The interpretation timeline

Jude 1:18

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jude 1:18 · Douay-Rheims
“Who told you, that in the last time there should come mockers, walking according to their own desires in ungodlinesses.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
637
A.D.
Andreas of Caesarea Patristic
c. A.D. 563–637
“Jude got this from Peter's second letter, where he talks about Paul's writings, for Paul has a lot to say about this.”
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.