Judges 13:5
“For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”
King James Version
The miraculous birth of Samson as a Nazirite deliverer predicted by the Angel of the LORD, fulfilled in Samson's birth and ministry.
Fulfillment References
Luke 1:35 Judges 13:24
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalSamson, set apart from the womb to begin Israel's deliverance, is a type of the One consecrated from the womb — the Lord Jesus, that holy One from His conception (Luke 1:35), who delivers His people. The angel-announced, womb-consecrated deliverer foreshadows the true Deliverer, God in flesh.
JewishThe annunciation of Samson's miraculous birth and Nazarite consecration to deliver Israel from the Philistines; a divinely appointed judge.
CatholicSamson's annunciation and consecration prefigure Christ's; the womb-set-apart deliverer a type of the Savior.
ProtestantA type of Christ — miraculously announced, set apart from the womb, a deliverer of Israel (though flawed), pointing to the sinless Deliverer.
AcademicA classic 'annunciation of a hero's birth' type-scene; the lifelong Nazarite vow and divine commission frame Samson's saga.
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