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The angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman, and said to her, See now, you are barren, and don`t bear; but you shall conceive, and bear a son.
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A Divine Messenger
Commentators are clear that the 'angel of the Lord' was not a human prophet or a created angel. They identify this figure as a divine, supernatural being. John Gill specifically argues this is the 'Angel of the covenant,' the Son of God appearing in human form before His incarnation, pointing to later verses where His name is 'Wonderful' and He is called 'Jehovah.'
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19th Century
Anglican
The angel of the Lord. —On this expression, see Judges 2:1. Rabbi Levi Ben Gershom says that this “messenger of the Lord” was Phin…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman According to Josephus F11, it was in a plain without the …
Presbyterian
Israel did evil: then God delivered them again into the hands of the Philistines. When Israel was in this distress, Samson was born.
His par…
