11/12/2023 0 Comments Perished meaning![]() ![]() The idea here seems to be, that they were guilty of insubordination of possessing a restless and dissatisfied spirit of a desire to rule, etc. The word "gainsaying" here means properly contradiction, or speaking against then controversy, question, strife then contumely, reproach, or rebellion. In the gainsaying of Core - Of Korah, Numbers 16:1-30. The word rendered "perish" (ἀπόλλυμι apollumi) is often used to denote future punishment, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 10:39 Matthew 18:14 Mark 1:24 Luke 13:3, Luke 13:5 John 3:15-16 John 10:28 2 Thessalonians 2:10 2 Peter 3:9. They are "identified" with him in their character and doom. The thought, seems to have lain in his mind in this manner: he thinks of them as having the same character as Korah, and then at once thinks of them as destroyed in the same manner, or as if it were already done. The result is so certain, that the apostle speaks of it as if it were already done. See the notes at 2 Peter 2:15.Īnd perished - They perish, or they will perish. The idea here is, that all restraint was relaxed, and that they rushed on tumultuously to any course of life that promised gain. The apostle does not specify the points in which they had imitated the example of Cain, but it was probably in such things as these - pride, haughtiness, the hatred of religion, restlessness under the restraints of virtue, envy that others were more favored, and a spirit of hatred of the brethren (compare 1 John 3:15) which would lead to murder.Īnd ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward - The word rendered "ran greedily" - (ἐξεχύθησαν exechuthēsan,) from ἐκχέω ekcheō - means to pour out and then, when spoken of persons, that they are "poured out," or that they "rush tumultuously" on an object, that is, that they give themselves up to anything. That is, they have evinced disobedience and rebellion as he did they have shown that they are proud, corrupt, and wicked. Cain, like the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrha, outraged the laws of nature Balaam, like the impure angels, despised the sovereignty of God Korah, like those who disbelieved the report of the spies, spoke evil of dignities.īarnes' Notes on the BibleWoe unto them! - See Matthew 11:21.įor they have gone in the way of Cain - Genesis 4:5-12. The triplet in this verse, like that in Jude 1:8, is parallel to the three examples of God’s vengeance, Jude 1:5-7. These libertines, like Korah treated sacred ordinances with contempt. Perished in the gainsaying of Core- i.e., through gainsaying like that of Korah referring to his speaking against Moses in the revolutionary opposition which he headed. Possibly, there may also be some allusion to Balaam’s causing the Israelites to be seduced into licentiousness ( Revelation 2:14). The allusion lies on the surface-running counter to God’s will from interested motives. Here, again, far-fetched explanations may be avoided. “the rewards of divination” ( Numbers 22:7) “they hired against thee Balaam” ( Deuteronomy 23:4 Nehemiah 13:2). “Reward” in the Greek is the genitive of price. Ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward.-The Greek for “ran greedily” literally means “they were poured out in streams ” the Greek for “error” may also mean “deception.” Hence three renderings are possible: (1) as the Authorised version (2) “they ran greedily after the deception of Balaam’s reward ” (3) “they were undone by the deception of Balaam’s reward.” The first is best. ![]() Sensuality is always selfish, but by no means always ill-natured or malignant. John 8:44, and 1John 3:15, are not strictly apposite: these ungodly men may have hated and persecuted the righteous, but St. Explanations to the effect that these libertines followed Cain by murdering men’s souls by their corrupt doctrine, or by persecuting believers, and other suggestions still more curious, are needlessly far-fetched. In the way of Cain.-The first great criminal the first to outrage the laws of nature. ![]() The past tenses immediately following are owing to the writer’s placing himself in thought at the moment when these men reap the consequences of their sins: their punishment is so certain, that he regards it as having come. Woe unto them!-An echo of Christ’s denunciations in the first three Gospels, whereby the description of these evil-doers takes for the moment a denunciatory form. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Three examples of similar wickedness: Cain, Balaam, Korah. ![]()
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