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Crescens

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Easton's 1897Smith's 1863ISBE 19151 verse reference

Easton's 1897

Increasing, probably one of the seventy disciples of Christ. He was one of Paul’s assistants (2 Tim. 4:10), probably a Christian of Rome.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

Smith's 1863

(growing), (2 Timothy 4:10) an assistant of St. Paul, said to have been one of the seventy disciples.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · public domain

ISBE 1915

kres'-enz (Kreskes, "increasing"): An assistant of Paul, mentioned in 2Ti 4:10 as having gone to Galatia. That he was one of the Seventy, and that he founded the church in Vienna in Gaul, are traditions without any trustworthy basis.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

In Scripture

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