Titus 1:5
ContextTitus’ Task on Crete
1:5 The reason I left you in Crete was to set in order the remaining matters and to appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
Titus 1:12
Context1:12 A certain one of them, in fact, one of their own prophets, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” 1
1 sn A saying attributed to the poet Epimenides of Crete (6th century