Titus 1:14

14 not accepting Jewish false stories and the commands of people who reject the truth.

Titus 1:14 Meaning and Commentary

Titus 1:14

Not giving heed to Jewish fables
Concerning God himself, the angels, and the creation of man; concerning the giving of the law at Mount Sinai; concerning the Messiah and his earthly kingdom, and the feast that will be made for the righteous in his days, which will consist of flesh, fish, and fowl, Behemoth, Leviathan, and Zuz, and of wine kept in the grape from the foundation of the world; and concerning the rolling of the dead through the caverns of the earth at the resurrection, with a multitude of other things which were traditionally received.

And commandments of men:
the traditions of the elders, which the Jews charged the disciples of Christ with the transgression of; and he, on the other hand, very justly reproached them with breaking the commands of God, by attending to them, ( Matthew 15:1-39 ) . These were the laws and traditions of the fathers, which the Apostle Paul was brought up in, and was zealous of, before his conversion, ( Acts 22:3 ) ( Galatians 1:14 ) and which these judaizing preachers and professors, he here has respect to, were fond of, though they were made by men,

that turn from the truth;
or "hate it", as the Syriac version renders it; who were enemies unto it, as Hillell and Shammai, the heads of the traditional doctors, and as the Jews, and their Rabbins in general were; and therefore their commandments, of all men, should not be given heed to, by those that bear the Christian name.

Titus 1:14 In-Context

12 Even one of their own prophets said, "Cretans are always liars, evil animals, and lazy people who do nothing but eat."

13 The words that prophet said are true. So firmly tell those people they are wrong so they may become strong in the faith,

14 not accepting Jewish false stories and the commands of people who reject the truth.

15 To those who are pure, all things are pure, but to those who are full of sin and do not believe, nothing is pure. Both their minds and their consciences have been ruined.

16 They say they know God, but their actions show they do not accept him. They are hateful people, they refuse to obey, and they are useless for doing anything good.