Daniel 7

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:6

Daniel 7:6. Lo, another, like a leopard— This third kingdom is that of the Macedonians or Grecians, who, under the command of Alexander the Great, overcame the Persians, and reigned next after them; and it is most fitly compared to a leopard upon several accounts. The leopard is remarkable for its swiftness; and Alexander and the Macedonians were amazingly rapid in their conquest; insomuch, that St. Jerome says, he seems rather to have overrun the world by his victories, than by his battles.... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:7

Daniel 7:7. Behold, a fourth beast, &c.— The fourth kingdom is represented by a fourth beast, dreaded, terrible, and exceeding strong. Daniel was curious to know particularly what this might mean, Dan 7:19 and the angel answers him, Daniel 7:23. This kingdom can be no other than the Roman empire, which answers this emphatical description better than any of the former kingdoms. The beast devoured, and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue, that is, the remains of the former kingdoms, with... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:8

Daniel 7:8. Another little horn— This refers to Antichrist, or the papal usurpation. See on Daniel 7:24. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:9-10

Daniel 7:9-10. I beheld till the thrones were cast down— Till thrones were set or placed. The metaphors and figures here used are borrowed from the solemnities of earthly judicatures, and particularly the great Sanhedrin of the Jews; where the father of the consistory sat, with his assessors placed on each side of him, in the form of a semicircle, and the people standing before him: and probably from this description was also taken that of the day of judgment in the New Testament. See Bishop... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:11

Daniel 7:11. I beheld then because of the voice, &c.— The beast will be destroyed, because of the great words which the horn spake. The destruction of the beast will be the destruction of the horn also; and consequently the horn is a part of the fourth beast, or of the Roman empire. Bishop Newton. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:12

Daniel 7:12. As concerning the rest, &c.— When the dominion was taken away from the rest of the beasts, their bodies were not destroyed, but suffered to continue still in being: but when the dominion shall be taken away from this beast, his body shall be totally destroyed, because other kingdoms succeeded to those, but none other earthly kingdom shall succeed to this. Ibid. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:13

Daniel 7:13. I saw in the night visions— This has always been, and can only be, understood of the Messiah. Hence the expression, Son of man, was a known phrase for the Messiah among the Jews, as appears from several of their own writers. ענני Anani, the word here used, and which signifies clouds, was also a known name for the Messiah; so that he who assumed the one, was supposed to affect the character of the other. This will appear evidently from what passed at the trial of our blessed... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:14

Daniel 7:14. There was given him dominion— All these kingdoms shall in their turns be destroyed, but the kingdom of the Messiah shall stand for ever. It was in allusion to this prophesy that the angel said of Jesus before he was conceived in the womb, He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end, Luke 1:33. After what manner these great changes will be finally and completely effected, we cannot at present say, but in the way of conjecture. We see the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:19

Daniel 7:19. Diverse— Different, and so Daniel 7:23-24. There is no mention of the nails of brass in the 7th verse, where this beast is first described. But Daniel certainly would never have desired to have been informed concerning this circumstance in the beast, if he had not seen these nails. See Houbigant's note. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:24

Daniel 7:24. The ten horns—are ten kings— Or kingdoms; and so Daniel 7:17. If we fix the aera for these ten kingdoms to the eighth century, the chief governments will be found to be, 1. The senate of Rome, who revolted from the Grecian emperors, and claimed and exerted the privilege of choosing a new western emperor; 2 the Greeks in Ravenna; 3 the Lombards in Lombardy; 4 the Huns in Hungary; 5 the Allemans in Germany; 6 the Franks in France; 7 the Burgundians in Burgundy; 8 the Saracens in... read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:7

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:9-10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:11

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:14

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:19

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:24

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