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Crescens

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kres'-enz (Kreskes, "increasing"): An assistant of Paul, mentioned in 2 Tim 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.

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Person Crescens

Kilde: Easton's Bible Dictionary (M.G. Easton, 1897) og International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (red. James Orr, 1915/1939), public domain. Translated into Danish with AI and not yet proofread (fully or partially). Links to people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0).