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Titus brought a fundraising letter from Paul to Corinth, to collect for the poor in Jerusalem. According to Jerome, Titus was the amanuensis of this epistle (2 Corinthians). [3] Later, on Crete, Titus appointed presbyters (elders) in every city and remained there into his old age, dying in Gortyna. [2]
There are two points of vocabulary in the passage. First, Tacitus may have used the word "Chrestians" (Chrestianos) for Christians, but then speaks of "Christ" (Christus) as the origin of that name. Second, he calls Pilate a "procurator", even though other sources indicate that he had the title "prefect".
The apostle writes to Titus, who was in Crete in charge of the churches there, that he intended to send either Artemas or Tychicus to him, so as to take the oversight of the work of the gospel in that island so that Titus might be free to come to be with the apostle at Nicopolis. [1]
When the inscription was put up (after Giovanni's death), Pope Martin V objected to the words "Quandam Papa" (former Pope) and wrote to the Signoria demanding that they should be erased. The reply was a refusal, written by Cosimo de' Medici , and couched in the words of Pontius Pilate, saying, "Quod scripsi, scripsi."
Titus, along with the two other pastoral epistles (1 Timothy and 2 Timothy), is regarded by some scholars as being pseudepigraphical. [9] On the basis of the language and content of the pastoral epistles, these scholars reject that they were written by Paul and believe that they were written by an anonymous forger after his death.
Titus 1 is the first chapter of the Epistle to Titus in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The letter is traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle , sent from Nicopolis of Macedonia (Roman province) , addressed to Titus in Crete .
recalling 'the job description of the overseer' (1:9), which Titus must do himself. [15] "Let no one despise you": is an indirect command in the third person to strengthen Titus, which is similar in form and content to 1 Timothy 4:12 for Timothy. [16] Philip Towner offers a paraphrase: Titus, even if someone disrespects your authority, do not ...
Grace be with you all. Amen. [33] "Grace be with you all": is a benediction to end the letter, with the difference to other benedictions in 1 Timothy 6:21 and 2 Timothy 4:22 (cf. Colossians 4:18) only in the addition of "all" (cf. Hebrews 13:25) which extends the blessing to the churches that Titus was caring at the time. [34]