Daniel 8:18

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

Daniel 8:18 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 8:18

Now as he was speaking with me
Addressing him in the above manner: I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground;
through fear he fell prostrate to the ground, and swooned away, which issued in a deep sleep; and so was unfit to attend to the explanation of the vision the angel was sent to give him; and which was not through indifference to it, or neglect of it; but through human weakness, his nature not being able to bear up under such circumstances, which struck him with such fear and dread: but he touched me, and set me upright;
he jogged him out of his sleep, and took him, and raised him up, and set him on his feet; or, "on his standing" ^F13; which Ben Melech explains, as he "was standing at first"; and so in a better posture to attend to what was about to be revealed unto him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (ydme le) "super stare meum", Montanus, Gejerus; "super stationem meam", Michaelis.

Daniel 8:18 In-Context

16 E ouvi uma voz de homem entre as margens do Ulai, a qual gritou, e disse: Gabriel, faze que este homem entenda a visão.

17 Veio, pois, perto de onde eu estava; e vindo ele, fiquei amedrontado, e caí com o rosto em terra. Mas ele me disse: Entende, filho do homem, pois esta visão se refere ao tempo do fim.

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.