Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Daniel 10:15
Verse 15. I set my face toward the ground] He was standing upright, Daniel 10:11, and he now bent his body in reverence, and looked down upon the ground.
And became dumb.] Found himself unable to speak.
Verse 15. I set my face toward the ground] He was standing upright, Daniel 10:11, and he now bent his body in reverence, and looked down upon the ground.
And became dumb.] Found himself unable to speak.
AND WHEN HE HAD SPOKEN SUCH WORDS ... - Daniel was naturally overcome by the communication which had been made to him. The manner in which the prayer was answered seems to have been entirely different...
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...
DUMB. Compare Psalms 139:2; Psalms 139:9....
Daniel is gradually revived and reassured....
In spite of the command not to fear (Daniel 10:12), and the encouraging nature of the words which followed (especially Daniel 10:12), Daniel does not recover his composure; and is only gradually reass...
c. ANGELIC ACTIVITY TEXT: Daniel 10:15-21 15 And when he had spoken unto me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was dumb. 16 And, behold, one in the likeness of the sons...
And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. I SET MY FACE TOWARD THE GROUND - in humble reverence, the proper attitude for those receiving an imm...
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 MOST FENCED CITIES] RV 'a well-fenced city,' Sidon....
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...
I SET MY FACE. — The conduct of Daniel described in this verse is not to be ascribed to his fear, for that had been already driven away (Daniel 10:12), but to his reverence for the majestic person who...
וּ בְ דַבְּרֹ֣ו עִמִּ֔י כַּ † דְּבָרִ֖ים...
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...
There is some little difficulty to apprehend the whole of this passage. Daniel had before described a very glorious person, at whose presence he put his face to the ground. And here it should seem, at...
Daniel again signifies by these words that he was so inspired by reverence for the angel as to be unable to stand. This tends to recommend the prophecy to our notice, — to shew us how the holy Prophet...
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...
AND WHEN HE HAD SPOKEN SUCH WORDS UNTO ME,.... As before related, concerning the contest between him and the prince of Persia; and especially concerning what would befall the people of the Jews in the...
And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. Ver. 15. _I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb._] _Coharrui totus, et vex faucibus haesit....
_I set my face toward the ground_ The fear with which Daniel had been struck at the sight of the angel Michael still continued in some degree, so that he was afraid to look up at this angel, or to spe...
And when He had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, in awe and consternation over the revelations to be expected, AND I BECAME DUMB, remaining speechless for the time being....
The First Part of the Angel's Message...
10-21 Whenever we enter into communion with God, it becomes us to have a due sense of the infinite distance between us and the holy God. How shall we, that are dust and ashes, speak to the Lord of gl...
He was not yet quite free of all his fear, of which we heard, DANIEL 10:9; haply this pressed him down the more, when he considered the majesty of the angel, the greatness of the vision, and his own f...
Daniel 10:15 spoken H1696 (H8763) words H1697 turned H5414 (H8804) face H6440 ground H776 speechless H481 ...
‘And when he had spoken to me in accordance with these words I set my face towards the ground and was dumb. And behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips. Then I opened my mou...
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 10:15 On hearing of the power of the evil spiritual forces, Daniel was overtaken by such a sense of weakness that he was bowed to the ground, unable even to speak until the angel...
_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 10:9; Daniel 8:18; Ezekiel 24:27; Ezekiel 33:22; Luke 1:20...
I set my face — I prostrated myself upon the earth. And I became dumb — Thro' astonishment....