Tit 1:12 | RWP | e4.org | A prophet of their own ( ιδιος αυτων προφητης ). "Their own prophet." Self-styled "prophet" (or poet), and so accepted by the Cretans and by Cicero and Apuleius, that is Epimenides who was born in Crete at Cnossos. It is a hexameter line and Callimachus quoted the first part of it in a Hymn to Zeus. It is said that Epimenides suggested to the Athenians the erection of statues to "unknown gods" ( ). Liars ( ψευστα ). See for the word. The Cretans had a bad reputation on this line, partly due to their claim to having the tomb of Zeus. Evil beasts ( κακα θηρια ). "Wicked wild beasts." Lock asks if the Minotaur was partly responsible. Idle gluttons ( γαστερες αργα ). "Idle bellies." Blunt and forceful. See "whose god is the belly" ( η κοιλια ). Both words give the picture of the sensual gormandizer.

‏ Titus 1:12

A prophet of their own ( ιδιος αυτων προφητης ). "Their own prophet." Self-styled "prophet" (or poet), and so accepted by the Cretans and by Cicero and Apuleius, that is Epimenides who was born in Crete at Cnossos. It is a hexameter line and Callimachus quoted the first part of it in a Hymn to Zeus. It is said that Epimenides suggested to the Athenians the erection of statues to "unknown gods" (Ac 17:23).

Liars ( ψευστα ). See 1Ti 1:10 for the word. The Cretans had a bad reputation on this line, partly due to their claim to having the tomb of Zeus.

Evil beasts ( κακα θηρια ). "Wicked wild beasts." Lock asks if the Minotaur was partly responsible.

Idle gluttons ( γαστερες αργα ). "Idle bellies." Blunt and forceful. See Php 3:19 "whose god is the belly" ( η κοιλια ). Both words give the picture of the sensual gormandizer.