Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Daniel 12:5
Two angels, waiting and ministering on Christ to observe his commands, by the banks of the river Tigris or Hiddekel, where this new vision was.
Two angels, waiting and ministering on Christ to observe his commands, by the banks of the river Tigris or Hiddekel, where this new vision was.
Verse Daniel 12:5. _BEHOLD THERE STOOD OTHER TWO_] Probably two angels. We know no more of them, unless they be the same as those called _saints_, Daniel 8:13, which see. The _river_ was most likely t...
THEN I DANIEL LOOKED - My attention was attracted in a new direction. Hitherto, it would seem, it had been fixed on the angel, and on what he was saying. The angel now informed him that he had closed...
CHAPTER 12 THE GREAT TRIBULATION AND ISRAEL'S DELIVERANCE “ And at that time.” What time? The time of the end, the time of trouble such as never was before; the same time to which our Lord refers in...
DANIEL 12. follows immediately upon the preceding paragraph, and there should be no break between the two Chapter s. 1- 3 forms the ending of the revelation which the angel makes to Daniel, and descri...
THE RIVER. See note on Daniel 10:4....
_other two_ i.e. (as we should now say) _two others_, in addition, viz. to the glorious being, whom Daniel saw (Daniel 10:5-6), and who had been speaking to him since (Daniel 10:11-14; Daniel 10:19;...
BEHOLD THERE STOOD OTHER TWO— Two other angels stood one on each side of the river Hiddekel or Tigris, chap. Daniel 10:4., and were attendants on that superior one who appeared there in so bright and...
b. TERMINATION TEXT: Daniel 12:5-7 5 Then I, Daniel, looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on the brink of the river on this side, and the other on the brink of the river on that side...
Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. THEN I DANIEL LOOKED, AND, BEHOLD, THER...
THE FINAL VISION These chs, form a connected whole, with three sub-divisions. Daniel 10:1 to Daniel 11:1 are introductory; Daniel 11:2 to Daniel 12:4 co
THE KING OF THE SOUTH] Ptolemy I (Soter), the first Egyptian king. _One_ of his princes] Seleucus I (Nicator), the first Syrian king, was originally an officer under Ptolemy I. He] Seleucus. ABOVE HIM...
THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 12 V1 ‘At that time Michael will come’, continued the man. ‘He is the great *angel who looks after your people. There will be a time o...
OTHER TWO. — Two heavenly beings are now seen by the prophet. As the absence of the article shows he had not seen them before, St. Jerome supposes them to be the angels of Persia and Greece, but of co...
וְ רָאִ֨יתִי֙ אֲנִ֣י דָנִיֵּ֔אל וְ הִנֵּ֛ה שׁ
THE EPILOGUE (Daniel 12:1) THE twelfth chapter of the Book of Daniel serves as a general epilogue to the Book, and is as little free from difficulties in the interpretation of the details as are the...
RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT Daniel 12:1-13 Michael was the guardian spirit of the Jewish people. When the time of trouble has reached its climax, whether in national or individual life, help is near....
The last things are then foretold. Michael, the great prince, would stand up for the children of God's people, and there would ensue a time of trouble such as never had been. Beyond that there would b...
Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the (g) river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. (g) Which was the Tigris....
_Two angels of Persia and Greece, near the Tigris. (Maldonat)_ Judges. The Jews say they were Achab and Sedecias, (Origen) as this text seems to allude to Jeremias xxix. 21. or xxxiii. 14. But how we...
If the Reader diligently remarks what is said in these verses, he will discover three persons here described: one on each side of the river; and one standing upon the waters of the river! There seems...
Daniel here relates his vision of other angels standing on each bank of the river. He alludes to the Tigris which he had previously mentioned, as the vision was offered to him there. He says, _One ask...
Chapter 12 gives us more of Israel's own history. In the midst of all these events Michael, the archangel, stands up in behalf of the people of Daniel. There is a time of trouble, such as never has be...
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 thi...
Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. Ver. 5. _Then I Daniel looked._] As being...
_Then I, Daniel, looked_ Here begins an account of a new vision that appeared to Daniel, confirming and explaining the former; for Gabriel, it seems, had finished his narrative, and what now follows i...
Then I, Daniel, looked, after the angel had finished his message, AND, BEHOLD, THERE STOOD OTHER TWO, two more angels besides the one who had spoken to him, THE ONE ON THIS SIDE OF THE BANK OF THE RIV...
A FINAL WORD OF CHEER...
BANK: _ Heb._ lip...
5-13 One of the angels asking how long it should be to the end of these wonders, a solemn reply is made, that it would be for a time, times, and a half, the period mentioned ch. Daniel 7:25, and in t...
Daniel 12:5 Daniel H1840 looked H7200 (H8804) stood H5975 (H8802) two H8147 others H312 one H259 this...
THE FINAL ANALYSIS. ‘Then I Daniel looked, and behold there stood other two, the one on the brink of the river on this side, and the other on the brink of the river at that side. And one said to the...
Daniel 12 We have in this chapter: I. The hope of the suffering saint. "Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting conte...
CONTENTS: The great tribulation of the last days, and the resurrection foretold. The last message to Daniel. CHARACTERS: God, Daniel, Michael. CONCLUSION: The present age is to close in a time of tr...
Daniel 12:1. _At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince._ In the time of Antiochus, Michael the archangel did nothing for the Jews, but leave them in Roman bondage. Therefore under this na...
_Then I, Daniel, looked._ THE EPILOGUE TO THE VISION Hitherto the angel has prophesied the development of history, without adding any remark or exhortation. Here, however, he concludes his prediction...
_And at that time shall Michael stand up._ THE GREAT CONSUMMATION It is a little unfortunate that this chapter has been severed from what immediately precedes it. Here we learn: 1. That the time of...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 12:5 Daniel and his angelic companion ask the divine messenger two related questions: HOW LONG SHALL IT BE TILL THE END OF THESE WONDERS? And WHAT SHALL BE THE OUTCOME OF THESE T...
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. XLIX.—THE TIME OF THE END. (Chap. Daniel 12:5.) Daniel had just received orders from the angel to shut up the words of the vision, and to seal the book that contained them, “even t...
EXPOSITION DANIEL 12:1 THE LAST THINGS. DANIEL 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standsth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble,
Now it is during the time of this great Battle of Armageddon that Jesus will return. And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which stands for the children of thy people: and there sh...
Daniel 10:10; Daniel 10:16; Daniel 10:4; Daniel 10:5; Daniel 10:6...
THE TIME OF THE END Daniel 12:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is most interesting to discover the far-flung visions of prophecy, as told by the Spirit through the Prophets. These men of old, searched dilige...
Other two — Two angels waiting on Christ....