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A Divine Encounter
Commentators emphasize that the "angel of the LORD" was no ordinary messenger. They argue this was a divine being, with scholars like John Gill and Matthew Henry identifying him as a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus Christ (the Son of God). This wasn't just a created angel, but God Himself coming to meet Gideon in his distress.
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Albert Barnes
On Judges 6:11
18th Century
Theologian
An oak - “ The oak,” indicating it as a well-known tree, still standing in the writer’s days.
There was another Ophrah in Benjamin ([…
Charles Ellicott
On Judges 6:11
19th Century
Bishop
There came an angel of the Lord. — It is obviously absurd to suppose, as some have done, that a prophet is intended, like the one …
John Gill
On Judges 6:11
17th Century
Pastor
And there came an angel of the Lord
This was not the prophet before mentioned, as Ben Gersom thinks, but an angel of…
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Matthew Henry
On Judges 6:11–24
17th Century
Minister
Gideon was a man of a brave, active spirit, yet lived in obscurity during those times; he is here stirred up to undertake something great. It was v…