11And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
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And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.
And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-20)We have here an account of Samson’s wedding feast and the occasion it gave him to fall foul upon the Philistines. I. Samson conformed to the custom of the country in making a festival of his nuptial solemnities, which continued seven days, Jdg. 13:10. Though he was a Nazarite, he did not affect, in a thing of this nature, to be singular, but did as the young men used to do upon such occasions. It…
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