Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Daniel 10:5
A certain man — Very probably Christ, who appeared to Daniel in royal and priestly robes, and in so great brightness and majesty.
A certain man — Very probably Christ, who appeared to Daniel in royal and priestly robes, and in so great brightness and majesty.
Verse Daniel 10:5. _CLOTHED IN LINEN_] The description is intended to point out the _splendour_ of the garments. _GOLD OF UPHAZ_] The same as _Ophir_....
THEN I LIFTED UP MINE EYES, AND LOOKED ... - While he was engaged in devotion. What is here said would lead us to suppose that he had been occupied in deep thought and meditation, perhaps with his eye...
CHAPTER 10 THE PREPARATION FOR THE FINAL PROPHECY This chapter contains the preface to the final great prophecies as found in the last two Chapter s of this book. The certain man who appeared unto Dan...
DANIEL 10. INTRODUCTION TO THE FINAL VISION. The last three Chapter s of Daniel form a unity and describe the final vision. Daniel 10 is introductory. A shining being appears to Daniel near the great...
MAN. Hebrew. _ish_. App-14. CLOTHED, &C. Compare the description in Revelation 1. Note the Divine and angelic appearances in this book: Daniel 3:25; Daniel 4:13;...
HISTORY OF THE SELEUCIDAE AND PTOLEMIES. REIGN OF ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES, AND HIS TREATMENT OF THE JEWS. ADVENT OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD These three Chapter s form a whole, describing a vision of Daniel in...
_lift up mine eyes_ in the vision: cf. Daniel 8:3. _and saw_ Daniel (Daniel 10:4) was on the side of the river; and it appears from Daniel 12:6-7, that the figure which he beheld was directly above th...
The dazzling being seen by Daniel in his vision, and the effects of the spectacle upon him. For a vision following a _fast_, cf. Apoc. of Baruch Daniel 10:7, ix. 2, vii. 5, x. 5, 6, xxi. 1, xliii. 3,...
FINE GOLD OF UPHAZ— If we compare this place with Jeremiah 10:9 and the reading of some of the versions, we shall probably be inclined to agree with Bochart and Calmet, that Ophir and Uphaz are the sa...
CHAPTER TEN IV. ANGELIC ASSISTANCEDaniel 10:1-21 a. ANGELIC APPEARANCE TEXT: Daniel 10:1-9 1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belte...
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: THEN I LIFTED UP MINE EYES - from the ground, on which they had...
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 10 Chapter s 10, 11 and 12 tell us about Daniel’s last dream. V1 In the third year that king Cyrus ruled Persia, God gave a message to...
A CERTAIN MAN. — The appearance of this person is minutely described, while that of the angels is not mentioned. The dress especially recalls to our minds the clothing of the high priest. (See Exodus...
וָ אֶשָּׂ֤א אֶת ־עֵינַי֙ וָ אֵ֔רֶא וְ
THE VISION BY THE RIVER Daniel 10:1-21 This chapter gives a glimpse into the great conflict which is always in progress between heaven and hell. For three weeks the radiant Being who came to Daniel a...
The last things were revealed to Daniel in the reign of Cyrus. For three whole weeks he mourned and fasted as the result of a revelation to him of a great warfare. At the close of that period there ap...
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man (e) clothed in linen, whose loins [were] girded with fine gold of Uphaz: (e) This was the angel of God, who was sent to assure Daniel...
_Linen. Hebrew: baddim. --- Finest. Hebrew: uphaz, (Haydock) from Phasis or Ophir._...
I do not presume to say who this glorious person was. But I think, if the Reader will turn to Revelation 1:10 he will be led to conclude, that it could be no other than the Lord Jesus Christ. Precious...
_THE COMING MIGHTY ONE_ ‘A certain Man.’ Daniel 10:5 I. SOMETIMES THE COMING LORD IS PAINTED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AS THE BEARER OF GOOD TIDINGS, THE SAVIOUR WHO SCATTERS BLESSINGS FAR AND NEAR. I...
As to the word _Uphaz, _some think it to be a pearl or precious stone, and they take the word כתם, _kethem, _which precedes it, for pure gold. Others take _uphaz _adjectivally, for pure gold. I do not...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 AND 11. In chapter 10 we return to the East [1]. Chapter s 10, 11 and 12 form but one prophecy; only chapter 11 closes the history of the Gentiles, and cha...
THEN I LIFTED UP MINE EYES, AND LOOKED,.... Being excited to it, by an object presented, of an unusual appearance, which engaged his attention, and caused him to look wistly at it: AND, BEHOLD A CERT...
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins [were] girded with fine gold of Uphaz: Ver. 5. _Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked,_] viz., After my...
_I lifted up mine eyes_ Being by the river-side, in deep contemplation, I looked up, and saw a person appear before me, _clothed in linen_, &c. “Who this certain person was we may be at no loss to det...
then I lifted up mine eyes and looked, as in the vision on the banks of the Eulaeus, 8:3, AND BEHOLD A CERTAIN MAN CLOTHED IN LINEN, the color symbolizing holiness, WHOSE LOINS WERE GIRDED WITH FINE G...
THE BEGINNING OF THE VISION...
A CERTAIN MAN: _ Heb._ one man...
He beheld wistly and with a composed mind. A CERTAIN MAN; which man some will have an angel, either Gabriel, who appeared to him before, or Michael, chief among the angels, JUDE 9, archangel, who is m...
Daniel 10:5 lifted H5375 (H8799) eyes H5869 looked H7200 (H8799) certain H259 man H376 clothed H3847 ...
‘And on the twenty fourth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great River Hiddekel (Tigris) I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold a man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded w...
CONTENTS: Visions of the glory of God. The heavenly messenger detained, but comes at last to show Daniel things to come, in answer to prayer. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Daniel, Michael, Cyrus, Princes...
Daniel 10:1. _In the third year of Cyrus,_ reckoned from the time that he occupied Babylon, in which he governed as viceroy for his uncle Darius. The first year of Cyrus therefore, mentioned in Daniel...
_In the third year of Cyrus._ THE VISION ON THE BANKS OF THE HIDDEKELS The law of gradual development seems to pervade the government of God, and may be treated alike in the material and spiritual de...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 10:1 Conflicts on earth reflect conflicts in the heavens, and this will continue to the end, when God will ultimately win the battle. ⇐...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 10:5 Daniel received a vision of a heavenly being, dressed in LINEN, WITH A BELT OF FINE GOLD... AROUND HIS WAIST. His BODY glowed with inner light, LIKE BERYL,
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. XXXVII.—ANGEL MINISTRIES (Chap. Daniel 10:1) In this and the two following Chapter s we have another of Daniel’s remarkable visions. It is both the last and the longest recorded, o...
EXPOSITION DANIEL 10:1 THE ANGELS OF THE NATIONS. The three chapters (10, 11; and 12.) form a section apart from the rest of Daniel. One marked peculiarity is the long and very old interpolation whi...
Now in chapter 10, In the third year of Cyrus the king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose [Babylonian or Chaldean] name was Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed...
Daniel 12:6; Daniel 12:7; Ephesians 6:14; Ezekiel 9:2; Isaiah 11:5;...