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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 7:15-28

Here we have, I. The deep impressions which these visions made upon the prophet. God in them put honour upon him, and gave him satisfaction, yet not without a great allay of pain and perplexity (Dan. 7:15): I Daniel was grieved in my spirit, in the midst of my body. The word here used for the body properly signifies a sheath or scabbard, for the body is no more to the soul; that is the weapon; it is that which we are principally to take care of. The visions of my head troubled me, an again... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 7:15

I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body ,.... Or "sheath" F1 בגו נדנה "in medio vaginae", Montanus; "intra vaginam", Munster, Vatablus. ; the soul being in the body as a sword in its scabbard; where it was "cut" F2 אתכרית "transfixus est", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus; "succisus, vel excisus est", Munster. and pierced, as the word signifies; and was wounded, distressed, and grieved at the vision seen; not at the sight of the Son of man, and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 7:16

I came near unto one of them that stood by ,.... To one of the angels that attended, either the throne of judgment, or, the Son of man in his approach to his divine Father: and asked him the truth of all this ; the substance of these visions; what these images, presented to his view, were shadows and representations of; so type and truth, shadow and substance, are opposed to each other. The real meaning of all this was what he asked; nor need any be ashamed to ask of whomsoever they can... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 7:17

These great beasts, which are four, are four kings ,.... Or kingdoms, as the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions; and so Jarchi, Aben Ezra, and Saadiah; so the fourth beast is called the fourth kingdom, Daniel 7:23 or a succession of kings in four kingdoms or monarchies, comparable to beasts for their strength, cruelty, and tyranny: these are the words of him that stood by, of one of the angels Daniel applied to, to know the meaning of his dream; and might be better rendered,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 7:18

But the saints of the most High ,.... Or, "of the most high Ones" F4 קדישי עליונין "sanctorum altissimorum", Pagninus, Montanus; "sanctorum excelsorum", Junius & Tremellius. , Father, Son, and Spirit, separated by God the Father in election, and in that sense his servants, or sanctified ones, Judges 1:1 , and redeemed by the Son, and sanctified with his blood, or their sins atoned by it, and to whom he is made sanctification, and so his saints, Hebrews 13:12 and sanctified... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 7:19

Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast ;.... What it represented, what kingdom or monarchy was meant by it; for, by the above answer of the angel, he understood the four beasts signified four kings or kingdoms; the three first he pretty well understood; at least he was not so solicitous about them as about the fourth; and this he was desirous of having a very particular and exact account of; it threatening, by its appearance, a great deal of trouble to the world, and especially to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 7:15

I Daniel was grieved, etc. - The words in the original are uncommonly emphatic. My spirit was grieved, or sickened, נדנה בגו bego nidneh , within its sheath or scabbard. Which I think proves, That the human spirit is different from the body. That it has a proper subsistence independently of the body, which is only its sheath for a certain time. 3. That the spirit may exist independently of its body, as the sword does independently of its sheath. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 7:17

These great beasts - are four kings - See the preceding verses, where the following explanations are inserted and illustrated. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 7:18

But the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom - I doubt whether this be the true sense of the original Chaldee, עליונון קדשי מלכותא ויקבלון vikabbelun malcutha kaddishey elyonin , "But the supreme holy ones shall receive the kingdom;" or, "they shall receive the kingdom of the supreme saints." Properly translated by Montanus, Et suscipient regnum sanctorum altissimorum . Whatever we may think of the patriarchs and the Jews in their best times, there has never been so much... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 7:19

His nails of brass - This is not mentioned in the seventh verse, where the description of the beast is given. It might be added, for the first time, by the person who is now explaining the fourth beast. Houbigant thinks it has been lost out of the text: but such loss is not intimated by any MS.; nor does any of the ancient Versions acknowledge this addition in the seventh verse. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 7:15-28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 7:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 7:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 7:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 7:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 7:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 7:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 7:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 7:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 7:19

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