Judges 13:18

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 mankind.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

secret. Hebrew wonderful. Same as Isaiah 9:6 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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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...
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The Biblical Illustrator

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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¹⁸ And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?

Related Commentaries of Judges 13:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 13:18