Here are a list of some of the scriptures we looked at over the last three weeks.

• John 1:1-4
• John 20:24-29
• Titus 2:11-14
• Hebrews 1:10-12 with Psalm 102:25-27
• John 12:37-43 with Isaiah 6
• Revelation 1:17-18, 21:5-7, John 4:1-15 with Isaiah 44:6-8
• Revelation 21:22-23 with Isaiah 60:19-20
• Jude 1:5
  • The reading ᾿Ιησοῦς (Iēsous, “Jesus”) is deemed too hard by several scholars, since it involves the notion of Jesus acting in the early history of the nation Israel. However, not only does this reading enjoy the strongest support from a variety of early witnesses (e.g., A B 33 81 1241 1739 1881 2344 pc vg co Or1739mg), but the plethora of variants demonstrate that scribes were uncomfortable with it, for they seemed to exchange κύριος (kurios, “Lord”) or θεός (theos, “God”) for ᾿Ιησοῦς (though 𝔓72 has the intriguing reading θεὸς Χριστός [theos Christos, “God Christ”] for ᾿Ιησοῦς). In addition to the evidence supplied in NA27 for this reading, note also {88 322 323 424c 665 915 2298 eth Cyr Hier Bede}. As difficult as the reading ᾿Ιησοῦς is, in light of v. 4 and in light of the progress of revelation (Jude being one of the last books in the NT to be composed), it is wholly appropriate.
  • sn The construction our Master and Lord, Jesus Christ in v. 4 follows Granville Sharp’s rule (see note on Lord). The construction strongly implies the deity of Christ. This is followed by a statement that Jesus was involved in the salvation (and later judgment) of the Hebrews. He is thus to be identified with the Lord God, Yahweh. Verse 5, then, simply fleshes out what is implicit in v. 4.
  • REF: Biblical Studies Press. 2019. The NET Bible. Second Edition. Denmark: Thomas Nelson.