Dànyǐlǐshū 8:18

18 Tā yǔ wǒ shuōhuà de shíhou , wǒ miàn fú zaì dì chén shuì . tā jiù mó wǒ , fú wǒ zhàn qǐlai ,

Dànyǐlǐshū 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.

Dànyǐlǐshū 8:18 In-Context

16 Wǒ yòu tīngjian wū lái hé liǎng àn zhōng yǒu rén shēng hūjiào shuō , jiā bǎi liè a , yào shǐ cǐ rén míngbai zhè yìxiàng .

17 Tā biàn lái dào wǒ suǒ zhàn de dìfang . tā yī lái , wǒ jiù jīnghuāng fǔfú zaì dì . tā duì wǒ shuō , Rénzǐ a , nǐ yào míngbai , yīnwei zhè shì guān hū mòhòu de yìxiàng .

18 Tā yǔ wǒ shuōhuà de shíhou , wǒ miàn fú zaì dì chén shuì . tā jiù mó wǒ , fú wǒ zhàn qǐlai ,

19 Shuō , wǒ yào zhǐshì nǐ nǎonù lín wán bì yǒude shì , yīnwei zhè shì guān hū mòhòu de déng qī .

20 Nǐ suǒ kànjian shuāng jiǎo de gōng miányáng , jiù shì Mǎdaì hé Bōsī wáng .