George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Judges 13:23
Come. The wife of Manue allays his fears with great prudence, as she observes that God had just promised them a son. (Haydock)
Come. The wife of Manue allays his fears with great prudence, as she observes that God had just promised them a son. (Haydock)
Verse Judges 13:23. _IF THE LORD WERE PLEASED TO KILL US, C._] This is excellent reasoning, and may be of great use to every truly religious mind, in cloudy and dark dispensations of Divine Providenc...
6. SIXTH DECLENSION: UNDER THE PHILISTINES AND SAMSON CHAPTER 13 _ 1. Israel delivered to the Philistines (Judges 13:1)_ 2. Manoah and his wife (Judges 13:2) 3. Samson born (Judges 13:24) The sixt...
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 15:33 and...
RECEIVED. It is the acceptance of our Substitute by God which saves, not our acceptance of Him. This was sound reasoning....
_at this time_ lit. _at_(_about) the time_, an unusual expression, rendered _now_in Judges 21:22; Numbers 23:23; cf. _at_(_about) the day_= _now_1 Samuel 9:27;...
DISCOURSE: 273 MANOAH’S VISION Judges 13:22._ And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would n...
IF THE LORD WERE PLEASED TO KILL US, HE WOULD NOT HAVE RECEIVED A BURNT-OFFERING AND A MEAT-OFFERING AT OUR HANDS, &C.— Such was the argumentation of Manoah's wife against the fear and diffidence of h...
Samson of Dan Judges 13:1 to Judges 16:31 _The Birth of Samson Judges 13:1-25_ And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Phi...
_BUT HIS WIFE SAID UNTO HIM, IF THE LORD WERE PLEASED TO KILL US, HE WOULD NOT HAVE RECEIVED A BURNT OFFERING AND A MEAT OFFERING AT OUR HANDS, NEITHER WOULD HE HAVE SHEWED US ALL THESE THINGS, NOR WO...
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 doubtless afford...
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 13 In total, there were 12 judges in the book called Judges. Samson was the last one. The story about him shows that matters had got much worse. Peo...
וַ תֹּ֧אמֶר לֹ֣ו אִשְׁתֹּ֗ו לוּ֩ חָפֵ֨ץ יְהוָ
THE PROMISE FULFILLED Judges 13:15 Manoah's wife comforted her husband with admirable tact. How often her words come back to us, at the different stages of life! The fact that God continues to bless...
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...
The one who took a Nazarite vow was not to partake of the fruit of grape vines at all. The hair was not to be cut until the time of the vow was completed when it would be shaved and burned before the...
But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a (k) burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these [things], n...
The effect upon the minds of those persons was as might be expected. Never will the soul lay lower, than in the moment of receiving signal mercies. It is difficult to say, which to admire most, the fe...
My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...
Samson, as a type, sets before us the principle of Nazariteship, entire separation to God, the source of strength in conflict with our enemies, looked at as enemies who seek to gain the upper hand amo...
BUT HIS WIFE SAID UNTO HIM,.... Who was less fearful, and the strongest believer of the two, seeing her husband so very much intimidated, endeavoured to comfort and strengthen him by the three followi...
But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these [things], nor w...
_If the Lord were pleased to kill us_ The reasoning of Manoah's wife here is very just, and shows her to have been a woman of good understanding. Indeed, both of them seem to have been persons of emin...
1 Israel is in the hand of the Philistines. 2 An Angel appeareth to Manoahs wife. 8 The Angel appeareth to Manoah. 15 Manoahs sacrifice, whereby the Angel is discouered. 24 Samson is borne. 1 AND...
But his wife, whose faith was more childlike, but also firmer, SAID UNTO HIM, IF THE LORD WERE PLEASED TO KILL US, HE WOULD NOT HAVE RECEIVED A BURNT OFFERING AND A MEAT-OFFERING AT OUR HANDS, NEITHER...
THE SECOND APPEARANCE OF THE ANGEL...
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 case...
15-23 What Manoah asked for instruction in his duty, he was readily told; but what he asked to gratify his curiosity, was denied. God has in his word given full directions concerning our duty, but ne...
Or, AT THIS TIME; the particle _as_ noting here, not likeness, but the truth and reality of the thing, as it doth NUMBERS 11:1 DEUTERONOMY 9:10, and elsewhere. This expression seems to have some empha...
Judges 13:23 wife H802 said H559 (H8799) If H3863 LORD H3068 desired H2654 (H8804) kill H4191 ...
‘ But his wife said to him, “If Yahweh was pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meal offering at our hand, nor would he have shown us all these things, nor would he, a...
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 contemporaries...
CONTENTS: Parents of Samson and Samson's birth. CHARACTERS: God, Angel (Jesus), Holy Spirit, Manoah. CONCLUSION: A promise is given to try our faith and a precept to try our obedience for God requir...
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 Egypt...
_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, believing....
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 13:1__ Samson was the twelfth and last judge. He lived around the beginning of the eleventh century B.C., about 50 years before Saul became king. His physical strength was unpara...
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 the...
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 Dan, and to...
[Now, again] The children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years. There was a certain man from Zorah, he was o...
1 Corinthians 12:21; Ecclesiastes 4:10; Ecclesiastes 4:9; Genesis 4:4;...
SAMSON JUDGES ISRAEL Judges 13:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The period of the Judges revealed times immediately following the death of Joshua. 1. THE PERIOD OF THE JUDGES, AS A WHOLE, IS SUMMED UP THUS. ...
Nor would, &c. — This expression seems to have some emphasis in it, to enhance God's mercy to them, as being afforded them in a time of such grievous calamity; and in a time when the word of the lord...