John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 40:3
And he brought me thither ,.... Being brought into the land of Israel in vision, and to a high mountain in it, by which were as the frame of a city; he was from thence brought to the city or temple itself, which looked like one: and, behold , a note of attention and admiration: there was a man ; one in human form; not a created angel, but the Messiah, the builder and owner of the city and temple, whom it was proper the prophet should first have a view of; and by whom he was to be... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 40:1-4
Here is, 1. The date of this vision. It was in the twenty-fifth year of Ezekiel's captivity (Ezek. 40:1), which some compute to be the thirty-third year of the first captivity, and is here said to be the fourteenth year after the city was smitten. See how seasonably the clearest and fullest prospects of their deliverance were given, when they were in the depth of their distress, and an assurance of the return of the morning when they were in the midnight of their captivity: ?Then the hand of... read more