did. Heb. added to commit, etc. 2:11; 3:7; 4:1; 6:1; 10:6; Ro 2:6;
in the sight. Jer 13:23;
delivered. "This seems a partial captivity."
into the. 1Sa 12:9;
barren. Ge 16:1; 25:21; 1Sa 1:2-6; Lu 1:7;
the angel. 2:1; 6:11,12; Ge 16:7-13; Lu 1:11,28-38;
but thou. Ge 17:16; 18:10; 1Sa 1:20; 2Ki 4:16; Lu 1:13,31;
drink not. ver. 14; Nu 6:2,3; Lu 1:15;
eat not. Le 11:27,47; Ac 10:14;
no rasor. Nu 6:2,3,5; 1Sa 1:11;
begin. 1Sa 7:13; 2Sa 8:1; 1Ch 18:1;
A man. De 33:1; Jos 14:6; 1Sa 2:27; 9:6; 1Ki 17:18,24; 2Ki 4:9,16; 1Ti 6:11;
countenance was. Mt 28:3; Lu 9:29; Ac 6:15;
terrible. ver. 22; Ge 28:16,17; Ex 3:2,6; Da 8:17; 10:5,11; Mt 28:4; Re 1:17;
but I asked, etc. The Vulgate renders this cause very differently, the negative Not being omitted: {Quem c�m interrog�ssim 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. ver. 17,18; Ge 32:29; Lu 1:19; ver. 7;
teach us. Job 34:32; Pr 3:5,6; Ac 9:6;
hearkened. Ps 65:2; Mt 7:7-11;
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. ver. 11;
How shall we order the child. Heb. what shall be the manner of 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. what shall be his work? ver. 13;
neither. ver. 4;
all that I. De 12:32; Mt 28:20; Joh 2:5; 15:14; 2Th 3:4;
until. Manoah, not knowing the quality of his guest, wished to do this as act of hospitality.
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. ver. 23; 6:26; ver. 17;
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;
We shall. Ge 32:30; Ex 33:20; De 4:38; 5:26; Isa 6:5;
his wife. Ec 4:9,10; 1Co 12:21;
he would not. Ge 4:4,5; Ps 86:17;
he have shewed. Ps 25:14; 27:13; Pr 3:32; Joh 14:20,23; 15:15;
A.M. 2849. B.C. 1155. An. Ex. Is. 336. Samson. Heb 11:32;
the child. 1Sa 3:19; Lu 1:80; 2:52;
the Spirit. 3:10; 6:34; 11:29; 1Sa 11:6; Mt 4:1; Joh 3:34;
the camp of Dan. Heb. Mahaneh-dan, as ch. 18:12. between. 18:11; Jos 15:33;