curled, the chief of the synagogue at Corinth ( Acts 18:8 ). He was converted and, with his family, baptized by Paul ( 1 Corinthians 1:14 ).
curled
(curled ), ruler of the Jewish synagogue at Corinth, ( Acts 18:8 ) baptized with his family by St. Paul. ( 1 Corinthians 1:14 ) (A.D. 50.)
CRISPUS
kris'-pus (Krispos, "curled"):
One of the small number baptized by Paul among the Corinthian Christians (1 Corinthians 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 to tradition he became bishop of Aegina.
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