And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done. (Judges 14:6)
The Spirit dispenses various gifts and skills (Ex. 31:2-5; 1 Cor. 12). Samson’s special gift revealed itself in his superhuman strength.
Rent him.
By his supernatural strength Samson destroyed the animal barehanded, perhaps by dashing it against the ground or tearing its hind legs apart as ancient Babylonian pictures depict their mythical hero Enkidu as doing. David (1 Sam. 17:34-37) and Benaiah (2 Sam. 23:20) later performed similar feats of prowess.
Rent a kid.
That is, as easily as an ordinary man might rend a kid. The point is on the ease with which Samson accomplished the feat, not on the manner.
Nothing in his hand.
Samson was not on a hunt, and hence unarmed. Besides, the Philistines followed a policy of forcing the Hebrews to go about unarmed by prohibiting any Hebrew from operating as a smith (1 Sam. 13:19-22).
Told not his father.
This reticence may show that at this time, at least, he was free from all boastfulness.