다니엘 8:4-11 KRV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:5

Behold, a he-goat - This was Alexander the Great; and a goat was a very proper symbol of the Grecian or Macedonian people. Bp. Newton very properly observes that, two hundred years before the time of Daniel, they were called Aegeadae, the goats' people; the origin of which name is said to be as follows: Caranus, their first king, going with a multitude of Greeks to seek a new habitation in Macedonia, was advised by an oracle to take the goats for his guides; and afterwards, seeing a herd of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:6

And he came to the ram - This and the following verse give an account of the overthrow of the Persian empire by Alexander. And ran unto him in the fury of his power - The conflicts between the Greeks and the Persians were excessively severe. Alexander first vanquished the generals of Darius, at the river Granicus, in Phrygia; he next attacked and totally routed Darius, at the straits of Issus, in Cilicia; and afterwards at the plains of Arbela, in Assyria. One can hardly read these... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:7

And brake his two horns - Subdued Persia and Media; sacked and burnt the royal city of Persepolis, the capital of the Persian empire, and, even in its ruins, one of the wonders of the world to the present day. This he did because "he was moved with choler" against Darius, who had endeavored to draw off his captains with bribes, and had labored to induce some of his friends to assassinate him. Alexander, finding this, would listen to no proposals of peace; and was determined never to rest... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:8

The he-goat waxed very strong - He had subdued nearly the whole of the then known world. The great horn was broken - Alexander died in the height of his conquests, when he was but about thirty-three years of age. His natural brother, Philip Aridaeus, and his two sons, Alexander Aegus and Hercules, kept up the show and name of the Macedonian kingdom for a time; but they were all murdered within fifteen years; and thus the great horn, the Macedonian kingdom, was broken, Alexander's family... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:9

Out of one of them came forth a little horn - Some think that Antiochus Epiphanes is meant; but Bp. Newton contends that it is the Roman government that is intended; and although very great at its zenith, yet very little in its rising. Waxed - great toward the south - The Romans made Egypt a province of their empire, and it continued such for some centuries. Toward the east - They conquered Syria, and made it a province. Toward the pleasant land - Judea, so called Psalm 106:24 ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:10

The host of heaven - The Jewish hierarchy. The stars, the priests and Levites. The powers or host of heaven are probably intended by our Lord, Matthew 24:29 , to signify the whole Jewish hierarchy. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:11

Even to the prince of the host - They seemed, in this case, to fight against God himself. The daily sacrifice was taken away - By the destruction of the city and temple; and has never been restored from that day until now. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:4

Verse 4 The Prophet, now shortly sketches the great success which should attend this double kingdom. He says, The ram struck all the nations towards the west, and north, and south. The Persian and Median territory lay to the east of Babylon and Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor, and Greece. This, without doubt, is extended to all the successors of Cyrus, who are recorded as having convulsed the whole world. Cyrus himself was shortly afterwards cruelly and basely slain, according to many historians,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:5

Verse 5 Here another change is shown to the Prophet, namely, Alexander’s coming to the east and acquiring. for himself the mighty sway of the Persians, as afterwards happened. With the view, then, of procuring confidence for his prediction, he says, he was attentive He doubtless dwells upon the reverence with which he received the vision to exhort us to the pursuit of piety, and also to modesty and attention. The Prophet, therefore, was not carried away in imagination by a dream which could be... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:7

Verse 7 Here God shews to his Prophet the victory of Alexander, by which he subdued almost the whole east. Although he encountered many nations in battle, and especially the Indians, yet the name of the Persian empire was so celebrated in the world, that the dignity of others never approached it. Alexander, therefore, by conquering Darius, acquired nearly the whole east. God showed his Prophet the easiness of his victory under this figure. I looked, says he, when he approached the land Darius... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:7

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