Re: prove this statement with math?

Ioannis wrote:

The original version, as far as I can recall, has a *Cretan* saying this,
thus creating the paradox. The difference is that in Titus, Paul simply uses
it as an example of laziness and ungreatfulness. No paradox is implied,
since Paul was not a Cretan.

However, I am a Cretan, so you might want to double check the above :-)



Titus 1:12
Even one of their own prophets has said, "Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons."

So Paul has a Cretan saying this, hence the paradox. Surely Paul was making a reference to this paradox, wasn't he? I have to admit that this is a shear guess on my part, and I have absolutely no evidence to back up this claim.

Stephen
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