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Crispus in Wikipedia

Flavius Julius Crispus, also known as Flavius Claudius Crispus and Flavius Valerius Crispus was a Caesar of the Roman Empire. He was the first-born son of Constantine I and Minervina. Crispus' year and place of birth are uncertain. He is considered likely to have been born between 299 and 305, somewhere in the Eastern Roman Empire. His mother ...

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Crispus Scripture - Acts 18:8

And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized....

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Crispus Scripture - 1 Corinthians 1:14

I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;...

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Crispus in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Ruler of the Corinthian synagogue; converted and baptized by Paul (Acts 18:8; 1 Corinthians 1:14)....

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Crispus in Hitchcock's Bible Names

curled...

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Crispus in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(curled), ruler of the Jewish synagogue at Corinth, Ac 18:8 baptized with his family by St. Paul. 1Co 1:14 (A.D. 50.)...

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Crispus in Easton's Bible Dictionary

curled, the chief of the synagogue at Corinth (Acts 18:8). He was converted and, with his family, baptized by Paul (1 Cor. 1:14)....

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Crispus in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

kris'-pus (Krispos, "curled"): One of the small number baptized by Paul among the Corinthian Christians (1 Cor 1:14). He had been ruler of the Jewish synagogue, but he "believed in the Lord with all his house"; and, following Paul, withdrew from the synagogue (Acts 18:7,8). He seems to have been succeeded by Sosthenes (Acts 18:17). According t...

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Crispus in Naves Topical Bible

A leader of a synagogue at Corinth Ac 18:8; 1Co 1:14...

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