The Use of Jude
The Use of Jude
It is argued that an apostle would not have made use of a writing by a nonapostolic person, and this writer’s use of Jude thus rules out the possibility of Peter’s being the author. But there are two assumptions here. The first is that Jude is the source of the corresponding passages in 2 Peter. This is not impossible, but it is not certain, and some have felt that the dependence was the other way (see the discussion below in Relation of 2 Peter to Jude). The second assumption is that an apostle would not use a nonapostolic writing. But we are in no position to say what writings an apostle would or would not use. There is no reason for holding that Peter would not incorporate any useful words, no matter where he found them.