Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 6:11
CALL OF GIDEON, Judges 6:11-24. 11. There came an angel Judges 6:14; Judges 6:16; Judges 6:22-23, show that this Angel was the manifestation of Jehovah himself, the Angel of the Covenant, who so often appeared in human form to the worthies of the Old Testament, and thus partially anticipated the incarnation of a later age, the man Christ Jesus. The prophet (Judges 6:8) came to reprove the people and show them the cause of their woes; the Angel came to commission their deliverer. Sat under... read more
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Judges 6:11
And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.In Ophrah — In Manasseh: there was another Ophrah in Benjamin, Joshua 18:23.The Abi-ezrite — Of the posterity of Abiezer.Threshed — Not with oxen, as the manner was, Deuteronomy 25:4, but with a staff to prevent discovery.Wine-press — In the place where the wine-press stood, not in the common... read more