JUDE. See Introductory Notes. THE. a. SERVANT. App-190. JESUS CHRIST. App-98. JAMES. See James 1:1. SANCTIFIED. All the texts and the Syriac read "beloved" (App-135.) BY. in. App-104. GOD. App-98. FATHER. App-98. PRESERVED. kept. Greek. _tereo_. Occ five times in the epistle, verses: Jude 1:... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO. to. LOVE. App-135. The only salutation where "love" is mentioned. MULTIPLIED. Compare 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Peter 1:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
BELOVED. App-135. WHEN. GAVE. making. THE. The texts read "our". COMMON. Compare Titus 1:4. IT WAS NEEDFUL FOR ME. I had need. AND EXHORT. exhorting. App-134. THAT YE SHOULD. to. EARNESTLY CONTEND. Greek. _epagonizomai._ Only here. Compare _agonizomai._ Luke 13:24. FAITH. App-150. ONCE. onc... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE ARE. Omit. CERTAIN. App-124. MEN. App-123. CREPT IN UNAWARES. Greek. _pareisduo._ Only here. Compare Galatians 1:2; Galatians 1:4; 2 Peter 2:1. BEFORE... ORDAINED. before written. Greek. _prographo._ See Romans 15:4. CONDEMNATION. App-177. UNGODLY MEN. impious. Greek. _asebes._ See Roman... [ Continue Reading ]
WILL. App-102. PUT... IN REMEMBRANCE. Greek. _hupomimnesko._ See John 14:26. knew. App-132. LORD. App-98. Some texts (not the Syriac) read "Jesus". Compare 1 Corinthians 10:4. PEOPLE. Greek. _laos._ See Acts 2:47. LAND. App-129. AFTERWARD. Literally the second time, or in the second place. DES... [ Continue Reading ]
KEPT. Same as "preserved", Jude 1:1. THEIR FIRST ESTATE. their own principality (App-172.) Compare Ephesians 1:21; Ephesians 3:10; 2 Chronicles 1:16; 2 Chronicles 1:16; Colossians 2:10; Colossians 2:15. HABITATION. Greek. _oikiterion._ Only here and... [ Continue Reading ]
ABOUT. App-104. MANNER. Add "to these", i.e. the angels of Jude 1:6. The sin of Sodom and Gomorrha, like that of the angels of Genesis 6 (App-23,), was an unnatural one, breaking through the bounds which God had set. GIVING, &C. Greek. _ekporneuo._ Only here. Anintensive form of _porneuo,_ which o... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO THESE. these also. DREAMERS. in their dreamings. Greek. _enupniazomai._ See Acts 2:17. DEFILE. See John 18:28. DESPISE. Greek. _atheteo._ See John 12:48 (rejecteth). DOMINION. lordship. See Ephesians 1:21; 2 Peter 2:10 (government). SPEAK EVIL OF. blaspheme. DIGNITIES. Literally glories.... [ Continue Reading ]
MICHAEL. See Daniel 10:13. ARCHANGEL. See 1 Thessalonians 4:16. No other angel bears this title. CONTENDING. App-122. DISPUTED. Greek. _dialegomai._ See Acts 17:2. ABOUT. App-104. MOSES. The seventy-ninth occurance of the name. See Matthew 8:4. This disputemust have taken place after the death o... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOW. App-132. NATURALLY. Greek. _phusikos._ Only here. Compare 2 Peter 2:12. BRUTE. See 2 Peter 2:12. IN. App-104. CORRUPT THEMSELVES. are destroyed. Greek. _phtheiro._ See 1 Corinthians 3:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE GONE. went. CAIN. His way was that of natural religion, not the way God hadappointed. RAN GREEDILY. rushed. Literally were poured out. Greek. _ekchuno._ Often translated "shed". REWARD. Same word as in 2 Peter 2:13; 2 Peter 2:15. PERISHED. Greek. _apollumi._ See John 17:12. GAINSAYING. Gree... [ Continue Reading ]
SPOTS. hidden rocks, as the texts. Greek. _spilas._ Only here. The word in Ephesians 5:27 and 2 Peter 2:13 is _spilos._ FEASTS OF CHARITY. Literally loves, i.e. love-feasts. App-135. WHEN THEY FEAST. feasting. See 2 Peter 2:13. FEEDING. Literally pasturing, as. shepherd does his flock. THEMSELVE... [ Continue Reading ]
RAGING. Wild. Greek. _agrios._ Occurs: Matthew 3:4.Mark 1:6. FOAMING OUT. Greek. _epaphrizo._ Only here. WANDERING. Greek. _planetes._ Only here. IS. hath been. BLACKNESS. Same as "darkness", Jude 1:6. FOR EVER. App-151. a.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND, &C. Read, "And to these also Enoch". BEHOLD. App-133.:2. COMETH. Literally came. WITH. among. App-104. SAINTS. holy ones, i.e. angels. Compare Deuteronomy 33:2, Revised Version Matthew 25:31.Mark 8:38.... [ Continue Reading ]
UPON. against. App-104. CONVINCE. convict. Greek. _exelencho._ Only here, but the texts read _elencho_, as John 8:9. THAT ARE. the. AMONG. of. The texts omit. THEIR. the. UNGODLY DEEDS. works of impiety (App-128. IV). HAVE. Omit. UNGODLY COMMITTED. See 2 Peter 2:6. HAVE SPOKEN. spake. App-12... [ Continue Reading ]
MURMURERS. Greek. _gongustes._ Only here. Compare John 6:41.Acts 6:1. COMPLAINERS. Greek. _mempsimoiros._ Only here. AFTER. App-104. GREAT SWELLING. See 2 Peter 2:18. HAVING, &c.. admiring persons. BECAUSE OF. Greek. _charin_. See 1 John 3:12. ADVANTAGE. profit. See Romans 3:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORDS. Greek. _rhema,_ See Mark 9:32. WERE. have been. APOSTLES. App-189. LORD. App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOLD. said to. SHOULD. shall. MOCKERS. scoffers. See 2 Peter 3:3. IN. The texts read App-104. WHO, &C. walking. UNGODLY LUSTS. lusts of impieties (App-128. IV).... [ Continue Reading ]
SEPARATE THEMSELVES. are separating. Greek. _apodiorizo._ Only here. SENSUAL. Greek. _psuchikos._ See 1 Corinthians 2:14.James 3:15. SPIRIT. Here "spirit". App-101.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUILDING UP. See Acts 20:32. FAITH App-150.; i.e. the object of faith Compare 1 Corinthians 3:11. PRAYING. App-134. HOLY GHOST. holy spirit. App-101.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LOVE OF GOD. God's love to you, i.e. the assurance of it, basedon His Word. LOOKING FOR. Greek. _prosdechomai._ See Acts 23:21. LIFE. App-170.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE COMPASSION. Some texts read _elencho,_ "convict". MAKING, &C. App-122., but several texts read "when they contend".... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH. The texts read _en_. App-104. SPOTTED. Greek. _spiloo,_ See James 3:6, and compare Revelation 3:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
KEEP. guard. Greek. _phulassso._ Compare John 17:12. FROM FALLING. without falling. Greek. _aptaistos._ Only here. Compare Romans 11:11 (stumble). PRESENT. set, or make stand. See Acts 22:30. FAULTLESS. blameless. Greek. _amomos._ See Ephesians 1:4.Colossians 1:22. BEFORE THE PRESENCE OF. Greek.... [ Continue Reading ]
WISE. All the texts omit. Compare 1 Timothy 1:17. MAJESTY. Greek. _megalosune._ See Hebrews 1:3. DOMINION. App-172. POWER. App-172. NOW, &C. The texts read "before every age and now and unto all the ages". EVER. App-151.... [ Continue Reading ]