Juízes 6:22

22 Vendo Gideão que era o anjo do Senhor, disse: Ai de mim, Senhor Deus! pois eu vi o anjo do Senhor face a face.

Juízes 6:22 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 6:22

And when Gideon perceived he was an angel of the Lord
By the miracle wrought, and the manner of his departure:

Gideon said, alas! O Lord God;
woe to me, what will become of me, or befall me, I shall surely die:

for because I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face;
and whom he had reason to believe was the Lord himself, a divine Person, by the miracle wrought; and it was a commonly received notion even among good men, in those times, that the Lord was not to be seen by them and live, as appears from Jacob, Manoah, and others; at least the appearance of a divine Person, and even of any messenger from heaven, was startling, surprising, and frightful to them; which arose from a sense they had of the divine Being, and of their own sinfulness and frailty.

Juízes 6:22 In-Context

20 Mas o anjo de Deus lhe disse: Toma a carne e os bolos ázimos, e põe-nos sobre esta rocha e derrama-lhes por cima o caldo. E ele assim fez.

21 E o anjo do Senhor estendeu a ponta do cajado que tinha na mão, e tocou a carne e os bolos ázimos; então subiu fogo da rocha, e consumiu a carne e os bolos ázimos; e o anjo do Senhor desapareceu-lhe da vista.

22 Vendo Gideão que era o anjo do Senhor, disse: Ai de mim, Senhor Deus! pois eu vi o anjo do Senhor face a face.

23 Porém o Senhor lhe disse: Paz seja contigo, não temas; não morrerás.

24 Então Gideão edificou ali um altar ao Senhor, e lhe chamou Jeová-Salom; e ainda até o dia de hoje está o altar em Ofra dos abiezritas.