為什麼經常賊溜溜躲避經文，或硬性撒謊的緣故。

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.

保羅指的是公元前六世紀。革哩底島哲學家埃庇米尼德斯，在雅典聲名鵲起，與柏拉圖、亞里士多德等人並稱為希臘七賢之一。埃庇米尼德斯被稱為先知，不僅因為他的地位高，還因為他在波斯襲擊發生前十年就準確地預言了它。保羅的引用被認為是他的頌歌《關於神諭》，該頌歌回應了革哩底島人關於宙斯神埋葬在他們島上的錯誤說法（問題是在希臘神話中，宙斯並沒有死！）。革哩底島人是如此臭名昭著，以至於希臘語根據他們的名字發展了一個動詞“kretizo”，表示說謊和欺騙。