrences)

Crest (2 Occurrences)

Philistines (224 Occurrences)

Judaism (5 Occurrences)

Lazy (10 Occurrences)