Jud 1:12 Metaphor notes #105

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Connecting Statement:
Jude uses a series of metaphors to describe the ungodly men. He tells the believers how to recognize these men when they are among them.

Correction: He was not telling how to recognize them. He was telling how dangerous and useless they are. They do not meet up to expectation.

autumn trees, without fruit—twice dead, uprooted
These words contain two metaphors for dead people and apply them both to "these people." (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

Correction: They are not metaphors for dead people. They are metaphors for ungodly people who have joined the church and pretend to be Christians.

autumn trees, without fruit
This is the first metaphor for dead people. Trees in autumn look dead because their leaves have all fallen off, as has the fruit of fruit trees. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

More likely - Just as trees in autumn should bear good fruit, people who belong to the church should do what is good and right. But the ungodly people who were pretending to be Christians could not do what is good and right.

twice dead, uprooted
This is the second metaphor for dead people. After these "autumn trees" have lost their leaves and fruit, they die their first metaphorical death. Then people uproot them, and they die their second metaphorical death. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

More likely - Trees that cannot bear fruit in season are dead. When their owners uproot them because they are useless, it is as if the trees die again. People who join the church yet deny Jesus Christ are like those trees.

**Connecting Statement:** Jude uses a series of metaphors to describe the ungodly men. He tells the believers how to recognize these men when they are among them. - Correction: He was not telling how to recognize them. He was telling how dangerous and useless they are. They do not meet up to expectation. **autumn trees, without fruit—twice dead, uprooted** These words contain two metaphors for dead people and apply them both to "these people." (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor) - Correction: They are not metaphors for dead people. They are metaphors for ungodly people who have joined the church and pretend to be Christians. **autumn trees, without fruit** This is the first metaphor for dead people. Trees in autumn look dead because their leaves have all fallen off, as has the fruit of fruit trees. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor) - More likely - Just as trees in autumn should bear good fruit, people who belong to the church should do what is good and right. But the ungodly people who were pretending to be Christians could not do what is good and right. **twice dead, uprooted** This is the second metaphor for dead people. After these "autumn trees" have lost their leaves and fruit, they die their first metaphorical death. Then people uproot them, and they die their second metaphorical death. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor) - More likely - Trees that cannot bear fruit in season are dead. When their owners uproot them because they are useless, it is as if the trees die again. People who join the church yet deny Jesus Christ are like those trees.