为什么经常贼溜溜躲避经文，或硬性撒谎的缘故。

Paul is referring to the sixth-century b.c. Cretan philosopher Epimenides, who gained fame in Athens and was extolled as one of the seven wise men of Greece, along with such luminaries as Plato and Aristotle. Epimenides was called a prophet not only because of his high status but also because he accurately predicted a Persian attack ten years before it happened. Paul’s quotation is ascribed to his ode Concerning Oracles, which responded to the false claim of the Cretans that the god Zeus was buried on their island (the problem being that in Greek mythology, Zeus was not dead!). So notorious were the Cretans that the Greek language developed a verb, kretizo, based on their name, to signify lying and cheating.

保罗指的是公元前六世纪。革哩底岛哲学家埃庇米尼德斯，在雅典声名鹊起，与柏拉图、亚里士多德等人并称为希腊七贤之一。埃庇米尼德斯被称为先知，不仅因为他的地位高，还因为他在波斯袭击发生前十年就准确地预言了它。保罗的引用被认为是他的颂歌《关于神谕》，该颂歌回应了革哩底岛人关于宙斯神埋葬在他们岛上的错误说法（问题是在希腊神话中，宙斯并没有死！）。革哩底岛人是如此臭名昭著，以至于希腊语根据他们的名字发展了一个动词“kretizo”，表示说谎和欺骗。