Judges 13:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.c ”

Judges 13:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The language of Manoah, like that of Gideon Judges 6:18 , seems to indicate some suspicion that his visitor was more than human. The word rendered “made ready,” is also the proper word for “offeri...
Judges 13:15 - 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...
Judges 13:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a kid . a kid of the goats.
Judges 13:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. Until we shall have made ready a kid - Not knowing his quality, Manoah wish...
Judges 13:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. Let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid. The stran...
Judges 13:15 - 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 doubtles...
Judges 13:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A kid for thee. — Literally, before thy face. The narrative is closely analogous to that of the appearance of the angel to Gideon, and there is the same uncertainty in the terms used, so that we...
Judges 13:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE ANGEL IN THE FIELD Judges 13:1-18 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...
Judges 13:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Promise Fulfilled Judges 13:15-25 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...
Judges 13:15 - 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...
Judges 13:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Every step in this delightful narration, becomes more, and more interesting. Perhaps the Reader will recollect, how in similar circumstances, Abraham tried to-detain his heavenly visitor. Genesis 18...
Judges 13:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord ,.... Being satisfied with what he had said, and perceiving that he chose to say no more, and was about to depart: I pray thee let me detain thee, until...
Judges 13:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. Ver. 15. Let us detain thee, until we shall, &c. ] A prophet's rewar...
Judges 13:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Until we shall have made ready a kid He supposed him to be a man and a prophet, to whom he would in this manner express his respect, as was usual to strangers. I will not eat of thy bread That is...
Judges 13:15 - L. 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 ca...
Judges 13:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Manoah's Alarm. B. C. 1161. 15 And Manoah said unto the angel of the L ORD , I pray th...
Judges 13:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Supposing him to be a man and a prophet, to whom he would in this manner express his respect, as was usual to strangers. See Genesis 18:5 Judges 6:18 .
Judges 13:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Manoah said to the Angel of Yahweh, “I pray you, let me detain you, in order that we may make ready a kid for you.” ' Aware that his visitor, who appeared to be a man of God, was from Yahwe...
Judges 13:15 - 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 t...
Judges 13:15 - 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 contempora...
Judges 13:15 - 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 Eg...
Judges 13:15 - 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, believin...
Judges 13:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Judges 13:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Second Appearance of the Angel
Judges 13:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 18:3-5 ; Judges 6:18 ; Judges 6:19
Judges 13:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Samson Judges Israel Judges 13:11-25 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...
Judges 13:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Made ready — Supposing him to be a man and a prophet, to whom he would in this manner express his respect, as was usual to strangers.

Judges 13:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 13:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 13:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 13:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 13:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 13:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 13:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 13:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 13:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 13:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 13:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 13:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 13:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 13:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 13:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 13:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 13:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 13:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 13:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 13:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 13:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 13:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 13:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 13:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 13:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 13:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Judges 13:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes