Judges 16:21 Meaning
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
Context Explained
19And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
20And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
21But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
22Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
23Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
2 Corinthians 11:23-27
Both Samson and Paul endure suffering for their faith and mission.
Isaiah 53:3
Jesus also faced humiliation and suffering, paralleling Samson's experience.
Philippians 2:7
Both figures experience a form of servitude and loss of status.
Source: Judges 16:21