And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and [he had] nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
Ver. 6. And he rent him as he would have rent a kid.] So did the Lord Christ subdue the devil in the desert, Matthew 4:4 ; Matthew 4:7 ; Mat 4:10-11 whereof David also was a type, when he slew the lion and the bear. 1Sa 17:36
And he had nothing in his hand.] But so had Hercules, when he killed a lion and a bear, as the poets sing of him, and Lysimachus, one of Alexander's worthies. Polydamus, Milo Crotonitates, and others are famous for their strength, but none comparable to Samson, the Church's champion.
But he told not his father.] As some braggart would have done: this was his modesty. And it may be he feared to be chidden by his parents, for his rashness in this exploit.