65 Jude: Unlearned and Ignorant Commentary
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This book was written by a man named Judas (Jude being the English name for him), the brother of James (which he will mention in a moment). Scripture helps us identify which Judas this can be out of the four men who go by the name of James...
"Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?" Matthew 13:55
Obviously, this insinuates that this is the Lord’s half brother Judas, who was also James’ brother (who wrote the book of James). There were only two other Judas that we know of (one is obvious), one which is only known by this...
"Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?" John 14:22
Interestingly enough, neither James, nor Judas identify themselves as being the Lord’s brother. James simply says that he is “a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ...” No doubt, they didn’t talk about their relationship with the Lord in that way, because they now believed in who He said He was. They didn’t believe Him before His death. They were more than likely not even a part in following Him during all this time of ministry. It was after His resurrection and ascension that they believed, and it is in THAT relationship they hold much higher in value than their sinful rejection of Him before His ascension. Jesus’ brother (as well as Mary and others) had to accept the Lord just as everyone else.
That’s not what I find the most interesting about this little book, though. What I find interesting about this book is that Jude labels something’s that are not found anywhere else in scripture. They have said “the best commentary for the Bible is the Bible.” But what do you do when you can’t back the Bible up with itself? Can we take the words penned here as literal then? Is this a trustworthy text? I think the best part of this book is where it is located, which is just before the prophecies of Revelation. This book is a great introduction to the intricacies and spiraling text found in the book that follows it.
