Judg. 13:1a| delivered| Judg. 2:14
Judg. 13:1b| Philistines| Judg. 10:7;| 1|Sam. 12:9
Judg. 13:1c| forty| Num. 14:33;| Deut. 8:2;| cf. Deut. 9:9;| Matt. 4:2
Judg. 13:2a| no| Luke 1:7;| cf. 1|Sam. 1:2
Judg. 13:31a| Angel| Judg. 6:11;| 2|Kings 1:3;| Luke 1:11
| The Angel of Jehovah in vv. 3-21 is Jehovah, the Triune God (vv. 22-23). This Angel is Christ as the sent One of God (see note 21 in Exo. 3).
Judg. 13:32| appeared
| Samson’s birth was a miracle initiated by the appearing of the Angel of Jehovah. When Samson was in the womb of his mother, he was sanctified to be a Nazarite. As he grew up, he was clean and pure according to God’s ordination (vv. 4-5, 14), and he was empowered by the Spirit of God as the holy, economical Spirit (v. 25; 14:5-6, 19; 15:14).
Judg. 13:4a| wine| Num. 6:2-3;| Judg. 13:7, 14;| Luke 1:15
Judg. 13:5a| no| Num. 6:5;| Judg. 16:17;| 1|Sam. 1:11
Judg. 13:51| Nazarite
| Concerning the Nazarite, see notes in Num. 6:1-21.
Judg. 13:5b| save| Judg. 2:16
Judg. 13:5c| Philistines| cf. 1|Sam. 7:13;| 2|Sam. 8:1;| 1|Chron. 18:1
Judg. 13:61a| man| cf. Deut. 33:1;| 1|Sam. 2:27
| The man of God was Christ as a man. Thus, the Triune God embodied in Christ appeared to Manoah and his wife before Christ’s incarnation. See note 21 in Gen. 18.
Judg. 13:15a| And| vv. 15-20: cf. Judg. 6:18-21
Judg. 13:18a| Why| Gen. 32:29
Judg. 13:181b| wonderful| Isa. 9:6
| Every item of what Christ is, is wonderful (Isa. 9:6). He is the wonder in the entire universe; thus, He is wonderful.
Judg. 13:22a| We| cf. Judg. 6:22-23
Judg. 13:24a| Samson| Heb. 11:32
Judg. 13:24b| grew| 1|Sam. 2:21;| 3:19;| Luke 1:80;| 2:40
Judg. 13:25a| Spirit| Judg. 3:10
Judg. 13:251| Mahaneh-dan
| Or, the camp of Dan.