11 Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, "Are you the man who spoke to the woman?" He said, "I am."
*Minor differences ignored. Grouped by changes, with first version listed as example.
And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the (f) man, and said unto him, [Art] thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I [am].
(f) He calls him man, because he so seemed, but he was Christ the eternal word, which at his appointed time became man.
And Manoah arose and went after his wife,.... As soon as she had delivered the above, she made all the haste she could to the man again, lest he should think her too long, and depart; and it was proper enough she should go first, to direct her husband where the man was; Jarchi interprets it, after her counsel and advice:
and came to the man, and said unto him, art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? meaning his wife then present:
and he said, I am; the very same person; for though he was not a man, yet appearing in an human form was taken for one; and therefore makes answer according to the supposition of him, and was the selfsame person, and in the same form he had appeared before.
THE ANGEL APPEARS TO MANOAH. (Judges 13:11-14)
Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman?--Manoah's intense desire for the repetition of the angel's visit was prompted not by doubts or anxieties of any kind, but was the fruit of lively faith, and of his great anxiety to follow out the instructions given. Blessed was he who had not seen, yet had believed.
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