Jude 1:17 ASV

The Pulpit Commentary - Jude 1:17-21

Believers urged to remember the prophecies of the apostles, and to note their fulfillment. Jude acknowledges the truth that the apostles spake under the guidance of the Holy Spirit as really as Isaiah and Jeremiah; and their predictions of the working of Satan and his servants were delivered partly by word of mouth, and partly by writings addressed to the Churches, and to evangelists like Timothy. Paul affirms that there would be many whose characters resembled those described in this... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jude 1:17-18

But, beloved, remember ye ... - There is a striking similarity between these two verses and 2 Peter 3:1-3. It occurs in the same connection, following the description of the false and dangerous teachers against whom the apostle would guard them, and couched almost in the same words. See it explained in the notes at the similar passage in Peter. When Jude (Jude 1:17) entreats them to remember the words which were spoken by “the apostles,” it is not necessarily to be inferred that he was not... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jude 1:17

Judges 1:17. But, beloved To prevent you from giving heed to the vain speeches of these deceivers; remember the words which were spoken before Or spoken prophetically; by the apostles Who have preached the gospel to you in all its purity. He does not exempt himself from the number of apostles; for in the next verse he says, they told you, not us. The resemblance, as Doddridge justly observes, between this text and 1 Peter 3:2, is very remarkable. It is such as would incline one to... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jude 1:17-25

Encouragement to Christians (17-25)The Christians are reminded of the words of the apostles. Years earlier they had warned that ungodly teachers would trouble the church, leading people into sin and causing divisions (17-19). The way to avoid their evil influence is to learn more of the Christian truth, to be more sincere in prayer, to grow in devotion to God, to hate sin in all its forms, and to help those affected by the false teachers to find new life in God (20-23).Jude closes his letter on... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jude 1:17

words . Greek. rhema, See Mark 9:32 . were = have been. apostles . App-189 . Lord . App-98 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jude 1:17

But ye, beloved, remember ye the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;Jude in this may have had reference to 2 Peter 3:2, where almost the same sentiments are similarly expressed. Some have tried to make the language here mean that the age of the apostles was past when this was written; but Robinson pointed out that, "This need not imply the end of the apostolic age," going on to add that the phrase "our apostles" was used by Clement. Also, "The phrase... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jude 1:17

Jude 1:17. The words which were spoken before of the apostles, &c.— Many eminent writers believe that the apostles hada meeting upon the great case of the new false teachers, and that they gave jointly, by common consent and deliberation, precepts proper to the occasion, to be communicated to all churches. No single apostle would or could, in this case, call the common injunction his commandment; but would certainly call it, in the language of St. Peter, the commandment of the apostles of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jude 1:17

But; beloved ... ye — in contrast to those reprobates, :-, again.remember — implying that his readers had been contemporaries of the apostles. For Peter uses the very same formula in reminding the contemporaries of himself and the other apostles.spoken before — spoken already before now.the apostles — Peter (see on :-, :-), and Paul before Peter ( :-; :-; :-). Jude does not exclude himself from the number of the apostles here, for in :-, immediately after, he says, “they told You,” not us... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jude 1:17-18

"Forgetfulness of the teaching and warnings of God in Scripture is a major cause of spiritual deterioration. . . ."Remember! It is the first imperative that Jude has used, and it heads a whole cluster of them in this concluding section." [Note: Green, p. 180.] The term "apostles" here evidently refers to the Twelve plus Paul rather than to the larger group of Christian leaders whom Jesus sent out with the gospel (Matthew 28:19-20). The New Testament writers also called this larger group... read more