Judg 13 | TSK | STEP | Israel is delivered into the hands of Philistines. An angel appears to Manoah's wife. The angel appears to Manoah. Manoah's sacrifices, whereby the angel is discovered. Samson is born. did. Heb. added to commit, etc. in the sight. delivered."This seems a partial captivity." into the.

but I asked, etc.The Vulgate renders this cause very differently, the negative Not being omitted: {Quem cùm interrogâssim quis esset, et unde venisset, et quo nomine vocaretur, noluit mihi dicere; sed hoc respondit, etc; "Whom when I asked who he was, and whence he came, and by what name he was called, would not tell me: but this he said," etc. The negative is also wanting in the Septuagint, as it is in the Complutensian Polyglott; [kai erouton auton pothen estin, kai to onoma auton, ouk apengeilen moi.] "And I asked him whence he was, and his name, but he did not tell me." This is also the reading of the Codex Alexandrinus; but the Septuagint in the London Polyglott, the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, read the negative particle with the Hebrew text: I asked Not his name, etc.

his name.

17,18; Ge 32:29; Lu 1:19

teach us.

Job 34:32; Pr 3:5,6; Ac 9:6

hearkened.

Ps 65:2; Mt 7:7-11

Behold.

Joh 1:41,42; 4:28,29

the other day.{Byyom,} rather, "in this day," or "to-day," for the word other is not in the original, and it is probably that the angel appeared in the morning and evening of the same day.

How shall we order the child. Heb. what shall be the mannerof the child?

Ge 18:19; Pr 4:4; 22:6; Eph 6:4

how shall we do unto him. or, what shall he do? Heb. whatshall be his work?

neither.

all that I.

De 12:32; Mt 28:20; Joh 2:5; 15:14; 2Th 3:4

let us.

6:18,19; Ge 18:3-5

until.Manoah, not knowing the quality of his guest, wished to do this as act of hospitality.

for thee. Heb. before thee.

I will not.As I am a spiritual being, I subsist not by earthly food; and cannot partake of your bounty.

and if, etc.Rather, "but if thou wilt offer," etc.

unto thee.

23; 6:26

Why askest.

6; Ge 32:29

secret. or, wonderful.It was because his name was secret that Manoah wished to know it. But the angel does not say it was secret, but {hoo pailee,} "it is wonderful;" the very character given to the Messiah: "His name shall be called {pailai,} Wonderful," Isa 9:6.

took.

6:19,20; 1Ki 18:30-38

did wondrously.He acted according to His Name: He, being wonderful, performed wonders; probably causing fire to arise out of the rock and consume the sacrifice, and then ascended in the flame.

6:21; 1Ki 18:38

when the flame.

2Ki 2:11; Ps 47:5; Heb 1:3

fell on.

Ge 17:3; Le 9:24; 1Ch 21:16,26; Eze 1:26,28; Da 10:9; Mt 17:6

knew.

6:22; Ho 12:4,5

We shall.

Ge 32:30; Ex 33:20; De 4:38; 5:26; Isa 6:5

we have.

Joh 1:18; 5:37

his wife.