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Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
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The Holy Fear of Seeing God
Commentators explain that Manoah's terror was a common and biblically-rooted belief in the Old Testament. Based on passages like Exodus 33:20 ('no man shall see me and live'), it was understood that a direct encounter with a manifestation of God would be fatal for a sinful human. Manoah correctly perceived that he had seen a divine Person, not just a created angel, leading to his cry, 'We shall surely die.'
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19th Century
Anglican
We shall surely die. —See on Judges 6:22.
We have seen God. — As seeing Him who is invisible; by …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Manoah said to his wife Being risen from the ground, where they fell on their faces:
we shall…
Presbyterian
What Manoah asked for instruction in his duty, he was readily told; but what he asked to gratify his curiosity, was denied. God has given full dire…
