IN THE THIRD YEAR: 426 B.C. (see App-50). Daniel being eighty-seven. A VISION. Like the vision in Daniel 7, this also is complete in itself, but is necessary to contribute its proof of the unity of the book as. whole. This vision (and the rest of the book from here) is written in Hebrew; because it... [ Continue Reading ]
I WAS AT. I was in. Daniel may have retired there (during the lycanthropy of Nebuchadnezzar) when Nehemiah and Mordecai were in the court of Astyages (Nehemiah 1:1). That Daniel was there employed by Astyages is clear from Daniel 8:27. SHUSHAN. The chief city of all Persia. RIVER. Hebrew. _'ubal =... [ Continue Reading ]
SAW. looked. A RAM. In Daniel 8:20 this is interpreted of Persia.. ram is always the symbol of Persia. Found to-day on ancient Persian coins. The king wore. ram's head of gold, and rams' heads are to be seen on the sculptured pillars of Persepolis. TWO HORNS. In Daniel 8:20 these are interpreted o... [ Continue Reading ]
PUSHING. butting: always hostile. WESTWARD. to the west. Not the same word as in Daniel 8:5. BECAME GREAT. acted proudly.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE GOAT. a leaper of the goats. The acknowledged symbol of Greece, as the ram was of Persia (see Daniel 8:3), because the first colony was directed by an oracle to take. goat for. guide and build. city, which they did, and called it Egeae (from Aix. a goat). Figures of. goat are found to-day on anci... [ Continue Reading ]
RAN UNTO HIM. Symbolizing the rapidity of Alexander's conquests, which, in the short space of thirteen years, subdued the world.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS MOVED WITH CHOLER. moved himself, or strove violently with. CHOLER. bile. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for anger or wrath, which was supposed to be due to excess of bile. Greek, _cholos =_ bile; whence we have "cholera". NONE THAT COULD, &C. = no deliverer for. HAND.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAXED VERY GREAT. Referring to the great extent of Alexander's conquests, as "ran" (Daniel 8:6) refers to the rapidity of them. VERY. exceedingly. GREAT: or, proud. Compare Daniel 8:4. BROKEN. broken in pieces. FOR IT. instead of it. CAME UP. Septuagint adds "afterward". FOUR NOTABLE ONES. fou... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE. [the] one. A LITTLE HORN. See note on Daniel 7:8, where it is already shown that this name, and these members (Daniel 8:9 and Daniel 8:23) belong to the still future time of the end. See App-90. WAXED. grew. Anglo-Saxon, _weaxan =_ to grow. Supply the _Ellipsis_ (App-6), "grew [and became]... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN TO. as far as. HOST. stars. Compare Revelation 12:4. OF THE HOST AND OF THE STARS. Figure of speech _Hendiadys_ (App-6), for emphasis. the starry host. STAMPED UPON THEM. trampled them under foot. Compare Daniel 8:13; Daniel 7:21; Daniel 7:25. THEM: i.e. the people symbolized by them.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO. against. THE PRINCE OF THE HOST. God Himself, the Creator and Ruler of the starry host, verses Daniel 10:11 are "difficult" only if Antiochus Epiphanes is assumed to fulfil them. There is no difficulty arising from "the state of the text". PRINCE. Ruler. Hebrew. _sar_. See note on Daniel 10:13... [ Continue Reading ]
AN HOST. Here the word is used of. military host, in opposition to the "host" of Numbers 4:23; Numbers 4:30; Numbers 4:35; Numbers 4:39; Numbers 4:43; Numbers 8:24; Numbers 8:25. WAS GIVEN HIM AGAINST. was set over: i.e. war is raised against "the daily sacrifice". BY REASON OF. by. TRANSGRESSION... [ Continue Reading ]
SAINT. holy [one]. An angelic attendant. Compare Daniel 4:13.Deuteronomy 33:2.Job 5:1; Job 15:15.Psalms 89:5; Psalms 89:7; Zechariah 14:5. THAT CERTAIN SAINT. a certain [unnamed] one, or such an one, as in Ruth 4:1. Or,. proper name _Palmoni_. the wonderful one, or the wonderful [numberer], as in... [ Continue Reading ]
ME. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read "him". TWO THOUSAND AND THREE HUNDRED DAYS. See App-91, and note on Daniel 8:26 below. DAYS. evenings and mornings, the times of the offering of the "continual" or daily sacrifice. CLEANSED. vindicated or sanctified: in this form, occurs only here. Compare... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. a mighty man. Hebrew. _geber_. App-14. Here it is _Gabriel,_ whence his name.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN'S. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. GABRIEL. The first of two angels who are named in Scripture (Compare Daniel 9:21.Luke 1:19; Luke 1:26). The second is Michael (Daniel 10:13; Daniel 10:21; Daniel 12:1; Jude 1:9; Revelation 12:7).... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF MAN. Only Daniel and Ezekiel so called, beside Messiah. See note on Psalms 8:4. AT THE TIME OF THE END. This gives the time to which this vision refers. See the interpretation in (verses: Daniel 8:20), and especially (verses: Daniel 8:23). See also App-90. and Compare Daniel 7:26; Daniel 9:26... [ Continue Reading ]
I WAS IN. I fell into.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAST END. Another indication of the time of the fulfillment of the vision at the time appointed, &c. INDIGNATION. wrath [of God].... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KINGS. Here in Daniel 8:20 we have the beginning of the interpretation; which commences with past _history_ with which the prophecy (which belongs to the future) is linked on. This is to connect the anticipatory and partial, or foreshadowing, fulfillment, which shows how the "little horn" will a... [ Continue Reading ]
IS. representeth. It is the Figure of speech _Metaphor_ (App-6). KING: or, kingdom. GRECIA. Greece. IS THE FIRST KING. representeth the first king: i.e. Alexander the Great (Daniel 8:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IT. in the place thereof. FOUR KINGDOMS. These are said to have been: (1) Ptolemy's (Egypt, Palestine, and some parts of Asia Minor); (2) Cassander's (Macedonia and Greece); (3) Lysimachus's (Bithynia, Thrace, Mysia, &c.); (4) Seleucus's (Syria, Armenia, and territory east of the Euphrates). Bu... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LATTER TIME OF THEIR KINGDOM, &C. This is. further indication as to the interpretation of this vision. THE TRANSGRESSORS. The Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read "transgressions". Hebrew. _pasha_ ', as in Daniel 8:12. rebellions. Compare Daniel 9:24. ARE COME TO THE FULL: or, have filled up t... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT BY HIS OWN POWER. We are not told here who is the giver of the power, but we are not left in ignorance. Revelation 13:2, and 2 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:10, are clear on this point. MIGHTY. mighty ones. HOLY PEOPLE. People of the holy ones. These are "the holy ones of the Most High... [ Continue Reading ]
CRAFT. deceit. BY PEACE. by their prosperity, or careless security. THE PRINCE OF PRINCES: i.e. the Messiah. HE SHALL BE BROKEN WITHOUT HAN d. To understand this read Isa 11:4. 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Revelation 19:19; Revelation 19:20. Compare Isaiah 10:12; Isaiah 14:25; Isaiah 31:8; Micah 5:6;... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EVENING AND THE MORNING. See note on "days" (App-90). These are interpreted as being 2,800 days. No one may interpret the interpretation and say they are "years". IS TRUE. it [is] truth. SHUT THOU UP. As in Daniel 12:4. IT SHALL BE, &C. Supply the _Ellipsis_ (App-6) thus: "it [belongeth] to m... [ Continue Reading ]
FAINTED. The Septuagint omits "fainted, and". THE KING'S BUSINESS. In Shushan, whither he had gone. See note on Daniel 8:2. ASTONISHED. dumb. UNDERSTOOD. became aware of.... [ Continue Reading ]