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They spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind you fast, and deliver you into their hand: but surely we will not kill you. They bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.
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A Foreshadowing of Christ
Commentators see a powerful parallel between Samson's betrayal and Christ's. Samson's own people bind him and deliver him to his enemies while claiming innocence, saying, "we will not kill thee." This foreshadows how the Jewish leaders would deliver Jesus, also bound, to the Romans, making themselves complicit in a death they would not carry out themselves.
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19th Century
Anglican
Brought him up from the rock. —Again the details are uncertain. Was Samson’s cave down the steep side of a cliff? Such caves are c…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they spoke to him, saying, no They declared they would not fall upon him themselves and slay him; nor would the …
Presbyterian
Sin dispirits people; it hides from their eyes the things that belong to their peace. The Israelites blamed Samson for what he had done against the…