Crispus

Cris´pus, chief of the Jewish Synagogue a Corinth (Act 18:8), converted by St. Paul (1Co 1:14). According to tradition he was afterwards bishop of Ægina.

President of the synagogue at Corinth, converted under the preaching of Paul, Mal 18:8, and baptized by him, 1Co 1:14 .\par

Cris’pus. (curled). Ruler of the Jewish synagogue at Corinth, Act 18:8, baptized with his family by St. Paul. 1Co 1:14. (A.D. 50).

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

(Κρίσπος, for Lat. Crispus, curled; found also in the Talmudists under the forms קרּיספאand קריספי), chief of the Jewish synagogue at Corinth (Act 18:8), converted and baptized by the apostle Paul (1Co 1:14) A.D. 50. According to tradition (Constitut. Apost. 7:46) he was afterwards bishop of AEgina. The Greek Church observe his festival on the 4th of October.

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Ruler of the synagogue at Corinth, who, with his household, believed, and was baptised by Paul. Act 18:8; 1Co 1:14.

By: Emil G. Hirsch, Ira Maurice Price

The ruler of the synagogue at Corinth, who became a Christian, with all his house, through the preaching of Paul (Acts xviii. 8). In one of his letters to the church at Corinth (I Cor. i. 14), Paul speaks of Crispus as one of those whom he had baptized. There is a tradition that Crispus became such an important factor in the early Church that he was ordained Bishop of Ægina ("Apost. Const." vii. 46).

CRISPUS.—The chief ruler of the Jewish synagogue at Corinth (Act 18:8). Convinced by the reasonings of St. Paul that Jesus was the Messiah, he believed with all his house. The Apostle mentions him (1Co 1:14) as one of the few persons whom he himself had baptized.

kris´pus (Κρίσπος, Krı́spos, “curled”): One of the small number baptized by Paul among the Corinthian Christians (1Co 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 (Act 18:7, Act 18:8). He seems to have been succeeded by Sosthenes (Act 18:17). According to tradition he became bishop of Aegina.

(1 Corinthians 1)

- He is identified in Acts 18:8 as the synagogue leader in Corinth.