29.3

Infamous Sinners of the Past in Jude (Box 29.2)

Jude associates the intruders who have stolen into the church with six notorious examples from Jewish tradition:

• Israelites in the wilderness (v. 5; cf. Num. 14; 1 Cor. 10:1–11; Heb. 3:7–19)
• angels who mated with women on earth (v. 6; cf. Gen. 6:1–4; 1 Enoch 6–8)
• citizens of Sodom and Gomorrah (v. 7; cf. Gen. 19)
• Cain (v. 11; cf. Gen. 4:1–16; Heb. 11:4; 1 John 3:12)
• Balaam (v. 11; cf. Num. 22–24; Rev. 2:14)
• Korah (v. 11; cf. Num. 16)