Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)
Daniel 2:34
without hands:
Or, which was not in hands. As verse 45
without hands:
Or, which was not in hands. As verse 45
Verse 34. _A STONE WAS CUT OUT_] The _fifth_ monarchy; the spiritual kingdom of the Lord Jesus, which is to last for ever, and diffuse itself over the whole earth....
THOU SAWEST - Chaldee, “Thou wast seeing;” that is, thou didst continue to behold, implying that the vision was of somewhat long continuance. It did not appear and then suddenly vanish, but it remaine...
CHAPTER 2 NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM AND ITS INTERPRETATION _ 1. The forgotten dream (Daniel 2:1)_ 2. The prayer meeting in Babylon and the answer (Daniel 2:14) 3. Daniel before the king (Daniel 2:24)...
DANIEL DECLARES THE DREAM TO THE KING. By the inspiration of God Daniel is enabled to describe to the king his forgotten dream. In this dream the king had seen the image of a colossal man, which was o...
A STONE. See note on Psalms 118:22. WITHOUT HANDS. An expression always emphasizing the absence of all human instrumentality and the act of God alone. See Daniel 2:45; Daniel 8:25.
Daniel tells Nebuchadnezzar his dream....
_was cut out_ viz. from a neighbouring mountain (see Daniel 2:45). _without hands_ without human cooperation; it seemed to fall away of itself. But of course the implicit thought is that its secret mo...
A STONE WAS CUT OUT WITHOUT HANDS— _Stone,_ in Scripture, stands for king or kingdom, as _mountain_ doth for a metropolis; the seat of a kingdom governed by a royal race: and being here a different mi...
c. PUBLICATION TEXT: Daniel 2:31-35 31 Thou, O king, sawest, and, behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the aspect thereof...
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. THOU SAWEST TILL THAT A STONE - Messiah and His ki...
NEBUCHANDEZZAR'S DREAM-IMAGE Nebuchadnezzar in his second year had a dream, which he required the wise men of his court to describe and interpret on pain of death. They said this was beyond their powe...
THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 2 V1 When Nebuchadnezzar had been king for almost two years, he had dreams. His mind was anxious and he could not sleep. Verse 1 Nebuc...
THOU SAWEST. — Literally, the king _kept on gazing_ in wonder at the image....
חָזֵ֣ה הֲוַ֗יְתָ עַ֠ד דִּ֣י הִתְגְּזֶ֤רֶת אֶ֨בֶן֙...
THE DREAM-IMAGE OF RUINED EMPIRES "With thee will I break in pieces rulers and captains." - Jeremiah 51:23 THE Book of Daniel is constructed with consummate skill to teach the mighty lessons which it...
WISDOM GRANTED IN THE HOUR OF NEED Daniel 2:14-35 The action of Daniel in this supreme crisis is very instructive. He reckoned absolutely on God, and in his chivalrous endeavor to save the lives of t...
In the second year of his reign Nebuchadnezzar, troubled by dreams and unable to sleep, called together his enchanters and sorcerers to explain his dreams one of which troubled him especially. Their d...
There are several interesting things in this relation of Daniel, which ought not to be passed by. Observe the modesty of the Prophet, in totally disclaiming all pretensions to merit in himself, and re...
In the third place, it may be doubted why _Christ _is said _to have broken this image from the mountains _For if Christ is the eternal wisdom of God (Proverbs 8:15) by whom kings reign, this seems sca...
On the other hand, we see in the second chapter the mighty king of the Gentiles made the depositary of the history of the Gentiles, and of God's entire plan, as the recipient of these divine communica...
THOU SAWEST TILL THAT A STONE WAS CUT OUT WITHOUT HANDS,.... Or, "wast seeing" e; the king continued looking upon the image that stood before him, as he thought, as long as he could see it, till he sa...
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet [that were] of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Ver. 34. _Which smote the image upon his feet, &c....
_Thou sawest till a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image_, &c. Here the whole image is represented as destroyed by a great stone falling upon its feet and breaking them to pieces, wh...
Thou sawest, that is, the king's gaze was still directed toward this image, TILL THAT A STONE WAS CUT OUT, being torn loose from a mountain above, WITHOUT HANDS, without human agency, by a special act...
The Dream Interpreted; Daniel Advanced...
31-45 This image represented the kingdoms of the earth, that should successively rule the nations, and influence the affairs of the Jewish church. 1. The head of gold signified the Chaldean empire, t...
i.e. All of it to pieces, all vanished, and the stone became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth: this is the dream, and the interpretation of all follows....
Daniel 2:34 watched H2370 (H8751) H1934 (H8754) while H5705 stone H69 out H1505 (H8728) without...
THE VISION OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR (DANIEL 2:31). “You, O king, saw, and behold a great image. This image which was mighty and whose brightness was spectacular, stood before you. And its aspect was dreadful...
Daniel 2:34 I. We see in the dream of Nebuchadnezzar the great fact that the kingdom of God, the kingdom of Christ, the kingdom of truth, is at length to be supreme over all other kingdoms. Other king...
Daniel 2:29 I take the severance of the stone from the mountain to denote the coming of Christ into the world, and the collision of the stone with the image to mean the founding by the Lord of that sp...
CONTENTS: Visions of Nebuchadnezzar and their results. The forgotten dream and the failure of the astrologers. Daniel's interpretation after prayer for wisdom. CHARACTERS: Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel, Sha...
Daniel 2:1. _In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar,_ after he ascended the throne, according to the Chaldaic account, which was the fourth according to the Hebrew account. Nebuchadnezzar is thought by...
_Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands._ THE DREAM RECOVERED AND INTERPRETED The vision suggests to us many interesting things concerning the Kingdom of Christ. 1. Its superhuman o...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 2:1 Nebuchadnezzar expects his own interpreters to tell him the content of his dream, perhaps to prove that they are genuinely qualified to interpret it (vv. Daniel 2:1). Daniel’...
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. VIII.—THE DREAM (Chap. Daniel 2:31) With the confidence of a man inspired and commissioned by the Most High, Daniel proceeds to declare the king’s dream. The dream one of no ordina...
EXPOSITION DANIEL 2:1 DANIEL FIRST BECOMES DISTINGUISHED. DANIEL 2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was trou
Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep was taken from him. Then the king commanded to call the magicians...
1 Peter 2:7; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Acts 4:11; Daniel 8:25; Daniel 2:44;...