One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.
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Jerome
AD 420
“One of their own prophets” refers to the “men of the circumcision” in the preceding verse. But since the saying is not found in Hebrew Scripture, it must be that the saying is spoken in a duplicitous way, that is, it is a Cretan prophet who speaks, but disguised as a Hebrew in order to be more believable. This is all part of the deceitful atmosphere created by these teachers. .
