Was Paul aware of the [Epimenides paradox](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liar%20paradox) when he wrote in Titus 1:

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> 12 One of Crete’s own prophets has said it: “Cretans are **always** liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”
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Was this a hyperbole? Paul seemed so set on its literal truth.

agarza's comment points out the presence of Cretans in Acts 2:

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> 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome 11(both Jews and converts to Judaism); **Cretans** and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own **tongues**!”
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These Cretans spoke in tongues.