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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 13:3

The angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman— The same angel as appeared to Gideon, Joshua, Moses, &c. See the observations on those appearances, Joshua 13:22 of this chapter: See also Vitringae Observat. Sacrae, tom. 1. It is observable, that some of the greatest men of the Jewish nation were born of women who had been barren; as Isaac, Samuel, and John the Baptist.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Judges 13:3. _THE ANGEL OF THE LORD_] Generally supposed to have been the same that appeared to Moses, Joshua, Gideon, c., and no other than the second person of the ever-blessed Trinity....

  • 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

    THE ANGEL. Messenger. From verses: Judges 13:18; Judges 13:19; Judges 13:22, the same that appeared to Gideon (Judges 6:12)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the angel of the Lord_ i.e. Jehovah Himself in manifestation; see on Judges 2:1. The appearance of the Angel betokens the announcement of a deliverer, as in Judges 6:12; cf. Luke 1:11;...

  • 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 APPEARED UNTO THE WOMAN, AND SAID UNTO HER, BEHOLD NOW, THOU ART BARREN, AND BEAREST NOT: BUT THOU SHALT CONCEIVE, AND BEAR A SON._ The angel of the Lord - the messenger of...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ANGEL OF THE LORD] cp. Judges 2:1; Judges 6:11. 4, 5. WINE NOR STRONG DRINK] These are forbidden to the Nazirites (Numbers 6:3), and here to the mother of the future Nazirite: cp. also...

  • 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

    THE ANGEL OF THE LORD. — On this expression see Judges 2:1. Rabbi Levi Ben Gershom says that this “messenger of the Lord” was Phinehas; but nothing can be clearer than that, as in Judges 6:11; Genesis...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֵּרָ֥א מַלְאַךְ ־יְהוָ֖ה אֶל ־הָ אִשָּׁ֑ה

  • 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 OF A NAZARITE CHAMPION Judges 13:1 The secret of Samson's strength was a puzzle to his contemporaries. Even Delilah could not account for it, Judges 16:5. Clearly, then, it did not depend...

  • 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

    Thomas says Zorah was on the border of Dan and Judah, which was close to the area the Philistines occupied. Interestingly, Dan means "a judge" and Jacob had foretold Dan would judge his people (Genesi...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Angel, in human form. Some Protestants pretend that he was "the Son of God," and yet (ver. 16) they say, "he sought not his own honour, but God's, whose messenger he was," (Bible, 1603) in which they...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    If the Reader will connect what is here said of this angel, with what is said of him in Judges 13:18, where the angel declares his name to be Secret, or as it might have been translated Wonderful: and...

  • 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 APPEARED UNTO THE WOMAN,.... According to Josephus k, it was in a plain without the city; and that he appeared in the form of a man is certain from Judges 13:6 but was not a...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou [art] barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. Ver. 3. _And the angel of the Lord,_] _i...

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

    _Of the family of the Danites_ That is, of that tribe or people. _His wife was barren, and bare not_ An emphatical repetition of the same thing in other words, which is a usual elegance both in Script...

  • 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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the Angel of the Lord, He who is equal with God in essence, who always revealed Himself when help and salvation was needed, APPEARED UNTO THE WOMAN AND SAID UNTO HER, BEHOLD, NOW, THOU ART BARREN...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE ANGEL...

  • 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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-7 Israel did evil: then God delivered them again into the hands of the Philistines. When Israel was in this distress, Samson was born. His parents had been long childless. Many eminent persons were...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE ANGEL OF THE LORD; the Son of God, oft so called in the Old Testament, as may be gathered from JUDGES 13:18, yet distinguished from the Lord, because he appeared here as it were in the form of a s...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Judges 13:3 Angel H4397 LORD H3068 appeared H7200 (H8735) woman H802 said H559 (H8799) barren H6135 children...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And the Angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman, and said to her, “Behold now, you are barren, and are unproductive, but you will conceive, and bear a son.” ' Once again, as with the needy people in J...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...

  • 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...

  • 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 13:3 THE ANGEL OF THE LORD. See note on 2:1. The angel’s identity was not revealed (Judges 13:6

  • 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

    1 Samuel 1:20; 2 Kings 4:16; Genesis 16:7; Genesis 17:16; Genesis 18:

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The angel — The Son of God, yet distinguished from the Lord, because he appeared here in the form of a servant, as a messenger sent from God. The great Redeemer did in a particular manner concern hims...

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