Teks -- Judges 14:11 (NET)

14:11 When the Philistines saw he had no attendants, they gave him thirty groomsmen who kept him company.

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Wesley: Jdg 14:11 - Saw him

Or, observed him, his stature, and strength, and countenance, and carriage, which were extraordinary.

Wesley: Jdg 14:11 - Brought

Partly in compliance with the custom of having bride - men; though they were not so numerous; but principally by way of caution, and as a guard put upon him under a pretence of respect and affection.

JFB: Jdg 14:10-11 - his father went down

The father is mentioned as the head and representative of Samson's relatives.

JFB: Jdg 14:10-11 - Samson made there a feast

The wedding festivity lasted a week. The men and women were probably entertained in separate apartments--the bride, with her female relatives, at her parents' house; Samson, in some place obtained for the occasion, as he was a stranger. A large number of paranymphs, or "friends of the bridegroom," furnished, no doubt, by the bride's family, attended his party, ostensibly to honor the nuptials, but really as spies on his proceedings.

Clarke: Jdg 14:11 - They brought thirty companions

They brought thirty companions - These are called in Scripture children of the bride-chamber, and friends of the bridegroom. See the whole of this subject particularly illustrated in the observations at the end of Joh 3:25 (note).

TSK: Jdg 14:11 - saw him // thirty

saw him : 1Sa 10:23, 1Sa 16:6

thirty : Mat 9:15; Joh 3:29

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Poole: Jdg 14:11 - When they saw him // They brought thirty companions to be with him

When they saw him or, observed or considered him , his stature, and strength, and countenance, and carriage, which were extraordinary.

They brought thirty companions to be with him partly in compliance with the custom of having bridemen; of which see Mat 9:15 Mar 2:19 Joh 3:29 , though they were not so numerous; and principally by way of caution, and as a guard put upon him under a pretence of respect and affection.

Haydock: Jdg 14:11 - With him

With him. Some imagine that these were placed to watch his motions. But he had surely invited them, ver. 15. During the time that the nuptials were celebrated, these men (who are called the friends of the bridegroom, Matthew ix. 15,) are said to have been exempted from all public charges. (Montanus) (Calmet)

Gill: Jdg 14:11 - And it came to pass; when they saw him // that they brought thirty companions to be with him

And it came to pass; when they saw him,.... That is, the Philistines, the citizens of Timnath, when they saw that he was come to consummate his marriage:

that they brought thirty companions to be with him; to be the bridegroom's men, or children of the bridechamber, as they are called, Mat 9:15 or friends of the bridegroom, Joh 3:29 to keep him company during the nuptial feast: this they did according to custom, and in honour and respect unto him; though some think, and so Josephus ^l, that they were brought to be guards upon him, observing that he was a man of great might, strength, and courage, so that they were afraid of him, lest he should have some design upon them; but it is not certain that there was anything very visible or terrible in him, more than in another man, that showed him to be of extraordinary courage and strength, since it was but at times the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and as yet he had done nothing to their knowledge which showed him to be such; had they indeed known of his encounter with the lion, they might have had such thoughts of him, but this they knew nothing of.