Jude Bible Study Resources

Study questions, maps, charts, key words, history, background, outlines, and links to help you study the epistle of Jude.

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Jump to: Background; ** Maps; ** Key Words; ** Encyclopedias; ** Commentaries; ** Articles; ** GotQuestions ** Next **

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Basics

• Author: Jude, a brother of Jesus
• Date: Between 65-80 AD
• Occasion: Correct the ideas of the false teachers
• Recipients: Probably Jewish audience give the frequent use of OT texts
• Literary Feature: “these are the ones” in 1:8; 1:10; 1:12; 1:16; 1:19
• Main Message: The certainty of divine judgment against evildoers
• Relationship to 2Peter: 2Peter 2:1-3 Why 2 Peter 2 and Jude are so similar

Genre: Understanding Epistles

Section 1: Background

Background & Outlines

• A Comparison of 2Peter 2 & Jude
• Related Study: 2 Peter (especially chapter 2)
• Map of NT Churches
• Blue Letter Bible: Peter in New Testament
• Blue Letter Bible: Chronology of Acts/Epistles
• Eyewitness History: Persecution Under Nero
• Eyewitness History: Burning of Rome 64AD
• Eusebius: Persecution under Nero
• Jude: Contending for the Faith – Ray Stedman
• Jude Introduction -John MacArthur
• ESV: Introduction to Jude
• ESV: Global Message of Jude
• NIV: Jude Introduction
• Booklet – Jude: Recognizing the Danger Among Us
• James Van Dine – Intro to Jude
• Jude: Introduction, Argument, and Outline -Daniel Wallace
• Jude Notes and Outline – J Vernon McGee
• Jude – Introduction – Charles Swindoll
• Synthetic Bible Study – Jude – James Gray (1906)
• Jude Overview – Myer Pearlman (1935)
• Jude Introduction – Wil Pounds

Section 2: Maps

Maps from Bible-History.com

• Israel in NT Times
• Kingdom of Herod the Great
• Herod’s Kingdom Divided
• New Testament Jerusalem
• New Testament Cities
• Apostles’ Journeys

Section 3: Key Words

Key Words in Jude

Occurrences are based on New American Standard Text. “4x/3v” means the word appears 4 times in 3 verses. “3x” means the word appears 3 times in 3 verses.

• Lord (7x) – Strong’s G2962 in Jud 1:4; Jud 1:5; Jud 1:9; Jud 1:14; Jud 1:17; Jud 1:21; Jud 1:25.
• keep/kept (6X/5v) – Strong’s G5083 in Jud 1:1; Jud 1:6; Jud 1:21; Strong’s G5442 in Jud 1:24.
• ungodly (6X/3V) – Strong’s G765 in Jud 1:4; Jud 1:15; Jud 1:18; Strong’s G763 in Jud 1:15; Jud 1:18; Strong’s G764 in Jud 1:15.
• judgment (3X) – Strong’s G2920 – in Jud 1:6; Jud 1:9; Jud 1:15.
• faith (2x) – Strong’s G4102 Jud 1:3; Jud 1:20.

Section 5: Commentaries

Commentaries & Study Bibles

• Top 5 Commentaries on 2 Peter & Jude – Ligonier.org
• Best Commentaries on 2 Peter & Jude- Tim Challies
• Calvin’s Commentary on the Bible: Jude
• Albert Barnes Notes on the Whole Bible: Jude
• Alfords Exegetical Commentary: Jude
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible: Jude
• Geneva Study Bible: Jude
• Reformation Study Bible Notes: Jude
• Richard Bauckham – 2 Peter and Jude
• Gene Green – Jude and 2 Peter
• Peter Davids – The Letters of 2 Peter and Jude
• Thomas Schreiner – 1, 2 Peter, Jude
• Douglas Moo – 2 Peter, Jude
• Precept Austin Commentaries & Sermons: Jude

Section 4: Encyclopedias

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Jude, Epistle

• Holman Bible Dictionary: Jude, Book of
• Baker’s Evangelical Dictionary: Jude, Theology of
• Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible: Jude, Epistle of
• McClintock and Strong: Jude, Epistle of
• International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Jude, Epistle of
• Kitto’s Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature: Jude, Epistle of
• Easton’s Bible Dictionary Jude, Epistle of
• Fausset Bible Dictionary Jude, the Epistle of
• Morrish Bible Dictionary Jude, Epistle of
• Smith Bible Dictionary Jude, Epistle of
• McClintock and Strong’s Bible Encyclopedia Jude, Epistle Of.
• The Nuttall Encyclopedia Jude, Epistle of
• The Jewish Encyclopedia Jude, Epistle of

Jude/Judas

• Holman Bible Dictionary: Judas
• Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible: Judas
• Kitto’s Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature: Jude
• McClintock and Strong: Judas
• International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Jude, the Lord’s Brother
• Kitto’s Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature: Jude
• Jude/Judas in New Testament: Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3

Peter (aka Simon Peter, Simon, Cephas)

• American Tract Society Dictionary: Peter
• Bridgeway Bible Dictionary: Peter
• Easton’s Bible Dictionary: Peter
• Fausset Bible Dictionary: Peter
• Holman Bible Dictionary: Peter
• Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible: Peter
• Kitto’s Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature: Peter
• Morrish Bible Dictionary: Peter
• International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Peter, Simon
• McClintock and Strong: Peter
• The Nuttall Encyclopedia: Peter, the Apostle
• The Jewish Encyclopedia:
• 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica: Peter
• Peter means “rock or stone” – Hitchcock’s Bible Names
• Simon means ” that hears; that obeys” – Hitchcock’s Bible Names
• Cephas means a rock or stone – Hitchcock’s Bible Names
• Peter’s Wife (Zondervan)
• Eusebius: Persecution under Nero
• Whyte’s Bible Characters Peter

Book of Enoch

• The Book of Enoch text
• What is the Book of Enoch?
• Holman Bible Dictionary: Psuedepigrapha
• Enoch in the Bible: Genesis 5:21-22; Luke 3:37; Hebrews 11:5; Jude 1:14
• Holman Bible Dictionary: Enoch
• Article on Genesis 6: Who were the Nephilim (Answers in Genesis)
• The Assumption of Moses (quoted in Jude 1:9)

Section 6: Articles

Articles

• Terrance Callan, “Use of the Letter of Jude by the Second Letter of Peter,” Biblica 85 (2004): 42-64.
• J. Daryl Charles, “The Use of Tradition-Material in the Epistle of Jude,” Bulletin for Biblical Research 4 (1994): 1-14.
• J. Daryl Charles, “The Angels under Reserve in 2 Peter and Jude,” Bulletin for Biblical Research 15.1 (Spring 2005): 39-48.
• Walter M. Dunnett, “The hermeneutics of Jude and 2 Peter: the use of ancient Jewish traditions,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 31.3 (Sept. 1988): 287-292
• Michael Haykin, “Exegesis 13: Prayer in the Spirit, Jude 20,” Foundations 28 (Spring 1991): 16-19.
• Robert L. Webb, “The Eschatology of the Epistle of Jude and Its Rhetorical and Social Functions,” Bulletin for Biblical Research 6 (1996): 139-151.

Section 7: Got Questions

GotQuestions.org

• Book of Jude – Bible Survey
•  What is a Bond-servant? 
• Why is Sound Doctrine so Important?
•  What does it mean to be ungodly? What is ungodliness?
• Are Demons Fallen Angels?
• Who were the spirits in prison?
• Why were Michael and Satan disputing over the body of Moses?
• What are archangels?
• What was the significance of the rebellion of Korah?
• Did Balaam’s donkey really talk to him? 
• What is the doctrine of Balaam?
•  What is a love feast?
• How can I recognize a false teacher / false prophet?
• What does the Bible say about scoffers?
• What is Praying in the Spirit? 
• What does it mean that God is able to keep us from falling?
• What is apostasy and how can I recognize it?
• What does it mean that there will be scoffers in the last days?
• What is the book of Enoch and should it be in the Bible?
• What is an epistle? What are the Epistles in the Bible?
• Who is Michael the archangel?  
• Is Jesus Michael the Archangel?
• What is apostasy and how can I recognize it?
• What is the Assumption of Moses?

Section 8: Next

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