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Judges 13:18

And the Angel of the Lord said unto him, Why askest thou thus after My name, seeing it is secret? The great name of the heavenly Visitor was Peli, that is, Wonderful, the God of wonders, Isaiah 9:6 (5) A miracle He performed here before Manoah and his wife, but a far greater miracle was to be performed in the future, when He whose name is Wonderful would be born of a virgin.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Judges 13:18. _SEEING IT_ IS _SECRET?_] It was because it was _secret_ that they wished to know it. The angel does not say that it was _secret_, but הוא פלאי _hu peli, it is WONDERFUL_; the ver...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SECRET - Rather, “wonderful,” as in the margin. In Judges 13:19 the Angel “did wondrously,” probably as the Angel that Appeared to Gideon had done, bringing fire from the rock. See the marginal refere...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    6. SIXTH DECLENSION: UNDER THE PHILISTINES AND SAMSON CHAPTER 13 _ 1. Israel delivered to the Philistines (Judges 13:1)_ 2. Manoah and his wife (Judges 13:2) 3. Samson born (Judges 13:24) The sixt...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SECRET. Hebrew wonderful. Same as Isaiah 9:6....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Wherefore … my name_ The same words in Genesis 32:29. Manoah's question is not answered, for to reveal the name is to reveal the essential nature and attributes, Exodus 3:15; Exodus 34:5-7; cf....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    SEEING IT IS SECRET— More properly rendered in the margin, _wonderful;_ compare Isaiah 9:6 where this same name of wonderful is applied to Christ, the wonderful _Word_ incarnate for the redemption of...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    Samson of Dan Judges 13:1 to Judges 16:31 _The Birth of Samson Judges 13:1-25_ And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Phi...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, WHY ASKEST THOU THUS AFTER MY NAME, SEEING IT IS SECRET?_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SECRET] RV 'wonderful,' i.e. above your comprehension; cp. Genesis 32:29....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE STORY OF SAMSON Except for Judges 15:20 and Judges 16:31, Samson has none of the characteristics of a Judge. His exploits against the Philistines are all solitary, and though they doubtless afford...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 13 In total, there were 12 judges in the book called Judges. Samson was the last one. The story about him shows that matters had got much worse. Peo...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SEEING IT IS SECRET. — The word _is peli,_ which in Isaiah 9:5 is rendered “wonderful.” The word is an adjective, not the actual name of the angel. The only angel who names himself in Scripture is Gab...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר לֹו֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה לָ֥מָּה זּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE ANGEL IN THE FIELD Judges 13:1 IN our ignorance not in our knowledge, in our blindness not in our light, we call nature secular and think of the ordinary course of events as a series of cold oper...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE PROMISE FULFILLED Judges 13:15 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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    The one who took a Nazarite vow was not to partake of the fruit of grape vines at all. The hair was not to be cut until the time of the vow was completed when it would be shaved and burned before the...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Wonderful. Hebrew Peli. Some have concluded that this was the proper name of the angel, as it is one of the titles of the Messias, Isaias ix. 6. But it is more probable that the angel did not reveal h...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Jacob felt the same desire, in the interview he had with the angel Genesis 32:29. Reader! what a mercy is it, to you and to me, that that name, which is now so dear to his people, is no longer secret....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Samson, as a type, sets before us the principle of Nazariteship, entire separation to God, the source of strength in conflict with our enemies, looked at as enemies who seek to gain the upper hand amo...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM,.... Being so importunate, and pressing upon him; WHY ASKEST THOU THUS AFTER MY NAME, SEEING IT IS SECRET? and not to be known; as his nature and essence as a...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it [is] secret? Ver. 18. _Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?_] Or, Wonderful, that is, incomp...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Jdg. 13:18. "Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?" (= wonderful). This argues that this is the same person spoken of in Isaiah 9:6 - "To us a child," etc., "_ Wonderful_," which is...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _That when thy sayings come to pass, we may do thee honour_ Either by making honourable mention of thee, or by showing respect to thee by a present, such as they usually gave to prophets. _Seeing it i...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Israel is in the hand of the Philistines. 2 An Angel appeareth to Manoahs wife. 8 The Angel appeareth to Manoah. 15 Manoahs sacrifice, whereby the Angel is discouered. 24 Samson is borne. 1 AND...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    AMSON'S BIRTH PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED (vv. 1-25) After this, because of Israel's further disobedience, the Lord brought them under bondage to the Philistines for forty long years (v. 1). In this case...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SECRET: Or, wonderful...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-23 What Manoah asked for instruction in his duty, he was readily told; but what he asked to gratify his curiosity, was denied. God has in his word given full directions concerning our duty, but ne...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Or, HIDDEN from mortal men; or, _wonderful_, such as thou canst not comprehend; my nature or essence (which is oft signified by _name_ in Scripture) is incomprehensible. This shows that this was the A...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Judges 13:18 Angel H4397 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) ask H7592 (H8799) name H8034 wonderful H6383 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And the Angel of Yahweh said to him, “Why do you ask after my name, seeing it is Wonderful?” ' This may mean that His name was ‘beyond knowing', because He was beyond knowing in His essence, absolut...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Judges 13:16 I. We must first ask what principles, regarding the way in which God works deliverance for man, were taught by Samson. (1) The first principle impressed on the minds of his contemporaries...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Judges 13:18 I. It is clear that this angel was in human form, for twice Manoah's wife, twice Manoah, and once the history itself calls him "man" or "man of God." And yet the Deity of this man is as p...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Parents of Samson and Samson's birth. CHARACTERS: God, Angel (Jesus), Holy Spirit, Manoah. CONCLUSION: A promise is given to try our faith and a precept to try our obedience for God requir...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Judges 13:1. _Forty years._ There are no exact dates of the commencement and termination of this servitude. Therefore to harmonize it with the four hundred and eighty years from the going out of Egypt...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Manoah; and his wife._ THE ANGELIC APPEARANCES TO MANOAH AND HIS WIFE I. The unknown visitor. Manoah’s wife was just the woman to be visited by an angel--bold, energetic, large-hearted, believing....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 13:1__ Samson was the twelfth and last judge. He lived around the beginning of the eleventh century B.C., about 50 years before Saul became king. His physical strength was unpara...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 13:18 WONDERFUL. Or “incomprehensible.” ⇐ ⇔...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    NEW OPPRESSORS AND A NEW DELIVERER In 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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JUDGES 13:1 DID EVIL AGAIN. It by no means follows from this phrase that this chapter is in direct chronological sequence to the preceding The scene is shifted to the tribe of Dan, and to...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    [Now, again] The children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years. There was a certain man from Zorah, he was o...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Genesis 32:29; Judges 13:6...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    SAMSON JUDGES ISRAEL Judges 13:11 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. ...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Secret — Hidden from mortal men: or, wonderful, such as thou canst not comprehend: my nature and essence, (which is often signified by name in scripture) is incomprehensible. This shews, that this was...

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