E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 10:9
was I in a deep sleep, &c. Compare Daniel 8:18 . read more
was I in a deep sleep, &c. Compare Daniel 8:18 . read more
Daniel 10:9. Then was I in a deep sleep— Then I lay lifeless with my face prone upon the ground. Houbigant. read more
9. voice of his words—the sound of his words. was I in a deep sleep—"I sank into a deep sleep" [LENGKERKE]. read more
Daniel’s vision of the man by the Tigris river 10:4-9 read more
Daniel’s companions, sensing that something awesome was happening (cf. Acts 9:7; Acts 22:9), hid themselves while Daniel viewed what God showed him (Daniel 10:7). His personal reaction to this vision was also similar to the Apostle John’s (Daniel 10:8; cf. Daniel 8:27; Revelation 1:17). The words of the person Daniel saw, along with his glorious appearance, caused the prophet to faint (Daniel 10:9). read more
The Final VisionThese chs, form a connected whole, with three sub-divisions. Daniel 10:1 to Daniel 11:1 are introductory; Daniel 11:2 to Daniel 12:4 contain a detailed account of future events down to the ’time of the end.’ This time is further defined in the concluding section, Daniel 12:5-13.(a) Introduction (Daniel 10:1 to Daniel 11:1)In the third year of Cyrus, after three weeks of mourning and fasting, Daniel has a vision by the river Hiddekel of a glorious angelic being (Daniel 10:1-10),... read more
The Final VisionThese chs, form a connected whole, with three sub-divisions. Dan 10:1 to Dan 11:1 are introductory; Dan 11:2 to Dan 12:4 contain a detailed account of future events down to the 'time of the end.' This time is further defined in the concluding section, Daniel 12:5-13.(a) Introduction (Dan 10:1 to Dan 11:1)In the third year of Cyrus, after three weeks of mourning and fasting, Daniel has a vision by the river Hiddekel of a glorious angelic being (Dan 10:1-10), who addresses him in... read more
(9) His words.—He refers to the unrecorded words of Daniel 10:6. (Comp. Daniel 8:17-18.) read more
Divine Appointments Daniel 10:1 All things are appointed. Yet it pleases our little vanity to imagine that we appoint some things ourselves. Oh the fuss of the world, and the noise, and the fruitlessness! We have deposed God from being husbandman, and have taken to growing crops of our own kind. They always fail. The appointing God is on the throne; the Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice. It is interesting to me as a student of the Book to see in how many aspects Divine appointment is... read more
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Daniel 10:1-21
A vision beside the Tigris (10:1-11:1)Daniel’s final vision was also his longest, and his account of it lasts till the end of the book. At this time Cyrus was in the third year of his rule over the Jews (10:1). The Jews who had returned to their land had already met so much opposition that they had stopped rebuilding their temple (Ezra 4:1-5,Ezra 4:24).Perhaps this opposition was part of the cause of Daniel’s sadness (2-3). Whatever the cause, his mourning and fasting provided the circumstances... read more