BookOfJude

Jude:

AUTHOR: Jude - A.D. 60 - NEW TESTAMENT - General Epistles

JUDE - The author of this short letter warns his readers against the dangers of apostasy, and points to the faithlessness of the Israelites as a reminder of God’s judgment. Surrounded as his readers were by moral corruption and apostacizing influences, the author urges them to "contend for the faith" ( smith@Jude:3 ), and in a closing benediction he commends them to the One "who is able to keep you from falling" ( smith@Jude:24 ). Both the similarity of this letter to II Peter and Jude’s use of non-Biblical sources ( smith@Jude:9 , smith@Jude:14-15 ) have been the subject of much discussion.

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Jude @ = Judas. Among the apostles there were two who bore this name, (1) Judas smith@Jude:1:1:1; smith@Matthew:13:55; smith@John:14:22; smith@Acts:1:13), called also Lebbaeus or Thaddaeus smith@Matthew:10:3; smith@Mark:3:18); and (2) Judas Iscariot smith@Matthew:10:4; smith@Mark:3:19). He who is called "the brother of James" smith@Luke:6:16), may be the same with the Judas surnamed Lebbaeus. The only thing recorded regarding him is in smith@John:14:22.

Jude, Epistle of @ The author was "Judas, the brother of James" the Less smith@Jude:1:1:1), called also Lebbaeus smith@Matthew:10:3) and Thaddaeus smith@Mark:3:18). The genuineness of this epistle was early questioned, and doubts regarding it were revived at the time of the Reformation; but the evidences in support of its claims are complete. It has all the marks of having proceeded from the writer whose name it bears. There is nothing very definite to determine the time and place at which it was written. It was apparently written in the later period of the apostolic age, for when it was written there were persons still alive who had heard the apostles preach (ver. 17). It may thus have been written about A.D. 66 or 70, and apparently in Palestine. The epistle is addressed to Christians in general (ver. 1), and its design is to put them on their guard against the misleading efforts of a certain class of errorists to which they were exposed. The style of the epistle is that of an "impassioned invective, in the impetuous whirlwind of which the writer is hurried along, collecting example after example of divine vengeance on the ungodly; heaping epithet upon epithet, and piling image upon image, and, as it were, labouring for words and images strong enough to depict the polluted character of the licentious apostates against whom he is warning the Church; returning again and again to the subject, as though all language was insufficient to give an adequate idea of their profligacy, and to express his burning hatred of their perversion of the doctrines of the gospel." The striking resemblance this epistle bears to 2 Peter suggests the idea that the author of the one had seen the epistle of the other. The doxology with which the epistle concludes is regarded as the finest in the New Testament.

Judea @ After the Captivity this name was applied to the whole of the country west of the Jordan smith@Haggai:1:1 smith@Haggai:1:14 smith@Haggai:2:2). But under the Romans, in the time of Christ, it denoted the southernmost of the three divisions of Palestine smith@Matthew:2:1 smith@Matthew:2:5 smith@Matthew:3:1 smith@Matthew:4:25 ), although it was also sometimes used for Palestine generally smith@Acts:28:21). The province of Judea, as distinguished from Galilee and Samaria, included the territories of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Dan, Simeon, and part of Ephraim. Under the Romans it was a part of the province of Syria, and was governed by a procurator.

smith@Jude:1:1-2	Introduction
smith@Jude:1:3-16	The Sin and Doom of Godless Men
smith@Jude:1:17-23	A Call to Persevere
smith@Jude:1:24-25	Doxology

kjv@Jude	Chapters=1 Verses=25 Words=608 Chars=3573; 7 LORD 5 GOD 5 CHRIST 3 FLESH 2 WORDS 2 SAINTS 2 MERCY 2 LOVE 2 JUDGMENT 2 HOLY 2 GREAT 2 GLORY 2 FRUIT 2 FIRE 2 FEAR 2 FAITH 2 EVIL 2 ETERNAL 2 DOMINION 2 DARKNESS
kjv@Jude:1	Verses=25 Words=608 Chars=3573; 7 LORD 5 GOD 5 CHRIST 3 FLESH 2 WORDS 2 SAINTS 2 MERCY 2 LOVE 2 JUDGMENT 2 HOLY 2 GREAT 2 GLORY 2 FRUIT 2 FIRE 2 FEAR 2 FAITH 2 EVIL 2 ETERNAL 2 DOMINION 2 DARKNESS

smith@Jude:1:22	compassion
smith@Jude:1:24	sanctification
smith@Jude:1:24-25	bible stability
smith@Jude:1:4	jesus christ rejected
smith@Jude:1:21	grace of god general
smith@Jude:1:24-25	grace of god general
smith@Jude:1:4-7	admonitions and warnings
smith@Jude:1:24-25	jesus security
smith@Jude:1:6	angels fallen
smith@Jude:1:3	diligence
smith@Jude:1:7	adultery and fornication
smith@Jude:1:14-15	angels functions of
smith@Jude:1:9	angels celestial spirits
smith@Jude:1:6	angels celestial spirits
smith@Jude:1:9	angels celestial spirits
smith@Jude:1:14	angels celestial spirits
smith@Jude:1:24-25	feel tempted
smith@Jude:1:14-15	angels execute judgments
smith@Jude:1:14-15	advent second-coming
smith@Jude:1:24	joy general scriptures
smith@Jude:1:19-20	holy spirit various scriptures
smith@Jude:1:6	demons
smith@Jude:1:6	demons

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