Judges 13:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: ”

Judges 13:4 - 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 13:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

drink. Compare Numbers 6:2 ; Numbers 6:3 .
Judges 13:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing : Beware - drink not wine - As Samson was designed to be a Nazarite from the womb, it was necess...
Judges 13:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Now, therefore, beware, &c.— As Samson was to be a perfect Nazarite unto God, from the womb to the day of his death, Joshua 13:7 his mother is commanded to live as the Nazarites did, ( Numb...
Judges 13:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: No JFB commentary on this verse.
Judges 13:4 - 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 13:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Drink not wine. — The mother is to share for a time in part of the Nazarite vow. Strong drink. — Sheekar (LXX., Sikera ) means intoxicating liquor not made from grapes ( Luke 1:15 ). Eat...
Judges 13:4 - 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 13:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Promise of a Nazarite Champion Judges 13:1-14 The secret of Samson's strength was a puzzle to his contemporaries. Even Delilah could not account for it, Judges 16:5-6 . Clearly, then, it d...
Judges 13:4 - 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 13:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There is somewhat peculiarly interesting in the law of the Nazarites. The separation, or the being sanctified, and set apart to the Lord, carried with it a matter of great moment. And hence Moses app...
Judges 13:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink ,.... Any liquor inebriating and intoxicating, neither new wine nor old wine, as the Targum, and so Jarchi; the reason of this...
Judges 13:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean [thing]: Ver. 4. Now therefore beware, I pray thee. ] Since he must draw nourishment from thee, both...
Judges 13:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now therefore beware She was to conform to the manner of life observed by the Nazarites, while she carried her infant in her womb, and perhaps while she nursed him; because, as it follows in the ne...
Judges 13:4 - 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 13:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

An Angel Appears to Manoah's Wife. B. C. 1161. 1 And the children of Israel did evil aga...
Judges 13:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Beware, I pray thee; because the child was to be a Nazarite from the womb, Judges 13:5 , and from the conception; and because the mother's pollution extends to the child, she is enjoined from th...
Judges 13:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Now therefore beware, I pray you, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing. For, lo, you will conceive and bear a son, and no razor shall come on his head, for the child...
Judges 13:4 - 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 13:4 - 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 contempora...
Judges 13:4 - 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 13:4 - 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 13:4 - 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 13:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The First Appearance of the Angel
Judges 13:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 10:14 ; Judges 13:14 ; Leviticus 11:27 ; Leviticus 11:47 ; Luke 1:15 ; Numbers 6:2 ; Numbers 6:3
Judges 13:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Beware — Because the child was to be a Nazarite from the womb, Judges 13:5 , and from the conception; and because the mother's pollution extends to the child, she is enjoined from this time to obs...

Judges 13:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 13:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 13:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 13:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 13:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 13:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 13:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 13:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 13:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 13:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 13:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 13:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 13:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 13:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 13:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 13:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 13:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 13:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 13:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 13:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 13:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 13:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 13:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 13:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 13:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 13:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes