Judges 6:22
Then Gideon was certain that he was the angel of the Lord; and Gideon said, I am in fear, O Lord God! for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.
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23But the Lord said to him, Peace be with you; have no fear: you are in no danger of death.
Cross References
Genesis 32:30And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.
Exodus 33:20But it is not possible for you to see my face, for no man may see me and still go on living.
Deuteronomy 5:24And said, The Lord has let us see his glory and his power, and his voice has come to us out of the fire: today we have seen that a man may go on living even after hearing the voice of God.
Judges 13:21But the angel of the Lord was seen no more by Manoah and his wife. Then it was clear to Manoah that he was the angel of the Lord.
Isaiah 6:5Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.
John 12:41(Isaiah said these words because he saw his glory. His words were about him.)
Matthew Henry on Judges 6:12-25
The Call of Gideon. ( b. c. 1249.) 11 And there came an angel of the Lord , and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of,… Read the whole commentary →