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kris´pus (ΚÏιÌσπος, KrıÌspos, “curledâ€): One of the small number baptized by Paul among the Corinthian Christians (). He had been ruler of the Jewish synagogue, but he “believed in the Lord with all his houseâ€; and, following Paul, withdrew from the synagogue (, ). He seems to have been succeeded by Sosthenes (). According to tradition he became bishop of Aegina.