In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. This chapter treats of the same subject as the second chapter. But there the four kingdoms, and Messiah's final kingdom, were regarded... [ Continue Reading ]
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. BEHOLD, THE FOUR WINDS - answering to the "four beasts." Thus what is implied is their several conflicts in the four quarters or directions of the world. STROVE - burst fort... [ Continue Reading ]
And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. BEASTS - not living animals, as the cherubic four in Revelation 4:7 (for the original [ zooa (G2226)] is a different word from beasts [ theeria (G2342)], and ought to be there translated 'living animals'). The cherubic living ani... [ Continue Reading ]
The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. THE FIRST WAS LIKE A LION - the symbol of strength and courage; chief among the kingdoms,... [ Continue Reading ]
And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. BEHOLD ANOTHER BEAST, A SECOND, LIKE TO A BEAR - symbolizing the austere life of the Med... [ Continue Reading ]
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. I BEHELD, AND LO ANOTHER, LIKE A LEOPARD - smaller than the lion; swift (), cruel (), the opposite of tame, springing suddenly from... [ Continue Reading ]
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horn... [ Continue Reading ]
I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. I CONSIDERED THE HORNS, AND, BEHOLD, THERE CAME... [ Continue Reading ]
I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. I BEHELD UNTIL-I CONTINUED LOOKING UNTIL ... THE THRONES WERE CAST DOWN - r... [ Continue Reading ]
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. A FIERY STREAM ISSUED AND CAME FORTH FROM BEFORE HIM: THOUSAND THOUSANDS MINISTERED UNTO HIM - so a... [ Continue Reading ]
I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. I BEHELD THEN BECAUSE OF THE VOICE OF THE GREAT WORDS WHICH THE HORN SPAKE: I BEHELD EVEN UNTIL THE BEAST WAS SLAIN. Here is... [ Continue Reading ]
As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. AS CONCERNING THE REST OF THE BEASTS, THEY HAD THEIR DOMINION TAKEN AWAY. "The rest of the beasts" - i:e., the three first had passed away, not by direct destroying judg... [ Continue Reading ]
I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. ONE LIKE THE SON OF MAN - (see note, ). Not merely, like other men, a son of man, but the Son of man. Not merely Son of David, an... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE WAS GIVEN HIM DOMINION, AND GLORY, AND A KINGDOM, THAT ALL PEOPLE, NATIONS, AND LANGUAGES, SHOULD SERVE HIM: HIS DOMINION IS AN EVERLASTING DOMINION, WHICH SHALL NOT PASS AWAY, AND HIS KINGDOM THAT WHICH SHALL NOT BE DESTROYED._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. I DANIEL WAS GRIEVED IN MY SPIRIT IN THE MIDST OF MY BODY - literally, sheath; the body being the sheath of the soul.... [ Continue Reading ]
_I CAME NEAR UNTO ONE OF THEM THAT STOOD BY, AND ASKED HIM THE TRUTH OF ALL THIS. SO HE TOLD ME, AND MADE ME KNOW THE INTERPRETATION OF THE THINGS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. THESE GREAT BEASTS, WHICH ARE FOUR, ARE FOUR KINGS i:e., kingdoms. Compare , "the fourth kingdom" (, "Thou (Nebuchadnezzar) art this head of gold;" Daniel 8:20, where the four horns of the he-goat are explain... [ Continue Reading ]
But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. THE SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH. The emphatic title of God in this prophecy, who delegates His power first to Israel; then to the Gentiles, in the person of Nebuchadnezzar, the first "hea... [ Continue Reading ]
Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; THEN I WOULD KNOW THE TRUTH OF THE FOURTH BEAST, WHICH WAS DIVERSE... [ Continue Reading ]
And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. THAT HORN THAT HAD EYES, AND A MOUTH THAT SPAKE VERY GREAT THINGS, WHOSE... [ Continue Reading ]
I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; THE SAME HORN MADE WAR WITH THE SAINTS - persecuted the Church (, "When they (the two witnesses) THE SAME HORN MADE WAR WITH THE SAINTS - persecuted the Church (, "When they (the two witnesses) shall have finished... [ Continue Reading ]
Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. UNTIL THE ANCIENT OF DAYS CAME. The title applied to the Father in is here applied to the Son, who is called "the everlasting Father" (). The Father is... [ Continue Reading ]
_THUS HE SAID, THE FOURTH BEAST SHALL BE THE FOURTH KINGDOM UPON EARTH, WHICH SHALL BE DIVERSE FROM ALL KINGDOMS, AND SHALL DEVOUR THE WHOLE EARTH, AND SHALL TREAD IT DOWN, AND BREAK IT IN PIECES._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. AND THE TEN HORNS - answering to the ten "toes" (). AND THE TEN HORNS - answering to the ten "toes" (). OUT OF THIS... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. HE SHALL SPEAK GREAT WORDS AGAINST THE MOST HIGH, AND SHALL WEAR OUT TH... [ Continue Reading ]
But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. THE JUDGMENT SHALL SIT, AND THEY SHALL TAKE AWAY HIS DOMINION, TO CONSUME AND TO DESTROY IT UNTO THE END - a two-fold operation. Antichrist is to be gradually "consumed," as the Papacy... [ Continue Reading ]
And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. THE GREATNESS OF THE KINGDOM UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVEN, SHALL BE G... [ Continue Reading ]
Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart. MY COGITATIONS MUCH TROUBLED ME - showing that the Holy Spirit intended much more to be understood by Daniel's words than Daniel himself unde... [ Continue Reading ]