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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904) · Public Domain

Crispus (Hastings' Dictionary)

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain

The chief ruler of the Jewish synagogue at Corinth (Ac 18'). Convinced by the reasonings of St. Paul that Jesus was the Messiah, he believed with all his house. The 528 CROCODILE CROSS apostle mentions him (1 Co 1'*) as one of the few persons wliom he himself had baptized. Tradition represents him as havinj; afterwards become bishop of ^Egina (^Coiist. Apost. vii. 46). R. M. BOYU.

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