Dan 8 | TSK | STEP | Daniel's vision of the ram and he goat. The two thousand three hundred days of the suspension of the daily sacrifice. Gabriel comforts Daniel, and interprets the vision. Cir. A.M. 3451. B.C. 553. the third. me Daniel.

Daniel 8

1 Daniel's vision of the ram and he goat.

13 The two thousand three hundred days of the suspension of the daily sacrifice.

15 Gabriel comforts Daniel, and interprets the vision.

Cir. A.M. 3451. B.C. 553. the third.

7:1

me Daniel.

15; 7:15,28; 9:2; 10:2,7; 11:4

I saw in.

3; 7:2,15; Nu 12:6; Heb 1:1

Shushan.

Ne 1:1; Es 1:2; 2:8; 3:15; 7:6; 8:15; 9:11,15

province.

Ge 10:22; 14:1; Isa 21:2; Jer 25:25; 49:34-39; Eze 32:24

Ulai.

I lifted.

10:5; Nu 24:2; Jos 5:13; 1Ch 21:16; Zec 1:18; 2:1; 5:1,5,9; 6:1

a ram.The Medo-Persian empire, of which a ram was the ensign; and a ram's head with horns, one higher than the other, is still to be seen on the ruins of Persepolis.

20; 2:39; 7:5

one.Media was the more ancient kingdom; but Persia, after Cyrus, was the most considerable.

5:31; 6:28; Ezr 1:2; 4:5; Es 1:3; Isa 13:17; 21:2; 44:28; Jer 51:11

the other. Heb. the second.

pushing.

5:30; 7:5; 11:2; Isa 45:1-5; Jer 50:1-51:64

neither.

8:7; Job 10:7; Ps 7:2; 50:22; Mic 5:8

but.

5:19; 11:3,16,36; Isa 10:13,14

an he-goat.

21; 2:32,39; 7:6

touched not the ground. or, none touched him in the earth.a notable horn. Heb. an horn of sight. Alexander the Great.

8,21; 11:3

to the.

moved.

11:11

and there was no.

Le 26:37; Jos 8:20

but.

7:7

there was none.

waxed.

De 31:20; Es 9:4; Jer 5:27; Eze 16:7

when.

4:31; 5:20; 2Ch 26:16; Ps 82:6,7; Eze 28:9

the great.

22; 7:6; 11:4

toward.

7:2; Mt 24:31; Mr 13:27; Re 7:1

came.

23,24; 7:8,20-26; 11:21,25-45

the pleasant.

11:16,41,45; Ps 48:2; 105:24; Jer 3:19; Eze 20:6,15; Zec 7:14

to the host. or, against the host.

24,25; 11:28,30,33-36; Isa 14:13; Re 12:4

and stamped.

7; 7:7

he magnified.

25; 5:23; 7:25; 11:36; 2Ki 19:22,23; 2Ch 32:15-22; Isa 37:23,29

Jer 48:26,42; 2Th 2:4; Re 13:5-7

to. or, against. the prince.

Jos 5:14,15; Heb 2:10; Re 17:14; 19:13-16

by him. or, from him. the daily.

12; 11:31; 12:11; Ex 29:38-42; Nu 28:3; Eze 46:14

and the place.

9:26,27; Lu 21:5,6,24

an host was given him against the daily sacrifice. or, thehost was given over for the transgression against the daily sacrifice.

11:31-35; Re 13:7

and it cast.

Ps 119:43,142; Isa 59:14; 2Th 2:10-12

and it practised.

4; 11:28,36; 1Sa 23:9; Job 12:6; Jer 12:1; Re 13:11-17

one saint.

4:13; 7:16; 12:5,6; De 33:2; Zec 1:9-12,19; 2:3,4; 14:5; 1Th 3:13

1Pe 1:12; Jude 1:14

that certain saint. or, the numberer of secrets, or, thewonderful numberer. Heb. Palmoni.

Jud 13:18; *marg:

Isa 9:6; Mt 11:27; Lu 10:22; Joh 1:18

How.

12:6; Ps 74:9; 79:5; Isa 6:11; Re 6:10

the vision.

11,12

and the.

9:27; 11:31; 12:11; Mt 24:15; Mr 13:14; Lu 21:20

of desolation. or, making desolate. to be.

7:23; Isa 63:18; Lu 21:24; Heb 10:29; Re 11:2

Unto.

7:25; 12:7,11; Re 11:2,3; 12:14; 13:5

two thousand.That is, 2,300 years, which reckoned from the time Alexander invaded Asia, B.C. 334, will be A.D. 1966.

days. Heb. evening, morning.

26; Ge 1:5

then.

Isa 1:27; Ro 11:26,27; Re 11:15

cleansed. Heb. justified.

Isa 45:25; Ga 3:8

I Daniel.

7:28

sought.

7:16-19; 12:8; Mt 13:36; 24:15; Mr 4:12; 13:14; 1Pe 1:10,11

Re 13:18

as.

10:5,16; Jos 5:14; Isa 9:6; Eze 1:26-28; Mt 24:30; Re 1:13

I heard.

10:11,12; Ac 9:7; 10:13; Re 1:12

between.

2; 12:5-7

Gabriel.

9:21; Lu 1:19,26

make.

9:22; 10:14,21; 12:7; Zec 1:9; 2:4; Heb 1:14; Re 22:16

I was.

10:7,8,16; Ge 17:3; Eze 1:28; Mt 17:8; Mr 9:4,5; Re 1:17; 19:9,10

Re 22:8

Understand.

15; 9:23; 10:11

O son.

Eze 2:1; 6:2

at.

19; 9:27; 11:35,36; 12:4,13; Hab 2:3

I was.

17,27; 10:8,9; Lu 9:32; 22:45

he touched.

10:10,16,18; Ge 15:12; Job 4:13; Eze 2:2; Zec 4:1; Ac 26:6

set me upright. Heb. made me stand upon my standing.

I will.

15-17; Re 1:1

the last.

17,23; 9:26,27; 11:27,35,36; 12:7,8; Hab 2:3; Re 10:7; 11:18

Re 15:1; 17:17

3; 11:1,2

the rough.

5-7; 10:20

the great.

8; 11:3

being broken.After Alexander's death, in the prime of life and in the height of his conquests, his brother and two sons were all murdered; and the kingdom was divided among four of his generals. 1. Seleucus, who had Syria and Babylon; 2. Lysimachus, who had Asia Minor; 3. Ptolemy, who had Egypt; and, 4. Cassander, who had Greece, etc.

whereas.

3; 11:4

in the.

10:14; Nu 24:24; Eze 38:8,16; 1Ti 4:1

when.

Ge 15:16; Mt 23:32; 1Th 2:16

come. Heb. accomplished. a king.The Roman empire, which reduced Judea to a province, burnt the city and temple, and scattered the Jews to the four winds of heaven.

9-12; 7:8,11,20,25; De 28:50

and understanding.

25; 11:21,24; 2Th 2:9-11; Re 13:11-14; 19:20

shall stand.

but.

Re 13:3-9; 17:12,13,17

shall prosper.

12; 11:36

shall destroy.

10,12; 7:25; 11:31-36; Re 13:10; 16:6; 17:6; 19:2

holy people. Heb. people of the holy ones.

through.

23,24; 7:8; 11:21-25,32,33

magnify.

11; 11:36,37; Jer 48:26

peace. or, prosperity.

11:21

stand.

11; 11:36; Re 17:14; 19:16

but.

2:34,35,44,45; 7:26; 11:45; Job 34:20; La 4:6; Ac 12:23; Re 19:19-21

the vision of.

11-15; 10:1

wherefore.

12:4,9; Eze 12:27; Re 10:4; 22:10

for.It is now 2,387 years since Daniel had this vision; and the utter desolation of the sanctuary had continued 1,764 years; and no doubt the end of 2,300 years is not far distant.

10:1,14; Isa 24:22; Ho 3:3,4

fainted.

7; 7:28; 10:8,16; Hab 3:16

and did.

2; 2:48,49; 5:14; 6:2,3; 1Sa 3:15

but.

15-17