Daniel 8:21, Daniel 8:5 KJV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 8:20-22

Daniel 8:20-22. The ram, &c., having two horns, are the kings, or kingdoms rather, of Media and Persia. And the rough goat is the king, or kingdom, of Grecia. And the great horn, &c., is the first king Namely, Alexander the Great, the first Grecian king that reigned over Asia. Now that being broken That is, this first king being deceased; four kingdoms shall stand up, &c. Shall arise from it, under the rule of the same nation that the first king was of, namely, the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Daniel 8:15-27

Gabriel explains the vision (8:15-27)An interpreting angel named Gabriel then set out to explain to the frightened Daniel the meaning of the vision of the ram and the goat (15-18). It was chiefly concerned with the climax of the Jews’ troubles, when God would intervene in mighty judgment against Antiochus (19). But first the Medo-Persian and Greek Empires had to be established (20-22). Cruel, cunning, arrogant and powerful, Antiochus would slaughter the Jews, defile the temple and blaspheme... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 8:21

is = representeth. It is the Figure of speech Metaphor ( App-6 ). king: or, kingdom. Grecia = Greece. is the first king = representeth the first king: i.e. Alexander the Great (Daniel 8:5 ). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 8:21

21. the first king—Philip was king of Macedon before Alexander, but the latter was the first who, as a generalissimo of Greece, subdued the Persian empire. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 8:15-26

5. The interpretation of this vision 8:15-26 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 8:20-22

Gabriel identified the ram with the two horns as Media and Persia (cf. Daniel 8:3-4), not just Media as many liberal interpreters insist because of their second-century composition hypothesis. The goat, here further described as shaggy, represents Greece (cf. Daniel 8:5-7), not Persia as many liberals contend. The large horn on the goat is the first king of Greece, namely, Alexander the Great. The four kingdoms that arose to replace Alexander when he died were Macedonia and Greece, Thrace and... 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 8:20-22

(20-22) See Notes on Daniel 8:3-8. 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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 8:20-22

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Daniel 8:15-27

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 8:21

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 8:21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 8:15-26

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 8:20-22

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 8:20-22

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

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

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