2 Peter and Jude

Green’s lucid explanation of the letters’ meaning isn’t distracting. You won’t find convoluted scholarly discussions. Green’s concern is to communicate the true meaning with clarity and reliability. He examines the text section by section, draws out its main themes, comments on individual verses, and deals with sections that are difficult to interpret. [Full Review]

A bit dated now, but still a good option where options are not abundant- a pastoral, non-technical commentary on 2 Peter & Jude.

A solid commentary that feels a bit old and overly pious. The intro is solidly pro-Peter as the author of the first of the books and and pro-Jude for the second. The reasons given are solid conservative, but maybe a bit contrived. The question of why 2 Peter 2 and Jude are so similar is addressed though not much is decided save that there might have been a text from which they both drew. The commentary itself feels a bit like a sermon but often has good information and sometimes quite clever comments. It is written at a level that is usually easily understandable.

4.5 Does much to show the unity of 1 and 2 Peter in the intro and commentary. Pleasantly heavy on already and not yet concepts. Full of witty, pithy, quotable statements, which I adore in any writing. Views neither letter as having priority, but a missing source, much like Q. I would have to say his commentary on 2 Peter was better than Jude. All of it was very good really, but as a reformed guy, and fan of Jude, if you botch the 'kept' concept, you've missed about 4 references out of 25 verses.

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