Dan 2:4-11 | TNotes | STEP | 2:4 Aramaic had been established by the Assyrians as the lingua franca of international communication. The practice was continued by the Babylonians. • Tell us the dream: The Babylonian wise men needed to know the contents of the dream in order to look them up in reference books. They did not depend on divine revelation.

cMark 2:9-12►

d2:10-11►

e2:17-23►

‏ Daniel 2:4-11

2:4 ^a Aramaic had been established by the Assyrians as the lingua franca of international communication. The practice was continued by the Babylonians.

• Tell us the dream: The Babylonian wise men needed to know the contents of the dream in order to look them up in reference books. They did not depend on divine revelation.
2:9 ^b Only someone with supernatural insight could tell Nebuchadnezzar the contents of his dream (cp. Mark 2:9-12 ^c).
Summary for Dan 2:10-11: 2:10-11 ^d The Babylonian wise men could possibly interpret dreams, but they could not retell them without being told, and they recognized that such a thing was only possible for divinity (cp. 2:17-23 ^e, 27-28 ^f).