1:17 But you, dear friends – recall the predictions 7 foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 8
1 tn Heb “came down.”
2 tn The verb used here means “crush by beating,” or “pounded” them. The Greek text used “cut them in pieces.”
3 tn The name “Hormah” means “destruction”; it is from the word that means “ban, devote” for either destruction or temple use.
4 tn Heb “in that hill country,” repeating the end of v. 43.
5 tn Heb “came out to meet.”
6 sn Hormah is probably Khirbet el-Meshash, 5.5 mi (9 km) west of Arad and 7.5 mi (12 km) SE of Beer Sheba. Its name is a derivative of the verb חָרָם (kharam, “to ban; to exterminate”). See Num 21:3.
7 tn Grk “words.” In conjunction with προεῖπον (proeipon), however, the meaning of the construction is that the apostles uttered prophecies.
8 sn This verse parallels 2 Pet 3:2 both conceptually and in much of the verbiage. There is one important difference, however: In 2 Pet 3:2 the prophets and apostles speak; here, just the apostles speak. This makes good sense if Jude is using 2 Peter as his main source and is urging his readers to go back to the authoritative writings, both OT and now especially NT.