Juízes 13:3

3 Certo dia o Anjo do SENHOR apareceu a ela e lhe disse: “Você é estéril, não tem filhos, mas engravidará e dará à luz um filho.

Juízes 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.

Juízes 13:3 In-Context

1 Os israelitas voltaram a fazer o que o SENHOR reprova, e por isso o SENHOR os entregou nas mãos dos filisteus durante quarenta anos.

2 Certo homem de Zorá, chamado Manoá, do clã da tribo de Dã, tinha mulher estéril.

3 Certo dia o Anjo do SENHOR apareceu a ela e lhe disse: “Você é estéril, não tem filhos, mas engravidará e dará à luz um filho.

4 Todavia, tenha cuidado, não beba vinho nem outra bebida fermentada e não coma nada impuro;

5 e não se passará navalha na cabeça do filho que você vai ter, porque o menino será nazireu, consagrado a Deus desde o nascimento; ele iniciará a libertação de Israel das mãos dos filisteus”.