Judges 6:19-21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 6:20

Judges 6:20. Lay them upon this rock Undoubtedly it gave Gideon some surprise, to be commanded to dispose thus of the refreshments which he had so hospitably prepared; but as he had doubtless by this time conceived a high opinion of this unknown person, (though he had not discovered him to be an angel,) so he readily obeyed his command. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 6:21-24

Judges 6:21-24. There rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh By which he showed himself not to be a man that needed such provisions, but the Son of God; and by this instance of his omnipotency, gave him assurance that he both could and would consume the Midianites. Alas, O Lord God I am an undone man: I must die, and that speedily; for that he feared, (Judges 6:23,) according to the common opinion in that case. The Lord said unto him Perhaps by an audible voice, for it... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 6:1-40

Click image for full-size versionClick image for full-size versionGod prepares Gideon (6:1-40)Israel’s return to sinful and idolatrous ways met its punishment in the raids of the Midianites. As usual the Amalekites were pleased to join in the attack. Year by year, for seven years, the invaders rode their army of camels from the deserts of Arabia, crossed the Jordan, and raided the fields and herds of the helpless Israelites. Their attacks reached as far north as Naphtali and as far west as... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 6:19

kid = kid of the goats. unleavened. For offering: quickly made. ephah. See App-51 . a basket = the tray. Hebrew. sal, always connected with royalty, or sacrifice. a pot = the pot. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 6:20

God = Elohim. See note on Judges 6:12 , above. this = you. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 6:21

rose up fire. This fire was the token of Jehovah's acceptance. See note on "respect", Genesis 4:4 . fire = the fire. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Judges 6:19

GIDEON'S SACRIFICE WAS MIRACULOUSLY ACCEPTED; THEN HE BUILT JEHOVAH-SHALOM"And Gideon went in and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. Then the angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in his... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Judges 6:19

Judges 6:19. And Gideon—made ready, &c.— All roasted meat is a delicacy among the Arabs, and rarely eaten by them. Stewed meat likewise is only to be met with at their feasts and great tables, and is consequently a delicacy also; the common diet being only boiled meat, with rice, potage, and pilaw, stewed meat with the soup, &c. This soup, or something very much like it, we may believe was the broth which Gideon presented to the angel, whom he took for a mere mortal messenger of God. It... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Judges 6:21

Judges 6:21. Then the angel—put forth the end of the staff, &c.— This divine person, appearing, most probably, in the form of a traveller, with a staff in his hand, just touched the cakes and the flesh, &c. with that staff, when immediately fire arose up out of the rock and consumed them: a miracle, no doubt, as great as if fire had come down from heaven, as on the sacrifices which Moses, Elijah, and others offered. Thus the faith of Gideon was confirmed; he had no doubt of the Divinity... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Judges 6:19

19-23. Gideon went in, and made ready a kid; . . . the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot—(See on :-). The flesh seems to have been roasted, which is done by cutting it into kobab, that is, into small pieces, fixed on a skewer, and put before the fire. The broth was for immediate use; the other, brought in a hand-basket was intended to be a future supply to the traveller. The miraculous fire that consumed it and the vanishing of the stranger, not by walking, but as a... read more

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