Jude 1:5-16

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jude 1:13

Raging waves of the sea; not only inconstant as water, but unquiet, turbulent, restless, that cannot cease from sin. Foaming out their own shame; that wickedness whereof they should be ashamed; like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt, Isaiah 57:20. Wandering stars; either planets properly called, or rather meteors called running stars, inconstant in their motion, uncertain in their shining, making a little show, but presently vanishing; such was the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jude 1:14

And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam; either to distinguish him from Enoch the son of Cain, or to show the antiquity of the prophecy. Prophesied; he doth not say wrote, and therefore from hence it cannot be proved that there was any such book as Enoch’s prophecies, received by the Jews as canonical Scripture; but rather some prophecy of his delivered to them by tradition, to which here the apostle refers, as a thing known among them; and so argues against these heretics from their own... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jude 1:15

To execute judgment upon all; either upon all the wicked in general, who afterwards may seem to be distinguished into different sorts, or else the Greek preposition κατα is put for περι, and the word all is to be understood of all universally, good and bad; and the words may be read, to execute judgment over all, i.e. to judge all. And to convince all that are ungodly among them: if we take the words in the latter sense mentioned, then he distinguisheth those that are to be judged into good and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jude 1:16

Murmurers, complainers; either these two words signify the same thing; or murmurers may be meant with relation to God’s decrees, laws, providences, and his ordinations in the church or state, 1 Corinthians 10:10; and complainers, with respect to their own condition, with which they were discontented. Walking after their own lusts; minding neither the law of God nor man, but making their lusts their law, and being wholly subject to them, led by them, 2 Peter 2:10. And their mouth speaketh great... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Jude 1:5-6

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESJude 1:5. In remembrance.—That which we have in mind is often well and wisely brought up forcibly before our minds.Jude 1:6. Angels, etc.—There is nothing in the Old Testament to which this can be referred, unless we take “angels” to be a figurative term for the antediluvians. It is most probably a reference to a tradition which is preserved in the book of Enoch, but whether that book was written before or after the epistle of Jude seems to be uncertain. The... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Jude 1:7-11

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESJude 1:7. Giving themselves over.—ἐκπορνεύσασαι; the ἐκ denotes the intensity of their lust, which would be gratified at all hazards. Strange flesh.—Other flesh; præter naturam; Romans 1:0. Eternal fire.—As eternal is a spiritual quality, and fire a material substance, the association of the two terms must be figurative, and suggestive of moral truth. Vengeance.—Is of course “just punishment,” not “unrestrained feeling.”Jude 1:8. Filthy dreamers.—Omit the adjective.... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Jude 1:12-19

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESJude 1:12. Spots.—Lit. σπιλάδες, rocks; Vulg. maculæ (compare 2 Peter 2:13). “Rocks in your love-feast, causing stumbling and shipwreck.” Feeding themselves.—Seeking their own interests; getting their satisfaction out of leading you astray, forwarding their own purposes. Clouds … trees.—Figures of useless things, that may be noisy and may make a show, but prove wholly mischievous (compare 2 Peter 2:0). Twice dead.—When it fails to yield good fruit, and when it... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Jude 1:9

Jude 1:9 War in Heaven. I. Contention in the world of spirits. In such passages as these the curtain is for a moment lifted up, and we behold war "war in heaven." The struggle between good and evil is by no means limited to what we see in this world. The area of the conflict is far-extended. The din of distant battle-fields reaches the spiritual ear. Shadowy forms are seen in deadly fight beyond any regions with which our present thoughts are familiar. The victory, indeed, is not doubtful; but... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Jude 1:5

saved (See Scofield " :-") . read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Jude 1:6

great day The judgment of the fallen angels. The "great day" is the day of the Lord Isaiah 2:9-22. As the final judgment upon Satan occurs after the thousand years, and preceding the final judgment Revelation 20:10 it is congruous to conclude, as to the time, that other fallen angels are judged with him ; 2 Peter 2:4; Revelation 20:10. Christians are associated with Christ in this judgment. For association with angels at judgment 1 Corinthians 6:3. For other information (See Scofield "1... read more

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