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Jdg_15:12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
Ver. 12. We are come down to bind thee.] In these Israelites we have an example of ingratitude: as in Samson, of meekness, and care of his unworthy countrymen. How fitly might he have said to them, as once Themistocles in like case did to his Athenians, "Are ye weary of receiving so many benefits by one man?"
That we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines.] With shame enough they might speak it, like a company of cowards as they were. But he upbraideth them not with their pusillanimity {lack of courage or fortitude} or perfidy; but, as solicitous of their safety, yieldeth to be bound. So did our dear Saviour, &c. Facinus vincere civem Romanum, saith the orator. Let me imitate his gradation, It was much for the Son of God to he bound, more to be beaten, most of all to be slain. Quid dicam, in crucem tolli?
That ye will not fall upon me yourselves.] And so occasion me, in mine own defence, to fall foul again upon you. He made no question of making his party good with the Philistines, though they were an army of them: this showeth the strength of his faith.