Jueces 16:25

25 Y sucedió que cuando estaban alegres, dijeron: Llamad a Sansón para que nos divierta. Llamaron, pues, a Sansón de la cárcel, y él los divertía. Y lo pusieron de pie entre las columnas.

Jueces 16:25 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 16:25

And it came to pass when their hearts were merry
With wine, for which Gaza is famous in many writers ^F23; with eating and drinking, dancing, and music; for it was usual for the Heathens to feast in their temples, and especially no doubt they would on such an occasion as this:

and they said, call for Samson, that he may make us sport;
by which it seems that what is before said, "when the people saw him", ( Judges 16:24 ) is said by anticipation; for as yet he was not in the temple, but in the prison; and therefore a motion was made by some of the great personages, that he might be fetched from thence, and they might have some diversion with him:

and they called for Samson out of the prison house;
sent some messengers to fetch him from thence:

and he made them sport;
not actively, but passively; it cannot well be thought, that a man of so great a spirit as Samson was, and in such circumstances as he now was, would ever, either by words or gestures, do anything on purpose to divert his enemies, and make them laugh; but he was the object of their sport and scorn, and he bore it patiently, their cruel mockings, buffetings, and spittings; in which he was a type of Christ. It was a diversion to them to see him in his rattling chains, groping, and blundering along from post to pillar, one perhaps giving him a box of the ear, or a slap of the face, another plucking him by his nose or beard, and another spitting in his face, and others taunting at him, and reproaching him:

and they set him between the pillars;
that he might be the better seen, and in which there was the direction of Providence to bring about what follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Vid. Rivinum de Majumis c. 6. sect. 13.

Jueces 16:25 In-Context

23 Y los príncipes de los filisteos se reunieron para ofrecer un gran sacrificio a su dios Dagón, y para regocijarse, pues decían: Nuestro dios ha entregado a nuestro enemigo Sansón en nuestras manos.

24 Y cuando la gente lo vio, alabaron a su dios, pues decían: Nuestro dios ha entregado en nuestras manos a nuestro enemigo, al que asolaba nuestra tierra, y multiplicaba nuestros muertos.

25 Y sucedió que cuando estaban alegres, dijeron: Llamad a Sansón para que nos divierta. Llamaron, pues, a Sansón de la cárcel, y él los divertía. Y lo pusieron de pie entre las columnas.

26 Entonces Sansón dijo al muchacho que lo tenía de la mano: Déjame palpar las columnas sobre las que el edificio descansa, para apoyarme en ellas.

27 Y el edificio estaba lleno de hombres y mujeres, y todos los príncipes de los filisteos estaban allí. Y sobre la azotea había como tres mil hombres y mujeres mirando mientras Sansón los divertía.