Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Jude 1:17-18
Jude 1:17 f. But remember the words of the apostles, how they warned you that in the last times such men would be found. This passage plainly implies that the writer was not himself an apostle; some critics maintain that it also implies that the epistle dates from the sub-apostolic age. But the past to which the writer refers was the time when those whom he is addressing had received oral instruction from the apostles— or some of them; that period of personal intercourse was now past, not... read more
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Jude 1:8-16
Jude 1:8-Nehemiah : . The false brethren sin in like manner. In their “ dreamings,” i.e. vain conceits (“ yielding to their own wayward fancies,” Chase), they are licentious and rebellious. They despise the Lordship ( Jude 1:8 *) and rail at the glorious ones ( cf. mg.) . Unlike Michael, who in his controversy with the devil did not abuse him, they do not fear to utter abuse upon things which are beyond their knowledge ( i.e. the Lordship and the glorious ones); and in the carnal things... read more