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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 10:5

Verse 5 As to the word Uphaz, some think it to be a pearl or precious stone, and they take the word כתם, kethem, which precedes it, for pure gold. Others take uphaz adjectivally, for pure gold. I do not suppose it to be an epithet, but I rather subscribe to the view of those who understand it as the proper name of a place, because this view is in accordance with the phraseology of the tenth chapter of Jeremiah. There is another opinion which is unsuitable. Uphaz is said to be derived from the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 10:7

Verse 7 He pursues his own narrative in which he appears prolix, but not without design. This prophecy required all kinds of sanction for the purpose of inspiring unhesitating confidence in it, not only with those Jews of that generation, but with all posterity. Although the predictions of the eleventh chapter have been fulfilled, yet their utility is manifest to us as follows: first, we behold in them God’s perpetual care of his Church; secondly, we observe the pious never left destitute of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:1-10

Man's foolish terror in the presence of a heavenly visitor. In accepting the testimony of others, with respect to matters beyond the reach of our own senses and experience, we must be satisfied on three points. The matter of this vision is most reasonable in itself. We have an accumulation of proof that Daniel was not deceived. It was not a subjective hallucination, but an objective reality. As evidence of Daniel's thorough truthfulness, he places on record the minutest circumstances of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:1-19

The vision of the Christ. "I was left alone, and saw this great vision" ( Daniel 10:8 ). It is well to begin by clearing up the context. We have now only one more prophecy in Daniel. This occupies the eleventh chapter. The tenth contains a prologue to the prophecy; the twelfth, an epilogue. In Daniel 10:1 the character of the prophecy is indicated: 1 . Its subject-matter is afflictive. " The conflict is great. " It covers a time of great calamities (see the Hebrew). 2 . The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:1-21

EXPOSITION THE ANGELS OF THE NATIONS . The three chapters (10, 11; and 12.) form a section apart from the rest of Daniel. One marked peculiarity is the long and very old interpolation which occupies nearly the whole of Daniel 11:1-45 . Not improbably something has dropped out, and. not a few things have been modified in consequence of this interpolation. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:2-8

Fasting. The exercise of fasting seems to grow out of natural spiritual instincts, as it is found in nearly all religions, and is not forbidden but recognized and regulated in the teaching of Christ and his apostles ( Luke 5:35 ; Acts 13:2 , Acts 13:3 ; Acts 14:23 ). It is, however, an exercise which is surrounded with erroneous ideas, and which needs to be cleared of them before it can be admitted as healthy and profitable. Let us notice— I. SOME ABUSES OF THE EXERCISE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:4

And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel . The LXX . differs from this only in rendering Hiddekel by its Greek name "Tigris." Theodotion subjoins to Tigris Eddekel , on the same principle that we have on the margin of our Bibles different renderings from those in the text. The Peshitta makes the river the Euphrates. The Vulgate follows the Septuagint. There seems no reasonable doubt that Behrmann is right in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:5-6

Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphas: his body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. The version given by the Septuagint exhibits traces of confluence, "And it was [apparently reading וַיִּהִי ( vayyehee )] on... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:7

And I Daniel alone saw the vision; for the men that were with me saw not the vision.; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. The LXX . in the main agrees with this, but seems to have read lemahar , " in haste ," instead of behayhabay. Theodotion renders the last word ἐν φόβῳ , implying that he read behaga'. The reading of the Massoretic is superior, as being less expected. The Peshitta renders in accordance with Theodotion. Jerome... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 10:4

And in the four and twentieth day of the first month - At the close of his season of fasting. Though he had not set apart this season of fasting with any view or expectation that it would be followed by such a result, yet there was a propriety that an occasion like this should be selected as that on which the communication which follows should be made to his mind, for(a) his mind was in a prepared state by this extraordinary season of devotion for such a communication; and(b) his attention... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 10:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 10:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:1-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:2-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:5-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 10:4

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