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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 10:14

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 10:14

For yet the vision is for many days - There are many things which remain yet to be revealed, and the time of their accomplishment is very distant. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 10:15

I set my face toward the ground - He was standing upright, Daniel 10:11 , and he now bent his body in reverence, and looked down upon the ground. And became dumb - Found himself unable to speak. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 10:16

Like the similitude of the sons of men - I think Gabriel is here meant, who appeared to Daniel in a human form; and so in Daniel 10:18 , and see also Daniel 9:21 . Touched my lips - Before this he was unable to speak. By the vision - The vision that I have already had, and of which I have not a proper knowledge has greatly afflicted me, because I see it intimates grievous calamities to my people. See Daniel 9:26 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 10:17

Neither is there breath - He could not breathe freely; he was almost suffocated with sorrow. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 10:14

Verse 14 The angel follows up the same sentiment. He states his arrival for the purpose of predicting to Daniel coming events, and those, too, for a long period of time. He further proves the prayers of Daniel to have been neither vain nor fruitless, as they produced this conflict with the kings of Persia, both father and son. He now brings forward another proof of this, because God wished his Prophet to be instructed in patiently waiting for the arrival of the events, after being made fully... read more

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