Giudici 13:3

3 E l’Angelo del Signore apparve a questa donna, e le disse: Ecco, ora tu sei sterile, e non hai mai partorito; ma tu concepirai, e partorirai un figliuolo.

Giudici 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.

Giudici 13:3 In-Context

1 POI i figliuoli d’Israele seguitarono a far ciò che dispiace al Signore; laonde il Signore li diede nelle mani de’ Filistei per quarant’anni.

2 Or v’era un uomo da Sorea, della nazione di Dan, chiamato Manoa, la cui moglie era sterile, e non avea mai partorito.

3 E l’Angelo del Signore apparve a questa donna, e le disse: Ecco, ora tu sei sterile, e non hai mai partorito; ma tu concepirai, e partorirai un figliuolo.

4 Ora dunque, guardati pur di non ber vino, nè cervogia, e di non mangiar cosa alcuna immonda.

5 Perciocchè, ecco, tu concepirai, e partorirai un figliuolo, sopra il cui capo non salirà giammai rasoio; perciocchè il fanciullo sarà dal ventre della madre Nazireo a Dio; ed egli comincerà a salvare Israele dalle mani de’ Filistei.