Giudici 13:6

6 E la donna se ne venne al suo marito, e gli disse: Un uomo di Dio è venuto a me, col sembiante simile a quel di un Angelo di Dio, molto tremendo; e io non gli ho domandato onde egli si fosse, ed egli altresì non mi ha dichiarato il suo nome.

Giudici 13:6 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 13:6

Then the woman came and told her husband
To whom it would be joyful news, as it was to her:

saying, a man of God came unto me;
he appeared in an human form, and therefore she calls him a man; and by his mien and deportment, and the message he brought, she concluded he was a man of God, that is, a prophet; by which name such persons went in those days; and so the Targum calls him a prophet of the Lord: but it is a mere conceit of Ben Gersom that it was Phinehas, who in all probability was not living; besides what is after related shows that this was a divine Person, and no other than the Son of God:

and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very
terrible;
for though she might never have seen an angel, yet it being a common notion that angels were very illustrious, of a beautiful form and of a shining countenance, and very majestic, she compares the man she saw to one; for by being "very terrible", is not meant that he was frightful, and struck her with horror, but venerable and majestic, which filled her with admiration:

but I asked him not whence he [was], neither told he me his name;
this she added to prevent her husband's inquiring about his name and place of abode; and perhaps, as she came along, she reflected on herself that she did not ask those questions; which might be owing to the surprise she was in, partly at the awful and venerable appearance of the person, and partly at the joyful news he brought her; though it seems as if she did ask his name, but he did not tell her what it was.

Giudici 13:6 In-Context

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.

6 E la donna se ne venne al suo marito, e gli disse: Un uomo di Dio è venuto a me, col sembiante simile a quel di un Angelo di Dio, molto tremendo; e io non gli ho domandato onde egli si fosse, ed egli altresì non mi ha dichiarato il suo nome.

7 Ma egli mi ha detto: Ecco, tu concepirai, e partorirai un figliuolo; ora dunque non ber vino, nè cervogia, e non mangiar cosa alcuna immonda; perciocchè il fanciullo sarà Nazireo a Dio, dal ventre della madre, fino al giorno della sua morte.

8 Allora Manoa supplicò al Signore, e disse: Ahi! Signore, deh! venga ancora una volta a noi l’uomo di Dio che tu mandasti, e insegnici ciò che abbiamo da fare al fanciullo che ha da nascere.