Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
JUDAH--A high pre-eminence is destined to this tribe (Numbers 10:14; Judges 1:2). Besides the honor of giving name to the Promised Land, David, and a greater than David--the Messiah--sprang from it. Chief among the tribes, "it grew up from a lion's whelp"--that is, a little power--till it became "an old lion"--that is, calm and quiet, yet still formidable. (Genesis 49:8-12)
until Shiloh come--Shiloh--this obscure word is variously interpreted to mean "the sent" (John 17:3), "the seed" (Isaiah 11:1), the "peaceable or prosperous one" (Ephesians 2:14) --that is, the Messiah (Isaiah 11:10; Romans 15:12); and when He should come, "the tribe of Judah should no longer boast either an independent king or a judge of their own" [CALVIN]. The Jews have been for eighteen centuries without a ruler and without a judge since Shiloh came, and "to Him the gathering of the people has been."
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Genesis 49:10
Numbers 1:20-44
Numbers 24:17
1 Samuel 16:1
Psalms 40:7
Psalms 60:7
Psalms 78:67-68
Isaiah 7:16
Isaiah 9:6
Jeremiah 30:21
Ezekiel 21:10
Ezekiel 21:13
Ezekiel 21:27
Amos 9:11
Micah 5:2
Micah 5:5
Haggai 2:7
Haggai 2:9
Matthew 1:2
Matthew 2:1
Ephesians 2:14
Hebrews 7:14
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