Tempted of the Devil and Jesus’ claim to being God.

“...one rather dubious Greek manuscript”? And this manuscript is to be identified as...?

The following two greek uncial manuscripts display the nomen sacra, ⲓ̅ⲥ̅, used for Jesus:

Codex Vaticanus (c. 325)

“ⲩ̈ⲡⲟⲙⲛⲏⲥⲁⲓⲇⲉⲩ̈ⲙⲁⲥⲃⲟⲩⲗⲟⲙⲁⲓⲉⲓⲇⲟⲧⲁⲥⲩⲙⲁⲥⲁⲡⲁⲝⲡⲁⲛⲧⲁⲟⲧⲓ ⲓ̅ⲥ̅ⲗⲁⲟⲛⲉⲕ” (Jude 1:5)

Codex Alexandrinus (c. 425)

“ⲩ̈ⲡⲟⲙⲛⲏⲥⲁⲓⲇⲉⲩ̈ⲙⲁⲥⲂⲟⲩⲗⲟⲙⲁⲓⲉⲓⲇⲟⲧⲁⲥⲁⲡⲁⲝⲡⲁⲛⲧⲁⲟⲧⲓ ⲓ̅ⲥ̅ⲗⲁⲟⲛⲉⲕ” (Jude 1:5)

Prior to the time of these above two manuscripts Justin Martyr had this to say in his writing (c. 155): “For all we out of all nations do expect not Judah, but Jesus, who led your fathers out of Egypt.” (Trypho 1:120)

The above quote demonstrates Justin’s familiarity with the Jude 5 passage reading of “Jesus” – a century and a half earlier than what we have extant in manuscript witness.  

Moreover, this would push backward to an earlier point in time for the existence of a source text reading “Jesus“ at Jude 5 as Justin’s statement is framed as if this is common knowledge at his time of writing (c. 155).

For additional excitement in the text critical domain:

𝔓72 (c. 300)

“ⲩⲡⲟⲙⲛⲏⲥⲉⲇⲉⲩⲙⲁⲥⲃⲟⲩⲗⲟⲙⲁⲓⲉⲓⲇⲟⲧⲁⲥⲁⲡⲁⲝⲡⲁⲛⲧⲁⲥⲟⲧⲓⲑ̅ⲥ̅ⲭ̅ⲣ̅ⲥ̅ⲗⲁⲟⲛⲉⲅ” (Jude 1:5) 

The above is intriguing, to me, as the scribe has written the nomen sacra ⲑ̅ⲥ̅ ⲭ̅ⲣ̅ⲥ, “God (the) Christ” or “Christ God“, led the people out of Egypt.  

This is intriguing in part, due to the unique reading; but also in part, because this scribe will have been using, as was custom, an exemplar (or two) to copy this text from.  

The only other papyri with Jude 5:

𝔓78 (c. 300)

“ⲩ̈ⲡⲟⲙⲛⲏⲥⲁⲓⲇⲉⲩ̈ⲙⲁⲥⲃⲟⲩⲗⲟⲙⲉⲁⲇⲉⲗⲫⲟ̣ⲓ̣” (Jude 1:5)

Unfortunately, this papyri is missing the majority of the text; however, what we have reads “now I want to remind you brothers” – the only extant text with this variant ⲁⲇⲉⲗⲫⲟ̣ⲓ̣ (brothers).  

I believe the above summarizes the early textual attestation to the reading of Jesus in the Jude passage.

The above nicely shows how "dubious" the rendering "Jesus" in place of "the Lord" really is ....

One only needs to read the OT records from Exo - Deu which have the actual records of the exodus of Israel from the land of Egypt to know that it was not Jesus but YHWH, the Lord God Almighty, who when the time was fulfilled sent His only begotten Son, Jesus, Who saved the Israelites from Egypt and Who later caused the unbelieving rebellious generation of Israelites to perish in the desert.

Who would think that the reading "Jesus" in Jude 5 could be correct, when the OT records tell differently? The error is caused by a certain reading in mss from early on when ideas of Jesus=God began infiltrating Christendom.