throngh t.hr ages, and wRs only dimly pletely. Thero were still things " want• expr,•s•e<l in the promi•r• gi,·en from timfl ing" ('Td ,\,/..-ovTa), e.e it follows. Thie to time (I Prt. i 10-12), was now "made mention of Crete ii e.n important chrono- manifest," and proclaimed openly in that logi<'&I mark. The order of St. Pe.11l's pro- pr,•achin!?' of the gospel of God's graoe gr<'sB, e.e gathered from the three pastoral which wRs entrusted to St. Paul. This Epistles, is very distinct-Crete, llliletus, BBme idea is freq ucntl)' expressed (see Rom. Troas, Macedonia, Corinth, Nicopolie, Rome. xvi. 25; Eph. i. 9, 10; iii. 3--11 ; 2 Tim. i. He dropped Titus at Crete, an,1 left Timothy 9-11 ; 1 Pet. i. 20). In the message. behind e.t Ephesus. The Epistle to Titus, Surely e poor and a false rendering. 'Ev therefore, is the first of the three pastoral IO'/PV'y/J<rn means "by the open proclama- Epistles, e.nd this is borue out by another tiou" which St. Paul, as God's herald, circumstance. When he wrote to Titus he d,pu(, WILS eommanded to make. But this bad not mRde up hie mind whether he ie beLLer expressed by the word which is should send Artemae or Tychicus to take appropriated to the prodame.tion of the his plac" in Crete when he rejoined th£, gn~pel, viz. " preaching." So, as nbove apostle (eh. iii. 12). But when ho wrote q uolA·d, Rom. xvi. 25; 2 Tim. i. 11, e.ud 2 Timothy he he.d sent Tychioua to Ephp,sus elsewhere frequently. Aooording to the to replace Timothy (2 Tim. iv. 12), and commandment(,,,.,.. i..-,,.,.,,,iv, 1< .... :1-.); Rom. Titus had already joined him, e.nd been sent xvi. 2G; I Tim. i. l (comp. Ge.I. i. I). on by him to Dalmatin, presumably from God our Savionr (I Tim. i. 1 ; ii. 3; eh. ii. Nicopolis. Set in order (i1r1610p6.St1p); onl_v 111 ; iii. 4 ; Jude 25; e.nd also Luke i. 47). here in the New Testament, e.nd not found 1-:lecwuere in the New T<·stament the term in the LXX. nor in clRBsical Greek, except " Sn\'iour" (:lOl'T"l!p) is always apl'lied to our as e. technice.1 word in the a.rt of rhetoric. Lord ,Jesus Christ. But S,op6&.., ia very common in claesice.l Ver. 4.-My tnu child for mine own aon, Greek (see ir11v&p6"'""• 2 Tim. iii. 16). A. V.; a common for the common, A.V.; The force of brl in the compound here is grace and peace for grace, mercy, and peace, " further," or" in addition." St. Paul had A.V. e.nd T.R.; Christ Jezwi for the Lord set the Church in order up to a cerlaia Jeaus Cltruit, A.V. e.nd T.R. llly true child point. But there were still certain things ( -yv71t1i'1' ,.,,,vr,, : I Tim. i. 2) after e. oommon wanting, Td :1.,l1rovn. (see eh. iii. 13; Luke fa.ith (1C4'T<I KOW~V 'IJ"l(f'TlV). In I Tim. i. 2 xviii. 22); e.nd these Titus we.s to supply it is iv 1r1'1'T<1 (where see note). Beyond all and give the finiehing touch to. Appoint doubt, Alford is right in both ce.see in (,ca..-at1..--,jcrr,s). Thie is e. better rendering 0
rendering "the faith" (see hie note on than the A.V. •.• ordain," because it iB a 1 Tim. i. 2). The "common faith" means genera.I word for "to appoint, make." Pro- tl,e faith of all Go. I's elect. Gre.oe e.nd pee.oe. bably the A.V. "ordain" was not intended So the R.T., omitting t:1.,os, mercy, which to be ta.ken in e. strictly technical sense, is found in I Tim. i. 2 e.nd 2 Tim. i. 2. bnt is used as in Heh. v. 1 ; viii. 3. 'rhe But the manuscripts vary, e.nd the critics technice.1 word we.e usually " to order " a.re divided e.s to whether t:l.eos ought to be "The Ordering of Dee.cone," or" of Priests," retained here or not. is the title of the service in the Book of \"er. 5.- Were for are, A.V.; appoint for Common Prayer. "Meet to be ordered," urdain, A.V.; ga-oe tl,,ee charge for had " she.II eurcee.ee from ordering," oocur apprri.nted thee, A. V. Left I thee in Crete. repeatedly in the rubrics. Elders ( 1rp•t1· We have no account of St. Paul's visit to ~lrT<povs); i.e. presbyters, or priests (comp. Crete, nor do we know how the gospel was Acts xiv. 23 ; e.nd see Acts xi. <10, note). first brought to Crete. It me.y have been In every city {1t11-ra: 1r&:1.111); city by city. by some of those " Cretes" who were at The phrase he.e a peculiar eignifican~e in Jeruse.lem on the Day of Pentecost, e.nd Crete, which used to be famous for its heard the apostles speak in their tongue hnndred cities. It shows, too, that Chris- " the wonderful works of God " (Acts ii. 11 ), tianity was widely spread among the cities or by other (.)hrietian Jews visiting the of the island. The germ of the episcopal Jewish community in Crete (note to ver. 1). office, one bishop e.nd many presbyters, is If St. Paul we.s returning from Spain, e.nd here very conspicuous. travelling by ahip c:aetwe.rd, Crete would be Ver. 6.-Any man ia for any be, A.V.; ,,n liia we.y. 'fhe importance of the island, children that believe for faithful children, 1tith which he made some acquaintance on A.V.; 1Dho are 1t0t for not, A.V'. Bl&meleBI l,is voyage from ClllBarea to Rome (Acts (civ,-y,c:l.71Tu1); see l Tim. iii. 10, note. The uvii. 7, 8), e.nd tl,e large Jewish colony huband of one wife (see 1 Tim. iii. 2, nete 1). there, me.y nature.Uy have inclined him to visit it. llow long he remained there we 1 Tyndale contends that St. Pa111'1 mcan- do not know, but l,e did not 1<tay long iog iB that enry prieat ought to have e. er.ongh to organize the Church there corn- wife. Lut onlv one alive at the ea.me time re, 1. 1-16,) THE EPISTLE TO TITUS. 8