Titus 1:12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
12 One of them, a prophet of their own, once said, “Cretans have always been liars, vicious beasts, and lazy gluttons.”[a]
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- 1:12 Cretans…gluttons: quoted from Epimenides, a Cretan poet of the sixth century B.C.
Titus 1:12
New International Version
12 One of Crete’s own prophets(A) has said it: “Cretans(B) are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”[a]
Footnotes
- Titus 1:12 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides
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