Judges 13:10

10 And the woman hasted, and ran, and brought word to her husband, and said to him, Behold the man who came in day to me has appeared to me.

Judges 13:10 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 13:10

And the woman made haste, and ran
It is not improbable what Josephus says ^F13, that she entreated the angel to stay a little till she fetched her husband, which he assented to, and then made all the haste she could to him, partly through eagerness to acquaint him with it, and partly that she might not make the prophet she took him to be wait too long:

and showed her husband;
that his prayer was heard:

and said unto him, behold, the man hath appeared unto me that came unto
me the [other] day;
or, as the Targum, "this day"; so Kimchi and Ben Melech; for the word "other" is not in the text. It is very probable it was the same day he came again he had appeared to her; perhaps it was in the former part of the day he first came to her, when she went home to her husband, and acquainted him with it, who prayed to the Lord that he might be sent again; and then she returned to her place in the field, and in the latter part of the day the angel appeared again.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 8. sect. 3.

Judges 13:10 In-Context

8 And Manoe prayed to the Lord and said, I pray thee, O Lord my lord, the man of God whom thou sentest; let him now come to us once more, and teach us what we shall do to the child about to be born.

9 And the Lord heard the voice of Manoe, and the angel of God came yet again to the woman; and she sat in the field, and Manoe her husband was not with her.

10 And the woman hasted, and ran, and brought word to her husband, and said to him, Behold the man who came in day to me has appeared to me.

11 And Manoe arose and followed his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Art thou the man that spoke to the woman? and the angel said, I .

12 And Manoe said, Now shall word come to pass: what shall be the ordering of the child, and our dealings with him?