{"id":9397,"date":"2024-05-29T15:13:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T20:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/?p=9397"},"modified":"2025-08-04T12:17:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:17:19","slug":"%e5%85%8b%e9%87%8c%e7%89%b9%e5%b2%9b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/bible-faith\/devotional-notes\/2024\/05\/%e5%85%8b%e9%87%8c%e7%89%b9%e5%b2%9b\/","title":{"rendered":"Crete"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Crete is an island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea and the southernmost part of the Aegean Sea. It is one of the birthplaces of Mediterranean civilization. Crete is a mostly mountainous island, about 260 kilometers long from east to west, with a width ranging from 12 to 60 kilometers. Its area is 8,236 square kilometers, making it the largest island in the Aegean Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Located in the southern Aegean, Crete is Greece&#8217;s largest island and the birthplace of the Minoan civilization, which is associated with the Philistines&#8217; homeland of &#8220;Caphtor&#8221; (Genesis 10:14). In the New Testament era, Jews lived on Crete (Acts 2:11). The ancient Greek word &#8220;kretizein,&#8221; or &#8220;to behave like a Cretan,&#8221; meant &#8220;to lie.&#8221; Crete was a major hub for Mediterranean transportation and trade, where various religions, philosophies, and cultures mingled. The false teachers there were a product of this mixed local culture and a &#8220;circumcision party&#8221; of Jews. &#8220;They teach things they ought not to teach\u2014and that for the sake of dishonest gain\u2014subverting whole households,&#8221; which put the young churches in great danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The churches on Crete were younger than the church in Ephesus, so Paul left Titus there to &#8220;put in order what was left unfinished&#8221; and to &#8220;appoint elders in every town.&#8221; This was necessary for the churches to function properly and demonstrate the testimony of Christ&#8217;s body: its members working together (Ephesians 4:11-16) and holding fast to Christ, the head (Colossians 2:19).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"645\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/\u514b\u91cc\u7279\u5c9b2-645x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/\u514b\u91cc\u7279\u5c9b2-645x1024.jpg 645w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/\u514b\u91cc\u7279\u5c9b2-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/\u514b\u91cc\u7279\u5c9b2-768x1219.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/\u514b\u91cc\u7279\u5c9b2-968x1536.jpg 968w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/\u514b\u91cc\u7279\u5c9b2-1290x2048.jpg 1290w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/\u514b\u91cc\u7279\u5c9b2-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/\u514b\u91cc\u7279\u5c9b2-scaled.jpg 1613w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Above: Epimenides was an ancient Greek prophet and poet from Crete. Legend has it that he slept in a cave for 57 years and awoke with the gift of prophecy. He is famous for the paradox: &#8220;All Cretans are liars.&#8221; This is a contradictory statement, as he was himself a Cretan.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crete is an island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea and the southernmost part of the Aegean Sea. It is one of the birthplaces of Mediterranean civilization. Crete is a mostly mountainous island, about 260 kilometers long from east to west, with a width ranging from 12 to 60 kilometers. 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