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Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever. 13. raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame ] Image follows on image to paint the shameless enormities of the false teachers. In this we trace an echo of the thought, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jude 1:13”

These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 12. These are spots in your feasts of charity ] Here also, as in 2Pe 2:13, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jude 1:12”

Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah. 11. Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain ] We ask naturally what was the point of comparison. Probably in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jude 1:11”

But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. 10. But these speak evil of those things which they know not ] The context leaves no doubt that the region of the “things which they know not” is that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jude 1:10”

Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. 9. Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil ] It is obvious, from the manner in which St Jude writes, that he assumes … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jude 1:9”

Likewise also these [filthy] dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. 8. Likewise also these filthy dreamers ] More accurately, these men dreaming defile the flesh. The English version follows many commentators in suggesting the thought that the words describe the kind of sensual dreams which lead to the pollution described … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jude 1:8”

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. 7. the cities about them, in like manner going after strange flesh ] The words describe the form of evil … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jude 1:7”

And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 6. And the angels which kept not their first estate ] The two last words answer to a Greek term which may either mean “beginning,” i.e. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jude 1:6”

I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. 5. I will therefore put you in remembrance ] More accurately, I wish to put you in remembrance, or, to remind you. The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jude 1:5”

For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 4. For there are certain men crept in unawares ] More literally, For there crept in unawares … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jude 1:4”