Titus: Honourable, was with Paul and Barnabas at Antioch, and accompanied
them to the council at Jerusalem
(Galatians 2:1-3; Acts 15:2) although his name
nowhere occurs in the Acts of the Apostles. He appears to have been a
Gentile, and to have been chiefly engaged in ministering to Gentiles;
for Paul sternly refused to have him circumcised, inasmuch as in his
case the cause of gospel liberty was at stake. We find him, at a
later period, with Paul and Timothy at Ephesus, whence he was sent by
Paul to Corinth for the purpose of getting the contributions of the
church there in behalf of the poor saints at Jerusalem sent forward
(2 Corinthians 8:6; 12:18) He rejoined the apostle when he was in Macedonia, and
cheered him with the tidings he brought from Corinth
(2 Corinthians 7:6-15)
After this his name is not mentioned till after Paul's first
imprisonment, when we find him engaged in the organization of the
church in Crete, where the apostle had left him for this purpose
(Ti 1:5) The last notice of him is in
(2 Timothy 4:10) where we find
him with Paul at Rome during his second imprisonment. From Rome he was
sent into Dalmatia, no doubt on some important missionary errand. We
have no record of his death. He is not mentioned in the Acts.
