Daniel 10:1-7

Daniel's Terrifying Vision of a Man

1 ¹In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, ²who was named Belteshazzar. And ³the word was true, and it was a great conflict.^[a] And ⁴he understood the word and ⁵had understanding of the vision.

2 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for ⁶three weeks.

3 I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I ⁷anoint myself at all, for ⁸the full three weeks.

4 On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing ⁹on the bank of the great river (¹⁰that is, the Tigris)

5 ¹¹I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, ¹²a man clothed in linen, ¹³with a belt of fine ¹⁴gold from Uphaz around his waist.

6 His body was like ¹⁵beryl, his face ¹⁶like the appearance of lightning, ¹⁷his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and ¹⁸legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and ¹⁹the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.

7 ²⁰And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision, but a great trembling fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves.

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Daniel 10:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DANIEL 10

This chapter is an introduction to the prophecies contained in the two following chapters; and begins with an account of Daniel's mourning and fasting, preparatory to the vision he had, Da 10:1-3, and of the appearance of Christ to him, with the time and place of it; who is described by his clothing, and the several parts of his body, which were very glorious, he appearing in a human form, Da 10:4-6, then follows an account of the effects it had upon him, Da 10:7-9, and of what encouragement and strength he received from him, by words and touches, to listen to what he said; and to expect a discovery and an understanding of things of moment and importance, which should be in future times, Da 10:10-21.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 20

1. [Daniel 1:21]; See Daniel 6:28
2. See Daniel 1:7
3. [Daniel 8:26]
4. See Daniel 1:17
5. See Daniel 1:17
6. [ver. 13]
7. [Amos 6:6; Matthew 6:17]
8. [See ver. 2 above]
9. [Daniel 12:5]
10. Genesis 2:14
11. [Joshua 5:13]
12. Ezekiel 9:2
13. [Revelation 1:13; Revelation 15:6]
14. Jeremiah 10:9
15. [Ezekiel 1:16; Ezekiel 10:9]
16. Ezekiel 1:14; Matthew 28:3
17. Revelation 1:14
18. Revelation 1:15
19. Revelation 1:15
20. [Acts 9:7]

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or and it was about a great conflict

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