23But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.
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The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
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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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