ACC ~ Jude 1 v1

JUDE THE SERVANT. CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA: Jude was the brother of the sons of Joseph, but despite his relationship to the Lord, he did not say that he was Jesus’ brother. What did he say? He called himself Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, that is, of the Lord, and the brother of James, who was the Lord’s brother. ADUMBRATIONS.

THE DESCENDANTS OF JUDE. EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA: When Domitian ordered that those of the race of David be slain, an ancient story holds that some of the heretics accused the grandchildren of Jude (the brother of the Savior, according to the flesh), on the ground that they really were of the family of David and were related to Christ himself. Hegesippus makes this quite clear. HISTORY OF THE CHURCH 3.19.

EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA: Hegesippus says that other descendants of one of the so-called brothers of the Lord, Jude by name, lived until the reign of Trajan [98-117], after giving testimony of their faith in Christ in the time of Domitian [81-96]. HISTORY OF THE CHURCH 3.32.

NOT ISCARIOT. HILARY OF ARLES: Jude does his utmost to make sure that nobody confuses him with Judas Iscariot, which is why he confesses that he is Christ’s servant and James’s brother. Note how he also says that the Father chooses us, Jesus keeps us and the Holy Spirit calls us. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON JUDE.

JUDE CALLED THADDEUS. BEDE: The apostle Jude, whom Matthew and Mark call Thaddeus in their Gospels, is writing against the same corrupters of the faith as Peter and John condemn in their letters. ON JUDE.

THE BROTHER OF JAMES. OECUMENIUS: This apostle, after calling himself the servant of Jesus Christ, went on to add that he was the brother of James because James was so highly regarded in the church that Jude was bound to benefit from so close an association with him. Note that he refers to his correspondents as those who have been “called,” because it was not they who decided to follow Jesus, but God who reached out to call them to his service. COMMENTARY ON JUDE.

KEPT IN JESUS CHRIST. THEOPHYLACT: Christ the Lord said: “No one can come to me unless the Father draws him.”Jude affirms the truth of this here when he says that those whom the Father has loved are preserved by the Son. COMMENTARY ON JUDE.

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