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Selected Verse: Judges 13:15 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Jud 13:15 |
Strong Concordance |
And Manoah [04495] said [0559] unto the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068], I pray thee, let us detain [06113] thee, until we shall have made ready [06213] a kid [01423] [05795] for [06440] thee. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
MANOAH'S SACRIFICE. (Jdg 13:15-23)
Manoah said unto the angel . . ., I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid--The stranger declined the intended hospitality and intimated that if the meat were to be an offering, it must be presented to the Lord [Jdg 13:6]. Manoah needed this instruction, for his purpose was to offer the prepared viands to him, not as the Lord, but as what he imagined him to be, not even an angel (Jdg 13:16), but a prophet or merely human messenger. It was on this account, and not as rejecting divine honors, that he spoke in this manner to Manoah. The angel's language was exactly similar to that of our Lord (Mat 19:17). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The language of Manoah, like that of Gideon Jdg 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 "offering a sacrifice," and is so used by the Angel in the next verse. By which it appears that the Angel understood Manoah to speak of offering a kid as a burnt-offering. Hence, his caution, "thou must offer it unto the Lord." (Compare Rev 19:10; Rev 22:8; Act 10:25-26.) |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| As Manoah had not yet recognised in the man the angel of the Lord, as is observed by way of explanation in Jdg 13:16, he wished, like Gideon (Jdg 6:18), to give a hospitable entertainment to the man who had brought him such joyful tidings, and therefore said to him, "Let us detain thee, and prepare a kid for thee." The construction לפניך נעשׂה is a pregnant one: "prepare and set before thee." On the fact itself, see Jdg 6:19. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| 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. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Until we shall have made ready a kid - Not knowing his quality, Manoah wished to do this as an act of hospitality. |
17 And [1161] he said [2036] unto him [846], Why [5101] callest thou [3004] me [3165] good [18]? there is none [3762] good [18] but [1508] one [1520], that is, God [2316]: but [1161] if [1487] thou wilt [2309] enter [1525] into [1519] life [2222], keep [5083] the commandments [1785].
16 And the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Manoah [04495], Though thou detain [06113] me, I will not eat [0398] of thy bread [03899]: and if [0518] thou wilt offer [06213] a burnt offering [05930], thou must offer [05927] it unto the LORD [03068]. For Manoah [04495] knew [03045] not that he was an angel [04397] of the LORD [03068].
6 Then the woman [0802] came [0935] and told [0559] her husband [0376], saying [0559], A man [0376] of God [0430] came [0935] unto me, and his countenance [04758] was like the countenance [04758] of an angel [04397] of God [0430], very [03966] terrible [03372]: but I asked [07592] him not whence he was, neither told [05046] he me his name [08034]:
15 And Manoah [04495] said [0559] unto the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068], I pray thee, let us detain [06113] thee, until we shall have made ready [06213] a kid [01423] [05795] for [06440] thee.
16 And the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Manoah [04495], Though thou detain [06113] me, I will not eat [0398] of thy bread [03899]: and if [0518] thou wilt offer [06213] a burnt offering [05930], thou must offer [05927] it unto the LORD [03068]. For Manoah [04495] knew [03045] not that he was an angel [04397] of the LORD [03068].
17 And Manoah [04495] said [0559] unto the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068], What is thy name [08034], that when thy sayings [01697] come to pass [0935] we may do thee honour [03513]?
18 And the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto him, Why askest [07592] thou thus after my name [08034], seeing it is secret [06383] [06383]?
19 So Manoah [04495] took [03947] a kid [01423] [05795] with a meat offering [04503], and offered [05927] it upon a rock [06697] unto the LORD [03068]: and the angel did [06213] wondrously [06381]; and Manoah [04495] and his wife [0802] looked on [07200].
20 For it came to pass, when the flame [03851] went up [05927] toward heaven [08064] from off the altar [04196], that the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] ascended [05927] in the flame [03851] of the altar [04196]. And Manoah [04495] and his wife [0802] looked on [07200] it, and fell on [05307] their faces [06440] to the ground [0776].
21 But the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] did no more [03254] appear [07200] to Manoah [04495] and to his wife [0802]. Then Manoah [04495] knew [03045] that he was an angel [04397] of the LORD [03068].
22 And Manoah [04495] said [0559] unto his wife [0802], We shall surely [04191] die [04191], because we have seen [07200] God [0430].
23 But his wife [0802] said [0559] unto him, If [03863] the LORD [03068] were pleased [02654] to kill [04191] us, he would not have received [03947] a burnt offering [05930] and a meat offering [04503] at our hands [03027], neither would he have shewed [07200] us all these things, nor would as at this time [06256] have told [08085] us such things as these [02063].
25 And [1161] as [5613] Peter [4074] was [1096] coming in [1525], Cornelius [2883] met [4876] him [846], and fell down [4098] at [1909] his feet [4228], and worshipped [4352] him.
26 But [1161] Peter [4074] took [1453] him [846] up [1453], saying [3004], Stand up [450]; I [2504] myself [846] also [2504] am [1510] a man [444].
8 And [2532] I [1473] John [2491] saw [991] these things [5023], and [2532] heard [191] them. And [2532] when [3753] I had heard [191] and [2532] seen [991], I fell down [4098] to worship [4352] before [1715] the feet [4228] of the angel [32] which [3588] shewed [1166] me [3427] these things [5023].
10 And [2532] I fell [4098] at [1715] his [846] feet [4228] to worship [4352] him [846]. And [2532] he said [3004] unto me [3427], See [3708] thou do it not [3361]: I am [1510] thy [4675] fellowservant [4889], and [2532] of thy [4675] brethren [80] that have [2192] the testimony [3141] of Jesus [2424]: worship [4352] God [2316]: for [1063] the testimony [3141] of Jesus [2424] is [2076] the spirit [4151] of prophecy [4394].
18 Depart [04185] not hence, I pray thee, until I come [0935] unto thee, and bring forth [03318] my present [04503], and set [03240] it before [06440] thee. And he said [0559], I will tarry [03427] until thou come again [07725].
19 And Gideon [01439] went in [0935], and made ready [06213] a kid [05795] [01423], and unleavened cakes [04682] of an ephah [0374] of flour [07058]: the flesh [01320] he put [07760] in a basket [05536], and he put [07760] the broth [04839] in a pot [06517], and brought it out [03318] unto him under the oak [0424], and presented [05066] it.
18 Depart [04185] not hence, I pray thee, until I come [0935] unto thee, and bring forth [03318] my present [04503], and set [03240] it before [06440] thee. And he said [0559], I will tarry [03427] until thou come again [07725].
16 And the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Manoah [04495], Though thou detain [06113] me, I will not eat [0398] of thy bread [03899]: and if [0518] thou wilt offer [06213] a burnt offering [05930], thou must offer [05927] it unto the LORD [03068]. For Manoah [04495] knew [03045] not that he was an angel [04397] of the LORD [03068].