Samson's Riddle

[DisorientingSneeze]

Is there more to know about Samson ripping a lion in half with his bare hands, then it being full of bees and honey later?

His riddle becomes quite a lingering riddle for me. Does it point to or mean other things?

 

[Todd_Easton]

Haydock’s commentary on Judges 14:14 says, in part:

In a spiritual sense, the Philistines might be considered as those strong ones who had domineered over Israel, but would shortly afford them the spoils of a glorious victory. Jesus rises triumphant from the grave, and, after he has been persecuted and torn in pieces, becomes the food of Christians. (St. Augustine, &c.) (Calmet)

 

[Vico]

Is there more to know about Samson ripping a lion in half with his bare hands, then it being full of bees and honey later?

His riddle becomes quite a lingering riddle for me. Does it point to or mean other things?

Israel was to inhabit Canaan, only habitable through the death of God’s enemies. So taking the dead lion as the destruction of the Philistines (that lived in Canaan) then the honey can be symbolic of the results.