Jude 1:9

Yet even Michael, the archangel, when, in his dispute with the devil, he was arguing about the body of Moses, did not venture to charge him with maligning, but said merely ‘The Lord rebuke you!’

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Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

In Context

8Yet in the same way these people, too, cherishing vain dreams, pollute our human nature, reject control, and malign the celestial beings.

10But these people malign whatever they do not understand; while they use such things as they know by instinct (like the animals that have no reason) for their own corruption.

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Cross References

Mark 15:29The passers-by railed at him, shaking their heads, as they said, “Ah! You who would destroy the Temple and build one in three days,

Matthew Henry on Jude 1:9-16

Contumacious Professors. ( a. d. 66.) 8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. 9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. 10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. 11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of… Read the whole commentary →

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