Jude 1.14-18.
I previously explained
Jude 1.14-15 KWL - 14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them,
- saying “Look, the Lord comes with myriads of his saints, 15 making judgment upon all,
- examining every life against all their irreverent work, irreverently done;
- concerning every harsh thing the irreverent sinners said against him.”
No, 1 Enoch wasn’t actually written by Enoch. It was written in Aramaic, a language which didn’t even exist in whatever century Enoch lived in. It claims to be by him, so we call it
The bit Jude quoted comes from this passage—I’m quoting a Greek translation found in the Codex Panopolitanus.
…that he comes with his myriads and his saints, making judgment upon all. He will destroy all the irreverent, and examine all flesh against all their irreverent work, irreverently done; and harsh words which the irreverent said, and everything which the irreverent sinners said together about him. 1 Enoch 1.9
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Obviously Jude wasn’t making an exact quote; he may have been quoting it from memory.
Think of it this way. Say I’m talking about
- There’s no time to change your mind;
- The Son has come and you’ve been left behind.
Norman was hardly an infallible prophet. But hey, he rhymes; and as we learned from
Why do people quote other people? Usually it’s to criticize, but often it’s to prove we’re hardly the only people who believe as we do. Jude was far from the only apostle to teach Jesus is returning and’ll judge the wicked. But when Jude wrote his letter, he didn’t have their writings to quote from. So he quoted what he did have, off the top of his head: 1 Enoch. It’s not bible, but it’s something. Something his audience knew.
Still true, too. Jesus is returning and’ll judge the wicked. And