Daniel 8:18

18 Mientras él hablaba, me desmayé y quedé tendido con el rostro contra el suelo, pero Gabriel con un toque me despertó y me ayudó a ponerme de pie.

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 Entonces oí una voz humana que exclamaba desde el río Ulai: «Gabriel, dile a este hombre el significado de su visión».

17 Cuando Gabriel se acercó al lugar donde yo estaba, me aterroricé tanto que caí rostro en tierra. «Hijo de hombre —me dijo—, debes comprender que los sucesos que has visto en tu visión tienen que ver con el tiempo del fin».

18 Mientras él hablaba, me desmayé y quedé tendido con el rostro contra el suelo, pero Gabriel con un toque me despertó y me ayudó a ponerme de pie.

19 Entonces dijo: «Estoy aquí para explicarte lo que sucederá después, en el tiempo de la ira. Lo que has visto pertenece al fin del tiempo.

20 El carnero con los dos cuernos representa a los reyes de Media y de Persia.