Encyclopedia entry
Crescens
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.
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(growing), (2 Timothy 4:10) an assistant of St. Paul, said to have been one of the seventy disciples.
In the Bible
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Verses where Crescens is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 2 Timothy 4:10
because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
Scripture on Crescens
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Entries that reference Crescens
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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