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NASB | Jude 1:9 But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jude 1:9 But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil (Satan), and arguing about the body of Moses, did not dare bring an abusive condemnation against him, but [simply] said, "The Lord rebuke you!" [Deut 34:5, 6; Zech 3:2] |
Subject: Why did Satan want Moses bones? |
Bible Note: The existance of the Book of Enoch among the dead sea scrolls does not proove that Jude was quoting Enoch. It could be that the Jews held to a tradition about a prophecy of Enoch that Jude quotes perfectly under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and that the writer or writers of the book of Enoch knew of this tradition also but fabricated their version to the point of ridiculousness, as it is fairly obvious that it is a fabulous tale from writers with Greek influence. So Jude's quote of known tradition among the Jews, and the book of Enoch merge on the tradition, but Jude may not necessisarily be quoting from Enoch. The same with the mention of the Body of Moses, it is very possible that Jude was mentioning only that part of Jewish tradition that was actually true history not quoting from the Assumption of Moses, and that the writer of the Assumption of Moses had taken up their own account of the same tradition. There is no evidence that Jude was quoting from these books. The way Jude simply speaks of it as known history makes it sound more like he was speaking of known tradition among the Jews. I really do not know for sure whether he was quoting from them or not. If he was I do not believe that gives them authority as scripture anymore than when Paul quoted from Greek poets. When it comes right down to daily living, I have to believe God has preserved His Word as He said He would, If Jude quoted the book of Enoch, and Enoch is not scripture, then it only stands to reason that the revelation of what Enoch prophesied was passed down through history, before the writing of the book of enoch, and that this account was never recorded by the prophets until Jude, is simply a Divine manifestation of God keeping certain things secret until the time came. And it really does not matter much to me, because even if he was quoting from the book of Enoch, the truth that he is giving at the time is all about the coming of the Lord and judgement upon the ungodly that are teaching false doctrine. If that is what we focus on in this passage we do not really care who he is quoting, we see that this truth of Jude is in agreement with the whole Bible, where as the things in the book of enoch are not at all in agreement but gross Greek/Hebrew fables. |