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Jude 1:9 — King James Version← Study notes

Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.


Jude 1:9Greek Interlinear

Greek · Jude 1:924 words
GreekMeaning
ho
thearticleG3588
δὲde
ButwordG1161
ΜιχαὴλMichaēl
MichaelnounG3413
ho
thearticleG3588
ἀρχάγγελοςarchangelos
archangelnounG743
ὅτεhote
whenwordG3753
τῷ
with thearticleG3588
διαβόλῳdiabolō
deviladjectiveG1228
διακρινόμενοςdiakrinomenos
disputingverbG1252
διελέγετοdielegeto
he was reasoningverbG1256
περὶperi
aboutprepositionG4012
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
ΜωϋσέωςMōyseōs
Moses’nounG3475
σώματοςsōmatos
bodynounG4983
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ἐτόλμησενetolmēsen
did dareverbG5111
κρίσινkrisin
a judgmentnounG2920
ἐπενεγκεῖνepenenkein
to bring against himverbG2018
βλασφημίαςblasphēmias
blasphemynounG988
ἀλλὰalla
butwordG235
εἶπενeipen
saidverbG3004
ἘπιτιμήσαιEpitimēsai
Would that he rebukeverbG2008
σοιsoi
youpronounG4771
κύριοςkyrios
the LordnounG2962
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Jude 1:9

Similarly to the same, he says, also those dreamers,--that is, who dream in their imagination lusts and wicked desires, regarding as good not that which is truly good, and superior to all good,--defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of majesty, that is, the only Lord, who is truly our Lord, Jesus Christ, and alone worthy of praise. They speak evil of majesty, that is, of the angels. When Michael, the archangel, disputing with the devil, debated about the body of…

Clement of Alexandria · 3rd century · Comments on the Epistle of Jude (fragment preserved by Cassiodorus)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Walking by faith - Jude 1
My grandmother used to quote this verse every morning. The imagery here is agricultural - the original audience would have immediately understood the metaphor of sowing, waiting, and harvesting. Today...
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