Island
Crete
Identified site. Scholarly consensus identifies this site.
- Ancient name
- Crete
- Modern location
- Crete · Greece
- Location
- Identified site
Editorial summary
A large island in the Mediterranean. Paul’s ship sailed along its coast on the voyage to Rome, and Paul wrote that he had left Titus in Crete to appoint elders in every city.
What happened here
1Titus left in Crete
Paul wrote to Titus that he had left him in Crete to set in order what was lacking and to appoint elders in every city, as Paul had directed him.
The letter names only the island and does not say when this happened; Acts does not narrate a visit by Paul and Titus to Crete.
People here
2Scripture
Location certainty
The marker is a representative point for the island; Titus 1:5 names no town.
- Coordinates
- 35.3097° N, 24.8933° E