10. Mara/o/.d^o/ xa/ ppevaffara/, vain-talkers and deceivers) Two nouns, GJ which the epithet is dvuworaxro/, unruly. As to who are vain-talkers, see 1 Tim. i. 6, 7. ppsca<rara/, those who deceive men's minds : awTroraxroi, unruly ; like horses, that hold the bit with their teeth, they are unwilling to submit to the obedience of the faith.
11. 'E-Tr/tfro/A/^s/i') to stop the mouth; to reduce to silence by the power of the Spirit, as the unruly deserve. — SXovs o/'xou;, whole houses) A great loss to Paul. [But in the present day wliat takes place as regards whole streets ? What is done regard ing country hamlets and cities ? — V. g.] — avarpsnovgi, they sub vert) as deceivers. — didaffxovrsg a fj^rj ds?, teaching things which they ought not) as vain-talkers. — a/o^oS xspdovg xdpiv, for the sake of
filthy lucre) Construed with, they subvert. Baseness is seen most of all in (vile) contemptible gain ; Ez. xiii. 19. [1 Tim. vi. 5.]
12. E/fl-e rig, one said) Those who are too much devoted to the study of profane writers ought not to applaud themselves because Paul quotes from Menander, Aratus, Epimenides ; for he does not even mention their names : Acts xvii. 28 ; 1 Cor. xv. 33. — Ig aurai/ 7dio$ avruv, of their own) in origin and condi tion. That circumstance increases the authority of the witness. Testimonies of the wickedness of the Cilicians were also brought
forward, but by others [not by one of themselves, as in the case of the Cretans] ; therefore Paul, a Cilician, might quote this without reproach. — wpopqriis, a prophet) Epimenides, according to the statement of Diogenes Laertius, uttered many predic tions; and he acted in the character of a prophet when he spoke these things which Paul quotes. — azt, always) Every natural man is at times guilty of lying, but always is a more heinous matter. — •xJ/sDtfra/, liars) unlike God, ver. 2 ; liars also in their doctrine concerning God, since they love fables, ver. 14. The Cretans had the sepulchre of Jupiter ; therefore they were called liars by the poets. — xaxa Gyp/a, evil beasts) Crete was considered a %wpa a%og, a country without wild beasts ; whether that be true or false, Al. Morus considers Epimenides (in this line of hisj drew the point of his pleasantry from the fact. — •yacrspis ap'yai) Pasor is of opinion that apyb$ is here used by AphaBresis for [tdpyos, voracious ; comp. ch. ii. 2—6. But the