Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 6:29
And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.
Verse 29. Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.] They fixed on him the more readily because they knew he had not joined with them in their idolatrous worship.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Which they might easily conjecture, partly by his known aversion from the worship of Baal, and partly because no other person durst presume to do such a thing; but they might more certainly learn it from some of the persons employed in it, who through fear or favour might inform them.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And they said one to another, who hath done this thing?…. They were struck with amazement, and could not devise who could be so daring and wicked as to do such an action:
and when they inquired and asked; one and another, everyone present, or they could think of as proper to inquire of; they were very diligent and industrious to find it out; and perhaps they inquired of the family and servants of Joash and Gideon, in whose ground the altar stood:
they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing; when they had inquired of everybody they could, and thought of one person and another, there was none appeared to them more likely to have done it, than Gideon; partly because they knew he was no friend of Baal, and partly because he was a man of spirit and courage, and they concluded none but such an one would have ventured to have done it; and besides, they considered he was the son of Joash, who perhaps was their chief magistrate, and that he might presume on his father’s protection, as they might surprise; and being near the premises, he was the most likely person they could think of; and it is not improbable, that upon inquiry they got it out of the servants concerned, or that had knowledge of it from them, or from some that saw him that morning at the sacrifice, or returning from it, and therefore peremptorily assert he was the man that did it.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(29) They said.We are not told that Gideons servants betrayed his secret, but suspicion would naturally fall on so brave and prominent a worshipper of Jehovah as Gideon was; and it is rarely that actions which require so much effort and so many coadjutors can be kept secret. Gideon had proved himself to be what his name signifiesa hewer. A man so brave and so patriotic must have stood almost alone among a cringing and apostate people.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
29. They said, Gideon Who said? The answer is uncertain. Perhaps some of the ten servants who assisted Gideon reported his deed, or else the men of the city may have suspected Gideon because of some well-known opposition of his to the prevalent idolatry.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘ And they said one to another, “Who has done this thing?” And when they enquired and asked, they said, “Gideon, the son of Joash, has done this thing.” ’
Gideon had made no attempt to hide the fact that he was responsible. Thus when people asked around, seething with fury, the information was soon forthcoming. Gideon had done it. That should have given them pause for thought, for the sanctuary belonged to Joash and his son may have done it at his behest. But their feelings on the matter were strong because they considered that such an act was sacrilege against Baal and Asherah.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Jdg 6:29. They said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing There seems to be no doubt, from God’s choice of him, that Gideon was no worshipper of Baal; and therefore the people, knowing this, very readily concluded that he had been guilty of this sacrilege as they deemed it, and consequently was worthy of death, Jdg 6:30.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Jdg 6:29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.
Ver. 29. Who hath clone this thing? ] They should have asked rather, Why hath any one done this? And was not there good reason he should do so? But idolaters “have eyes, and see not,” &c.; they are brutishly carried on, more guided by rage than by right; violence and obstinacy, like two untamed horses, draw their desires in a blindfold career.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Reciprocal: Isa 44:11 – let them all Joh 5:12 – What