Jude 8
Yet ( μεντο ). See Joh 4:27. In spite of these warnings.In like manner ( ομοιως ). Like the cities of the plain.
These also ( κα ουτο ). The false teachers of verse 4.
In their dreamings ( ενυπνιαζομενο ). Present middle participle of ενυπνιαζω, to dream (from ενυπνιον dream, Ac 2:17, from εν and υπνος, in sleep), in Aristotle, Hippocrates, Plutarch, papyri, LXX (Joe 2:28), here only in N.T. Cf. Col 2:18.
Defile ( μιαινουσιν ). Present active indicative of μιναινω, old verb, to stain, with sin (Tit 1:15) as here. 2Pe 2:10 has μιασμου.
Set at nought ( αθετουσιν ). Present active indicative of αθετεω, to annul. Both κυριοτης (dominion) and δοξα (dignities) occur in 2Pe 2:10, which see for discussion.
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