Titus 1:10

Verse 10. For there are also many. [8] Saint Paul here alludes principally to the Jews, who were of the circumcision, from whom Saint Paul suffered much during the greater part of his life. They constantly enforced the necessity of the new converted Gentiles observing the law of Moses, and of their being circumcised, if they wished to be saved. There were many Jews of this description in Crete; to resist whom, Saint Paul here tells Titus he ought to appoint bishops remarkable for their zeal and learning. Josephus. Socrates, l. ii. chapter 38. Hist. Eccles.—Especially they who are of the circumcision; which shews who were chiefly the false teachers. Witham.