22And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
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And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-23)We have here an account, I. Of what further passed between Manoah and the angel at this interview. It was in kindness to him that while the angel was with him it was concealed from him that he was an angel; for, had he known it, it would have been such a terror to him that he durst not have conversed with him as he did (Jdg. 13:16): He knew not that he was an angel . So Christ was in the world, an…
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