Jude 1:14, Jude 1:15 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Jude 1:14-15

And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these. The Revisers render it, and to these also Enoch … prophesied. In the apocryphal writing from which the passage is taken Enoch is styled, as here, "the seventh from Adam." Seven occurs in Scripture as a sacred symbolical number. Its introduction here, therefore, is very generally understood to claim a peculiar authority and finality for the prophecy emitted by Enoch. But it may be intended simply to mark the high antiquity of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jude 1:14-15

An ancient prophecy of judgment against the wicked. I. THE PROPHET . "And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied." 1 . He was a preeminently holy man, who was translated to heaven without dying. 2 . His descent is here mentioned, II. HIS PROPHECY . It is the coming of Christ to judgment. "Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones." We have here the historic tense of prophecy. 1 . The Lord comes from heaven. "The Lord himself... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jude 1:14-19

Future judgment an anticipation of nature and a truth of revelation. "To execute judgment upon all," etc. Its declared era is the Lord's advent; its declared functions are those of correction and retribution. "Great swelling words "—the natural language of the errorist and the deceiver. "Very many such words are recorded in Church history, and that, too, as spoken in justification of unbridled lust. Some of the more openly abominable belong to the Gnostic and other antinomian heretics of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jude 1:14

And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam - The seventh in the direct line of descent from Adam. The line of descent is Adam, Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahaleel, Jared, Enoch; see Genesis 5:3, following. On the character of Enoch, see the notes at Hebrews 11:5.Prophesied of these - Uttered prophecies applicable to these men, or respecting just such men as these. It is not necessarily meant that he had these men specifically in his eye; but all that is fairly implied is, that his predictions were... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jude 1:14-15

Judges 1:14-15. And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam Thus described to distinguish him from Enoch the son of Cain, (Genesis 4:17,) who was only the third from Adam; so early was the prophecy delivered, referred to Judges 1:4: prophesied of these As well as of the antediluvian sinners. The first coming of Christ was revealed to Adam, his second and glorious coming to Enoch, who foretold the things which will conclude the last age of the world. St. Jude might know this either from some... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jude 1:1-16

CONTENTS OF THE LETTERCondemnation of the false teachers (1-16)Jude had intended to write about more general matters concerning the Christian faith, but when he heard of the activities of evil teachers he changed his mind. He now feels that it is more important to encourage the Christians to hold firmly to the truth they first heard and to fight against those who want to destroy it. Punishment is certain for those who distort the true teaching of the gospel in order to give themselves the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jude 1:14

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 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jude 1:14

And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,And to these ... "These" are the false teachers, the evil men about whom God has already given a number of prophetic messages, in such events as his punishing the Israelites, destroying the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and in the punishments like those which befell Cain, Balaam and Korah; and, in addition to all that, "also" Enoch made a prophecy.Enoch, the seventh from... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jude 1:14

Jude 1:14. And Enoch—the seventh from Adam, &c.— Enoch is called the seventh from Adam, to distinguish him from another of the same name, who was the son of Cain, Genesis 4:17. A remarkable fragment of antediluvian history is here preserved to us. Our translation has it, Enoch—prophesied of these. In the old English version it is, Enoch—prophesied before of such. Blackwell takes notice that the words may be translated, He prophesied against them; but the word προφετευω, with a dative case... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jude 1:14

See on Introduction on the source whence Jude derived this prophecy of Enoch. The Holy Spirit, by Jude, has sealed the truth of this much of the matter contained in the book of Enoch, though probably that book, as well as Jude, derived it from tradition (compare Note, see on :-). There are reasons given by some for thinking the book of Enoch copied from Jude rather than vice versa. It is striking how, from the first, prophecy hastened towards its consummation. The earliest prophecies of the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jude 1:14-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Jude 1:14-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Jude 1:14-19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jude 1:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jude 1:14-15

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jude 1:1-16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jude 1:14

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jude 1:14

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jude 1:14

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jude 1:14

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