King James Version
What Does Judges 13:19 Mean?
“So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.”
Context
17
And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
18
And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret ? secret: or, wonderful
19
So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.
20
For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.
21
But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(19) **Did wonderously.**—With a reference to the *word pelî *in the previous verse. (Comp. Judges 6:20-26.)
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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