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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 10:10-21

Much ado here is to bring Daniel to be able to bear what Christ has to say to him. Still we have him in a fright, hardly and very slowly recovering himself; but he is still answered and supported with good words and comfortable words. Let us see how Daniel is by degrees brought to himself, and gather up the several passages that are to the same purport. I. Daniel is in a great consternation and finds it very difficult to get clear of it. The hand that touched him set him at first upon his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 10:13

But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days ,.... Which was just the time Daniel had been mourning and fasting, Daniel 10:2 , and the angel had had his instructions to acquaint him with the Lord's answer to his prayers: by "the prince of the kingdom of Persia" is not to be understood the then reigning king of Persia, Cyrus, or his son Cambyses; who either of them would have been called rather king of Persia; nor were they able to withstand an angel, and such an... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 10:14

Now I am come to make thee to understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days ,.... The contest being over with the prince of Persia, and having got an advantage, and carried his point in favour of the Jews; he came directly to Daniel, to inform him of what should befall the people of the Jews in the succeeding monarchies, especially in the times of Antiochus; and even of all that should befall them until the Messiah came, as Aben Ezra rightly interprets it; for the last days... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 10:15

And when he had spoken such words unto me ,.... As before related, concerning the contest between him and the prince of Persia; and especially concerning what would befall the people of the Jews in the latter day: I set my face toward the ground ; not being able to look up; his eyes were fixed upon the earth like one confounded and thunderstruck, filled with amazement and wonder: and I became dumb ; not able to speak a word, as is the case of persons sometimes in surprise, or through... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 10:16

And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men ,.... Not the man clothed with linen, or Christ; but either the same angel, Gabriel, who appeared more manifestly to him in a human form; or another of the attendants of Christ, who also had the similitude of a man: touched my lips ; with his hand, as the Prophet Isaiah's were, by a seraph, with a live coal from the altar, Isaiah 6:7 , thereby restoring him to his speech, and giving him freedom and boldness to make use of it; and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 10:17

For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord ?.... Or, "talk with that my lord?" F26 עם אדני זה "cum domino meo illo", Pagninus, Montanus, Munster, Junius & Tremellius. pointing to the man clothed in linen, who appeared so glorious, and whom Daniel knew to be more than a man; and therefore he, who was a mere mortal sinful man, and reckoned himself a servant of the angel of the Lord that was now before him, and had touched him, and was conversing with him,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 10:18

Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man ,.... Or one like a man again touched him; the same that touched him before, Daniel 10:16 , perhaps Gabriel, since he uses the same language in the following verse as he does Daniel 10:11 , and he strengthened me ; both in body and mind, by his free and familiar conversation with him, and the comfortable words he spoke to him, a divine power accompanying them for that purpose. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 10:19

And said, O man, greatly beloved ,..... Or, "man of desires", as before, Daniel 10:11 , which shows it to be the same here speaking as there, and probably Gabriel: fear not ; for a man has nothing to fear, from men or devils, that is beloved of the Lord; and especially from good angels, how glorious and majestic soever they are: peace be unto thee ; all prosperity of body and soul; inward peace of mind, a freedom from all hurry of thought, and commotion of the passions, and eternal... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 10:20

Then said he, knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee ?.... He had told him before, Daniel 10:12 , that it was on account of his prayers, and to bring an answer to them; and particularly to inform him what would befall his people in the latter day; and now, lest, through the hurry of his spirits, he had not observed it, or had forgot it, he reminds him of it, to stir up his desire the more after the knowledge of particulars, which he was now about to relate unto him: and now will I return... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 10:21

But I will show that which is noted in the Scripture of truth ,.... Not in the written word, though there are many things relating to what should befall the Jews in the latter day, especially in Deuteronomy 28:1 but in the decrees and purposes of God, which are sometimes signified by a book, and things written in it; because so particular and distinct, and so sure and certain, and which will be most truly, infallibly, and punctually performed: these are "noted", marked, engraven, in the... read more

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