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ἀγγέλους τε τοὺς μὴ τηρήσαντας τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἀρχὴν, ἀλλὰ ἀπολιπόντας τὸ ἴδιον οἰκητήριον εἰς κρίσιν μεγάλης ἡμέρας δεσμοῖς ἀϊδίοις ὑπὸ ζόφον τετήρηκεν

Jude 6 paints a vivid, almost apocalyptic picture of divine judgment. The Greek grammar is dense and carefully layered: participles build a charge, prepositions stack with intensity, and a perfect verb holds the entire scene in place. These fallen angels aren’t described with flourish—they’re bound in theological precision.

Grammatical Foundations

The main subject is ἀγγέλους—“angels”—with the particle τε linking it back to previous examples of judgment. Two attributive aorist participles describe them: τοὺς μὴ τηρήσαντας (“those who did not keep”) and ἀπολιπόντας (“but left”).… Learn Koine Greek