Was the Epistle of Jude written by the brother of Jesus?

Answer 1

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The General Epistle of Jude was clearly written some time during the second century, in spite of being signed as by Jude, whether the apostle Jude or the brother of Jesus.

Verse 17 tells us that the apostles had spoken of these things beforehand, verse 18-19 speak of things that were once told about the mockers of Jude's time, while verse 3 tells us that the Christian faith was once (long ago) passed on to the saints, all of which confirm that this epistle was written during the second century.

Answer 2

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The General Epistle of Jude does not say where Jude was at the time of writing. It does not say directly whether the author was the apostle Jude or Jude, the brother of Jesus, but in verse 17 speaks of the apostles as if the author was not one of them. Verse 17 also tells us that the apostles had spoken of these things beforehand, verse 18-19 speak of things that were once told about the mockers of Jude's time, while verse 3 tells us that the Christian faith was once (long ago) passed on to the saints, all of which confirm that this epistle was written during the second century.

Whichever Jude was supposedly the author - the apostle or the brother of Jesus - was long dead and buried when this epistle was written.

Answer 3

The writer of the Epistle was Jude, as verse 1 states: "Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called." He was a brother of James and half-brother of Jesus. He did not accept that his brother was indeed Christ until after the Resurrection.

AnswerThe author it is unknown.

AnswerActually Jude wrote the book of Jude in about 65C,E. and is part of the New Testament it was written in Palestine

Answer 4

The author of Jude intended the epistle to be read as if written by Jude in the first century. However it is almost universally regarded by biblical scholars as having been written by an anonymous author in the second century CE. The author stands with his readers and looks towards the past and says that they, his readers, "must remember the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ," clear evidence that he was writing long after the time of the apostles and that he himself was not an apostle. He even goes on to say, "For they [the apostles] said to you, 'In the last time there will be scoffers'" (Jude l7‑18).

We do not know who actually wrote the Epistle of Jude, but it was not the brother of Jesus.

Answer 5

Neither the apostle Jude nor Jude the brother of Jesus actually wrote a book that is in the New Testament. However an epistle was written in the name of Jude, whether the apostle of the brother of Jesus is uncertain.

The author of The General Epistle of Jude intends the epistle to be read as if written by Jude in the first century, yet he stands with his readers and looks towards the past and says that they, his readers, "must remember the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ." He even goes on to say, "For they[the apostles] said to you, 'In the last time there will be scoffers'" (Jude l7‑18). The first citation shows that the epistle was written long after the time of the apostles; the second confirms that the author himself was not an apostle and shows that he was writing about things said long ago. Since Jude was clearly intended to be read as if written long before its time, it is a matter of sloppy literary production for its author to make its late authorship so obvious. We do not know who its anonymous author was.

Answer 6

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The General Epistle of Jude does not say directly whether the author was the apostle Jude or Jude, the brother of Jesus, but does say in verse 1 that his brother was named James. Verse 1 also says that the author, Jude, the 'slave' of Jesus, when a brother would naturally mention his relationship to Jesus, so this surely rules him out as the brother (or half-brother) of Jesus. Verse 17 speaks of the apostles as if the author was not one of them, so this also rules out Jude as the apostle Jude.

Verse 17 also tells us that the apostles had spoken of these things beforehand, verse 18-19 speak of things that were once told about the mockers of Jude's time, while verse 3 tells us that the Christian faith was once (long ago) passed on to the saints, all of which confirm that this epistle was written during the second century, long after the apostles and the brothers of Jesus were dead.

The Epistle of Jude was written pseudepigraphically, but the author carelessly failed to make clear which Jude he wanted to represent himself as.

Answer 7

The New Testament book known as the General Epistle of Jude was written pseudepigraphically ("Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James") in the second century. Burton L. Mack (Who Wrote the New Testament) says. "The attribution of a letter to Jude is inexplicable. All the other names must have already been taken."

The author intends the epistle to be read as if written by Jude in the first century, yet he carelessly asks his readers to look towards the past and says that they "must remember the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ." He even goes on to say, "For they [the apostles] said to you, 'In the last time there will be scoffers'" (Jude l7‑18).