Shìshījì 13:3

3 Yēhéhuá de shǐzhĕ xiàng nà fùrén xiǎnxiàn , duì tā shuō , xiàng lái nǐ bù huáiyùn , bú shēngyù , rújīn nǐ bì huáiyùn shēng yī gè érzi .

Shìshījì 13:3 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 13:3

And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman
According to Josephus ^F11, it was in a plain without the city; and that he appeared in the form of a man is certain from ( Judges 13:6 ) but was not a mere man, a prophet of the Lord, nor a created angel, but the uncreated one, the Angel of the covenant, the Son and Word of God, who often appeared in an human form; since his name is said to be "Wonderful", and he to do wonderful things, and is called "Jehovah", ( Judges 13:18 Judges 13:23 ) ,

and said unto her, behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not;
barren at that time, and so she had been ever since she was married to that time; and this is observed, that it might appear the more wonderful that she should after this have a child:

but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son;
which to do, must be ascribed to divine power, that one in her circumstances should bear a son; as the prediction of it was owing to divine omniscience, and a proof of it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 8. sect. 2.

Shìshījì 13:3 In-Context

1 Yǐsèliè rén yòu xíng Yēhéhuá yǎn zhōng kàn wéi è de shì , Yēhéhuá jiāng tāmen jiāo zaì Fēilìshì rén shǒu zhōng sì shí nián .

2 Nàshí , yǒu yī gè Suǒlà rén , shì shǔ dàn zú de , míng jiào mǎ Nuóyà . tāde qī bù huáiyùn , bú shēngyù .

3 Yēhéhuá de shǐzhĕ xiàng nà fùrén xiǎnxiàn , duì tā shuō , xiàng lái nǐ bù huáiyùn , bú shēngyù , rújīn nǐ bì huáiyùn shēng yī gè érzi .

4 Suǒyǐ nǐ dāng jǐnshèn , qīng jiǔ nóng jiǔ dōu bùkĕ hē , yīqiè bù jié zhī wù yĕ bùkĕ chī .

5 Nǐ bì huáiyùn shēng yī gè érzi , bùkĕ yòng tì tóu dāo tì tāde tóu , yīnwei zhè háizi yī chū tāi jiù guī shén zuò ná xì ĕr rén . tā bì qǐ shǒu zhĕngjiù Yǐsèliè rén tuōlí Fēilìshì rén de shǒu .