Bible Person
Meaning: growing; increasing · Male · 1 cross reference
Crescens is one of Paul's associates named in 2 Timothy 4. He belongs to the mobile missionary network surrounding the apostle in his final recorded letter. First appears in 2 Tim 4:10.1
AI summary: Crescens matters because his single cross reference reminds the reader that Paul's companions were dispersed across regions in active service, not simply absent. The entry adds movement and breadth to the mission field implied in Paul's closing words. Taken together, the material presents Crescens as a coworker within the wider apostolic mission.1
Central Figure
Crescens
Meaning: growing; increasing
Increasing, probably one of the seventy disciples of Christ.
Increasing, probably one of the seventy disciples of Christ. He was one of Paul’s assistants (2 Tim. 4:10), probably a Christian of Rome. 3
| Book | Cross-References |
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| 2Tim |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.