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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 8:17-18

Gabriel’s approach made Daniel so fearful that he prostrated himself on the ground (cf. Daniel 2:46; Daniel 10:9-10; Daniel 10:15; Ezekiel 1:28; Ezekiel 3:23; Ezekiel 44:4; Revelation 1:17). The title "son of man" indicates humanity, and here, in contrast to Gabriel, it stressed Daniel’s human weakness (cf. Daniel 7:13; Ezekiel 2:1; et al.)."It suggests both solemnly and encouragingly the awesomeness and the honor of an ordinary human being hearing this man of God address him . . ." [Note:... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 8:19

Gabriel clarified that what he was going to explain dealt with "the final period of the indignation" and "the appointed time of the end." Clearly this was future from Daniel’s point in history. Yet does it refer to the time of Antiochus Epiphanes exclusively, [Note: Driver, pp. 99, 121; and Young, p. 288.] or does it refer to the end times before Jesus Christ returns, [Note: G. H. Pember, The Great Prophecies of the Centuries Concerning Israel and the Gentiles, pp. 289-90; Clarence Larkin, The... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:1-27

The Vision of the Ram and the He-GoatIn the third year of Belshazzar Daniel has a vision in which he seems to stand by the river Ulai, near Susa (Daniel 8:1-2). He sees a two-homed ram which behaves aggressively for a time (Daniel 8:3-4), but is attacked and overthrown by a he-goat which comes rapidly from the w, (Daniel 8:5-7). The he-goat has a notable horn (Daniel 8:5), which is presently broken, and instead of which four others come up (Daniel 8:8). From one of these there springs a little... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 8:17

(17) The time of the end—i.e., either at the final period of earthly history, or at the time which lies at the limit of the prophetic horizon. St. Jerome observes that what happened in the times of Antiochus was typical of what shall be fulfilled hereafter in Antichrist. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 8:18

(18) A deep sleep.—On the effects of heavenly visions upon those who beheld them, see Genesis 16:13, Exodus 33:20, &c. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 8:19

(19) End of the indignation—i.e., the revelation of God’s wrath at the end of the time of the prophecy.At the time appointed—i.e., the vision refers to the appointed time in the end. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Daniel 8:1-27

Daniel 8:2 In his Remarkable Passages of the Life and Death of Mr. John Semple, minister of Carsphairn in Galloway, Patrick Walker tells how 'that night after his wife died, he spent the whole ensuing night in prayer and meditation in his garden. The next morning, one of his elders coming to see him, and lamenting his great loss and want of rest, he replied: "I declare I have not, all night, had one thought of the death of my wife, I have been so taken up in meditating on heavenly things. I... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Daniel 8:1-27

THE RAM AND THE HE-GOATThis vision is dated as having occurred in the third year of Belshazzar; but it is not easy to see the significance of the date, since it is almost exclusively occupied with the establishment of the Greek Empire, its dissolution into the kingdoms of the Diadochi, and the godless despotism of King Antiochus Epiphanes.The seer imagines himself to be in the palace of Shushan: "As I beheld I was in the castle of Shushan." It has been supposed by some that Daniel was really... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Daniel 8:1-27

CHAPTER 8 The Ram and the He-Goat 1. The vision (Daniel 8:1-14 ) 2. The interpretation of the vision (Daniel 8:15-27 ) Daniel 8:1-14 . Beginning with this chapter to the end of the book prophecy will lead us mostly upon Jewish ground. While some of these prophecies were fulfilled in the past, most of them are related to the future when the great end fulfillment takes place before the coming of the Son of Man in the clouds of heaven to receive the kingdom. The phrases “the latter times,”... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Daniel 8:17

8:17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for {d} at the time of the end [shall be] the vision.(d) The effect of this vision will not yet appear, until a long time after. read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 8:17-18

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 8:19

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:1-27

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 8:17

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 8:18

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 8:19

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Daniel 8:1-27

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Daniel 8:1-27

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Daniel 8:1-27

Geneva Study Bible - Daniel 8:17

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