Daniel 12:5

Listen to Daniel 12:5
5 Então eu, Daniel, olhei, e eis que estavam em pé outros dois, um de uma banda � beira do rio, e o outro da outra banda � beira do rio.

Daniel 12:5 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 12:5

Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two
Other two angels, besides the man clothed with linen, ( Daniel 12:6 ) or rather besides the angel who had given Daniel the long account of things that were to come to pass, in the preceding chapter, and the beginning of this; whom Daniel, being attentive to that account, had not observed before; but now, that being finished, he looks about him, and takes notice of those other two who were standing, being ministering spirits to Christ, and ready to execute his orders: the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that
side of the bank of the river;
Hiddekel or Tigris, as appears from ( Daniel 10:4 ) . The reason of this position was chiefly on account of Christ, the man clothed with linen, who stood upon or above the water of the river, in the midst of it; and to show that they were waiting upon him, and ready to go every way he should send them to do his will; and also on account of Daniel, that he might hear what was said, whether to Christ, or to one another; since, being at such a distance, their voice must be loud; and indeed the design of all that follows to the end of the chapter is to inform him, and by him the church and people of God in all future ages, of the time and end of all these things before delivered in the prophecy.

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Daniel 12:5 In-Context

3 Os que forem sábios, pois, resplandecerão como o fulgor do firmamento; e os que converterem a muitos para a justiça, como as estrelas sempre e eternamente.
4 Tu, porém, Daniel, cerra as palavras e sela o livro, até o fim do tempo; muitos correrão de uma parte para outra, e a ciência se multiplicará.
5 Então eu, Daniel, olhei, e eis que estavam em pé outros dois, um de uma banda � beira do rio, e o outro da outra banda � beira do rio.
6 E perguntei ao homem vestido de linho, que estava por cima das águas do rio: Quanto tempo haverá até o fim destas maravilhas?
7 E ouvi o homem vestido de linho, que estava por cima das águas do rio, quando levantou ao céu a mão direita e a mão esquerda, e jurou por aquele que vive eternamente que isso seria para um tempo, dois tempos, e metade de um tempo. E quando tiverem acabado de despedaçar o poder do povo santo, cumprir-se-ão todas estas coisas.
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