What does Daniel 9:23 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"At the beginning of thy supplications the commandmentc came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision."
AT THE BEGINNING OF THY SUPPLICATIONS - We are not informed at what time Daniel began to pray, but as remarked above, it is most natural to suppose that he devoted the day to prayer, and had commenced...
CHAPTER 9 THE PROPHECY OF THE SEVENTY WEEKS _ 1. The time and occasion of Daniel's prayer (Daniel 9:1)_ 2. The prayer (Daniel 9:3) 3. The answer and the prophecy of the seventy weeks (Daniel 9:20)...
The explanation of Jeremiah's prophecy. Daniel 9:21. being caused to fly swiftly: the meaning of the original is obscure; _mg_, gives an alternative rendering, being sore wearied, but neither transla...
Daniel's prayer heard; and the angel Gabriel sent with the answer....
DISCOURSE: 1139 THE ANSWER TO DANIEL’S PRAYER Daniel 9:17. O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lo...
c. REVELATION TEXT: Daniel 9:20-27 20 And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Jehovah my God for the holy...
At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. AT THE BEGINNI...
9:23 vision. (c-33) _ Mareh_ . see Note, ch. 8.16. so ch. 10.1,7,8,16....
THE SEVENTY WEEKS In the first year of Darius the Mede, Daniel, studying the prophetical books, finds that Jeremiah has predicted that the desolation of Jerusalem will last for seventy years (Daniel 9...
THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 9 V1 This is what happened in the first year that Darius ruled the country. He was the son of Xerxes and he came from the country calle...
THE COMMANDMENT. — The marginal version is to be preferred, which points to the revelation which follows Daniel 9:24. The title “greatly beloved” occurs again (Daniel 10:11; Daniel 10:19). It implies...
בִּ תְחִלַּ֨ת תַּחֲנוּנֶ֜יךָ יָצָ֣א דָבָ֗ר וַ אֲנִי֙ בָּ֣אתִי לְ הַגִּ֔יד כִּ֥י חֲמוּדֹ֖ות אָ֑תָּה וּ...
THE SEVENTY WEEKS THIS chapter is occupied with the prayer of Daniel, and with the famous vision of the seventy weeks which has led to such interminable controversies, but of which the interpretation...
RENEWED FAVOR IN GOD'S OWN TIME Daniel 9:16-27 Daniel 9:17-19 have in them a tone of anguish which reminds us of our Lord's words as to the violence which takes the kingdom of heaven by force. God l...
In the first year of the reign of Darius, Daniel, who was evidently not only a man of prayer, but a diligent student of the prophetic writings, became conscious that the seventy years of judgment on J...
_Desires. His zeal and mortification merit this title. (Worthington) --- He was an object of God's love. (St. Jerome) (Chap. x. 11. and xi. 8.) (Calmet)_...
Observe the gracious condescension of the man Gabriel. (I say the man Gabriel, because I wish to use the very same name as the Scripture.) Supposing him to have been a created angel, his kindness in h...
_THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH OF PRAYER_ ‘At the beginning of the supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee.’ Daniel 9:23 What would that ancient, who first caught a faint glim...
Here the angel not only exacts docility from the Prophet, but also exhorts him to greater attention. We shall afterwards perceive that this singular and extraordinary prophecy needed no common study....
Chapter 9 gives us a vision concerning the people and the holy city, consequent on Daniel's confession and intercession. It is, as has been remarked, in connection with the oppression of the western p...
AT THE BEGINNING OF THY SUPPLICATIONS,.... As soon as ever he began to pray. This circumstance shows how ready the Lord is to hear the prayers of his people; and yet it was not owing to the prayers of...
At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew [thee]; for thou [art] greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. Ver. 23. _At...
_And he informed me_ Namely, on what errand he came; _and talked with me_ That is, familiarly, as one friend talks with another. _And said, O Daniel, I am come to give thee skill and understanding_ To...
GABRIEL COMFORTS DANIEL BY THE PROPHECY OF THE SEVENTY WEEKS...
COMMANDMENT: _ Heb._ word GREATLY BELOVED: _ Heb._ a man of desires...
20-27 An answer was immediately sent to Daniel's prayer, and it is a very memorable one. We cannot now expect that God should send answers to our prayers by angels, but if we pray with fervency for t...
THE COMMANDMENT CAME FORTH: this thing was decreed before in God's counsel; but not divulged, or ordered to be proclaimed, till Daniel petitioned. GREATLY BELOVED, Heb. _a man of desires_, i.e. dear t...
Daniel 9:23 beginning H8462 supplications H8469 command H1697 out H3318 (H8804) come H935 (H8804) tell H5046 (H8687) beloved H2532 consider H995 (H8798) matter H1697 understand H995 (H8685) vision H47...
“At the beginning of your supplications the word went forth, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved. Therefore consider the matter and understand the vision.” Gabriel assures him tha...
Daniel 9:14. Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth; for we obeyed not his voice. And now, O Lord our...
CONTENTS: Vision of the seventy weeks. Daniel's prayer and confession. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Daniel, Jeremiah, Darius, Gabriel. CONCLUSION: God's Word is intended to encourage our prayers, and wh...
Daniel 9:1. _In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus._ He is also called Cyaxares, the son of Astyages. His father was called by the jews, Ahasuerus. See on Esther. Daniel 9:2. _I Daniel un...
_O Lord, hear._ ANSWER TO DANIEL’S PRAYER A believer might say to one who questioned the value of prayer, that God has authourised and commanded him to pray, with the express promise that the prayer...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 9:1 While reading the book of Jeremiah 1:1 and realizing that the “seventy years” (v. Daniel 9:2) are almost over (see Jeremiah 29:10), Daniel turns to God in prayer, seeking mer...
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. XXXI.—PRAYER ANSWERED (Chap. Daniel 9:20) The character ascribed to God by the Psalmist founded on absolute truth, and in accordance with the universal experience of the godly in...
EXPOSITION DANIEL 9:1 THE SEVENTY WEEKS. This is the chapter of Daniel which has occasioned most controversy. It was appealed to by Tertullian and the early Fathers as a demonstration of the correct...
This time let's turn in our Bible to the book of Daniel, chapter 9. In the beginning of chapter 9, we have a very keen insight to this man Daniel. And we understand why God has declared of him that wa...
Daniel 10:11; Daniel 10:12; Daniel 10:19; Ezekiel 24:16; Ezekiel 26:12; Luke 1:28; Matthew 24:15; Song of Solomon 7:10...