士師記 13:15-16 JC

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Judges 13:8-23

Manoah, believing, yet desirous of confirmation, prays that the “Man of God” may return, and is heardJudges 13:8-23.8Then [And] Manoah entreated the Lord [Jehovah], and said, O my Lord [Pray, Lord—cf. Judges 6:15], let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.4 9And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Judges 13:15-25

the Promise Fulfilled Judges 13:15-25 Manoah’s wife comforted her husband with admirable tact. How often her words come back to us, at the different stages of life! The fact that God continues to bless and use, to answer prayer and give revelations of Himself, may be quoted as a reason for believing that He has not cast us off. Would He have showed us such things as these and then kill us? His love in time past forbids us to think so. Samson means sunny . A happy, laughing lad, with his... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Judges 13:1-25

Once again we read that "Israel again did that which was evil," and once again they were delivered to discipline at the hands of their enemies. In this connection we have one of the strangest stories of the Old Testament, the story of Samson. It is the story of a great opportunity and a disastrous failure in the case of a man who might have wrought a great deliverance but failed. Everything would seem to have been in his favor. His birth was foretold by an angel visitor. The foretelling led... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Judges 13:11-25

Samson Judges Israel Judges 13:11-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The period of the Judges revealed times immediately following the death of Joshua. 1. The period of the Judges, as a whole, is summed up thus. (1) "And the Children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord." (2) "And the Lord sold them into the hand of * *." (3) "And the Children of Israel cried unto the Lord." (4) "And the Lord raised up * * to deliver them." Time and again these four things were said of Israel. They sinned; God... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 13:15

‘ And Manoah said to the Angel of Yahweh, “I pray you, let me detain you, in order that we may make ready a kid for you.” ’ Aware that his visitor, who appeared to be a man of God, was from Yahweh, although not yet aware of precisely Who He was, Manoah sought to extend hospitality to him. This was a natural reaction in those days when travellers were dependent on hospitality for provision. Manoah desired to honour Him fully. Compare Gideon (Judges 6:18). read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 13:16

‘ And the Angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, “Though you detain me, I will not eat of your bread, and if you will make ready a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh.” For Manoah did not know that he was the Angel of Yahweh.’ The Angel replied that He would not eat food even if it were brought. This would often be a sign of hostility, but in this case should rather have suggested to Manoah the urgency of his errand and that he had come from an untainted place (compare 1 Kings 13:8-9; 1 Kings... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 13:1-24

Judges 13:1-Jeremiah : . The Birth of Samson. Judges 13:1 . D’ s usual introduction. Judges 13:2 . Zorah (p. 31) is now Sar’ a, 800 ft. above the valley of Sorek (Wady es-Surâ r), 17 m. W. of Jerusalem. In Joshua 15:33 and 2 Chronicles 11:16 it is no longer Danite, but Judahite, evidently because the Danites of the town had moved to the north (Judges 18). Judges 13:3 . On the angel of the Lord see 21*. The words “ but thou shalt conceive and bear a son” belong to Judges 13:5, and should be... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Judges 13:15

Supposing him to be a man and a prophet, to whom he would in this manner express his respect, as was usual to strangers. See Genesis 18:5; Judges 6:18. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Judges 13:16

Bread, i.e. meat, as bread is commonly taken in Scripture. Unto the Lord; not unto a man, as now thou apprehendest me to be; but unto the Lord, as thou wilt by and by perceive me to be. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Judges 13:1-25

NEW OPPRESSORS AND A NEW DELIVERERIn fixing the date at which Samson appeared, it must be remembered that great diversity of opinion exists, as to the exact chronology of the whole period between the exodus from Egypt, and the building of Solomon’s temple. The entire duration of that period, we are informed in 1 Kings 6:1, was spanned by 480 years. But how to allot the various sections, into which it was divided, forms a puzzling problem. Upwards of 50 different calculations have been made, and... read more