[B-Greek] Jude 1:7

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sat May 7 21:14:23 EDT 2011


I think Philipps got it wrong. It does not concern "these men today" 
(directly).  It is rather comparing Sodom and Gomorrah to the angels.  The 
understanding (in the Genesis account and more explicitly in the apocalyptic 
literature (see 1 Enoch) are understood to have cohabited with human females so 
that there were two unlike species involved.  The analogy breaks down somewhat 
since I feel certain that Jude is alluding to homosexuality rather than to a 
commingling of two differing species.  The idea is that it is an unnatural 
relationship.  Philips simply makes Jude's point overly explicit.  


 george
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Subject: [B-Greek] Jude 1:7


Jude 1:7

hWS SODOMA KAI GOMORRA KAI hAI PERI hAUTAS POLEIS TON hOMOION TROPON TOUTOIS 
EKPORNEUSASAI KAI APELQOUSAI OPISW SARKOS ETERAS PROKEINTAI DEIGMA PUROS AIWNIOU 
DIKHN hUPEXOUSAI

The NET Bible and Phillips seem at odds on the translation.  The others seem 
like they want to straddle the fence.  What is the sense of the Greek?

KJV
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving 
themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for 
an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

NET Bible
So also  Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in 
sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire  in a way similar to  these 
angels,  are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal 
fire.

Phillips
Sodom and Gomorrah and the adjacent cities who, in the same way as these men 
today, gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion, stand in their 
punishment as a permanent warning

Rotherham Emphasized Bible
As, Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having in like manner to 
these given themselves over to fornication, and gone away after other kind of 
flesh, lie exposed as an example, a penalty of age-abiding fire, undergoing.

NIV
In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves 
up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who 
suffer the punishment of eternal fire.

Roger Hutchinson


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