56 — Person: Titus

Number: 56

Person: Titus

Action: Appointing elders in every town (in Crete, as Paul charged)

Object: Crete / elders

Scripture connection: Titus 1:5 — This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you.

Memory hook: 56 = Titus; Titus 1:5 — the concrete action of appointing elders in every town. The number 56 is the pastor left in Crete to set the church in order.

Why this number? 56 = Titus; Titus 1:5 — concrete action. Titus appointed elders in every town in Crete; the number 56 ties him to the letter that bears his name.