daniel-10:1-7-niv1984

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:1

In the third year of Cyrus King of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long; and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. The Septuagint rendering is, "In the first year of Cyrus King of the Persians." This is at variance with all other versions. As, however, these other versions are derived from the Palestinian recension, they unitedly do not much more than counterbalance the ... read more

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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

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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

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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

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The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:2

In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks . The versions are close to the Massoretic, only the Septuagint, and, following it, the Vetus, as quoted by Tertullian, omit "days," in the literal rendering of the Hebrew phrase, "weeks of days". Mourning. Zöckler and Fuller think this mourning due to the difficulties the released captives had in carrying out their desire of rebuilding the temple. It may have been that he was grieved that so few of the people were willing to avail... read more

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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

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The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:3

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. The versions are in perfect agreement with the Massoretic text. Pleasant bread ; "bread of desires" is the rendering of the Septuagint and of Theodotion; the word is the same in Hebrew and Greek as that applied to Daniel. Neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth. This shows that the practice adopted by Daniel and his fellows during their training... read more

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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

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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

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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

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:1

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:2-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:5-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 10:7

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