Daniel 8:20

20 Aquele carneiro que viste, o qual tinha dois chifres, são estes os reis da Média e da Pérsia.

Daniel 8:20 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 8:20

The ram which thou sawest having two horns
Here begins the particular explanation of the above vision, and of the first thing which the prophet saw in it, a ram with two horns: which two horns, he says, are the kings of Media and Persia;
Darius the first king was a Mede, and Cyrus, that succeeded him, or rather reigned with him, was a Persian: or rather the ram with two horns signifies the two kingdoms of the Medes and Persians united in one monarchy, of which the ram was an emblem; (See Gill on Daniel 8:3) for Darius and Cyrus were dead many years before the time of Alexander; and therefore could not personally be the two horns of the ram broken by him; nor is it to be understood of the kings of two different families, as the one of. Cyrus, and the other of Darius Hystaspes, in whose successors the Persian monarchy continued till destroyed by Alexander, as Theodoret.

Daniel 8:20 In-Context

18 Ora, enquanto ele falava comigo, caí num profundo sono, com o rosto em terra; ele, porém, me tocou, e me pôs em pé.

19 e disse: Eis que te farei saber o que há de acontecer no último tempo da ira; pois isso pertence ao determinado tempo do fim.

20 Aquele carneiro que viste, o qual tinha dois chifres, são estes os reis da Média e da Pérsia.

21 Mas o bode peludo é o rei da Grécia; e o grande chifre que tinha entre os olhos é o primeiro rei.

22 O ter sido quebrado, levantando-se quatro em lugar dele, significa que quatro reinos se levantarão da mesma nação, porém não com a força dele.