PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Daniel
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 130,682 words · 159 reading sections
Daniel 9:11
Daniel 9:11 Ver. 11. Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law,.... Even God's professing people, on whom he had bestowed distinguishing favours and blessings, and gave them such a law as no other people had, and yet they transgressed it; not a few, or the greatest part only, but the whole body of them: and indeed the…
321 wordsSECTION 122Daniel 9:12
Daniel 9:12 Ver. 12. And he hath confirmed his words which he spake against us,.... That is, he hath made good his threatenings of wrath and vengeance, in case of disobedience to his law: and against our judges that judged us; kings, and inferior governors, that ruled over them, who perverted justice, and did not exe…
173 wordsSECTION 123Daniel 9:13
Daniel 9:13 Ver. 13. As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us,.... As it is there threatened it should, and as it is there foretold it would come upon them, so it has; even the selfsame things, in the same manner, and with the same circumstances, as there foretold; which is a proof of the om…
247 wordsSECTION 124Daniel 9:14
Daniel 9:14 Ver. 14. Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us,.... The evil of punishment; he watched the fit and proper time to bring it upon them; indeed, he watches over the evil of sin, to bring upon men the evil of chastisement or punishment, Job 14:16, but the latter is here meant; s…
265 wordsSECTION 125Daniel 9:15
Daniel 9:15 Ver. 15. And now, O Lord our God,.... The Lord of the whole earth in general, the sovereign Ruler of the universe, and the God of Israel in a special and peculiar manner; which is used to encourage faith in prayer, and carries in it a tacit argument or plea with God to be heard, in what he was about to say…
339 wordsSECTION 126Daniel 9:16
Daniel 9:16 Ver. 16. O Lord, according to all thy righteousness,.... Or "righteousnesses" {i}; which he had been used to exercise in the world, in all ages of it; either punishing wicked men according to their deserts, to which respect may be had here; since turning away wrath from his people would issue in turning it…
6,992 wordsSECTION 127Daniel 10:1
Daniel 10:1 INTRODUCTION TO DANIEL 10 This chapter is an introduction to the prophecies contained in the two following chapters; and begins with an account of Daniel's mourning and fasting, preparatory to the vision he had, Da 10:1, and of the appearance of Christ to him, with the time and place of it; who is describ…
1,074 wordsSECTION 128Daniel 10:2
Daniel 10:2 Ver. 2. In those days I Daniel was mourning,.... Either on account of what had been revealed to him in the last vision or prophecy of the seventy weeks; by which it appeared what wickedness the people of the Jews would be guilty of in cutting off the Messiah; and what desolations would come upon their land…
178 wordsSECTION 129Daniel 10:3
Daniel 10:3 Ver. 3. I ate no pleasant bread,.... Or, "bread of desires" {d}; such as was made of the finest of the wheat, and was eaten in the courts of princes where Daniel was: according to some Jewish Rabbins in Ben Melech, hot bread is meant; but in general it means the best of bread, such as had good qualities to…
242 wordsSECTION 130Daniel 10:4
Daniel 10:4 Ver. 4. And in the four and twentieth day of the first month,.... Of the third year of Cyrus, as Jacchiades; or rather of the Jewish year, the month Ab or Nisan, which answers to part of March and April; so that Daniel's fast began on the third day of the month, and lasted to the twenty fourth, in which ti…
390 wordsSECTION 131Daniel 10:5
Daniel 10:5 Ver. 5. 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 certain man clothed in linen; not Gabriel, but the Son of God, the Messiah; who, though not as yet inca…
704 wordsSECTION 132Daniel 10:6
Daniel 10:6 Ver. 6. His body also was like the beryl,.... That is, that part of it which was not covered with the linen garment, and was seen, was like such a precious stone, said to be of an azure and sky colour, signifying he was the Lord from heaven; though, according to its name, it should be of a sea colour, gree…
732 wordsSECTION 133Daniel 10:7
Daniel 10:7 Ver. 7. And I Daniel alone saw the vision,.... The object or person described; though he was not alone when he saw it, yet he alone saw it; the eyes of his body and mind being quicker than the rest, the Lord strengthening and enlightening both; for this was a peculiar and distinguishing favour granted to h…
470 wordsSECTION 134Daniel 10:8
Daniel 10:8 Ver. 8. Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision,.... Which was great indeed, both with respect to the object now seen, and with respect to the subject matter, the things afterwards revealed, the nature, use, and importance of them; and it was so wisely ordered by the Lord, that the men with D…
336 wordsSECTION 135Daniel 10:9
Daniel 10:9 Ver. 9. Yet heard I the voice of his words,.... Though he was struck with so much awe, and his spirits so greatly depressed, and his body reduced to so low a condition; yet he was capable of attending to the voice, and of hearing the articulate sounds pronounced, and of understanding what was said: and wh…
168 wordsSECTION 136Daniel 10:10
Daniel 10:10 Ver. 10. And, behold, an hand touched me,.... Not the hand of the man clothed with linen, whose voice he heard, and whose hand was like polished brass, Da 10:6, but the hand of one distinct from him, one of his attendants, Da 12:5 that had the similitude of the sons of men, Da 10:16, and whose hand was so…
165 wordsSECTION 137Daniel 10:11
Daniel 10:11 Ver. 11. And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved,.... Or, "a man of desires" {u}; a most desirable man, lovely to God and men; the same epithet Gabriel gives him, Da 9:22, which confirms the sentiment, that it is he that touched Daniel, and is here speaking, distinct from the glorious Person …
3,365 wordsSECTION 138Daniel 11:1
Daniel 11:1 INTRODUCTION TO DANIEL 11 In this chapter the angel makes good his promise to Daniel, that he would show him what was written in the Scripture of truth, concerning the monarchies of the earth, and what would befall his people the Jews in the latter days; and after he had observed that he had strengthened …
771 wordsSECTION 139Daniel 11:2
Daniel 11:2 Ver. 2. And now will I show thee the truth,.... And nothing but the truth; what will most certainly come to pass, and may be depended on, even what is written in the book of God's decrees, "the Scripture of truth", and which would appear in Providence in later times; and this he proposed to deliver to him,…
967 wordsSECTION 140Daniel 11:3
Daniel 11:3 Ver. 3. And a mighty king shall stand up,.... Not in Persia, but in Greece; Alexander the great, who rose up a hundred years after the above expedition of Xerxes, and "stood" and flourished, and conquered all he attacked, none being able to resist him; and is rightly called a "mighty king", a very powerful…
264 wordsSECTION 141Daniel 11:4
Daniel 11:4 Ver. 4. And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken,.... When Alexander was risen up to his highest pitch of grandeur, was sole monarch of the world, in the height of his ambition, in the prime of his days, he was cut off by death; his kingdom remained no more one, but became many, was seized b…
345 wordsSECTION 142Daniel 11:5
Daniel 11:5 Ver. 5. And the king of the south shall be strong,.... That is, the king of Egypt, which lay south to Syria, as Syria lay north to Egypt; and therefore the king of the one is called the king of the south, and the other the king of the north, throughout this prophecy; and by the king of the south, or Egypt,…
252 wordsSECTION 143Daniel 11:6
Daniel 11:6 Ver. 6. And in the end of years they shall join themselves together,.... The two kings of Egypt and Syria; not the two former kings, but their successors: the king of Egypt was Ptolemy Philadelphus, the second king of Egypt, the son of Ptolemy Lagus; this is the king of Egypt who collected such a vast numb…
680 wordsSECTION 144Daniel 11:7
Daniel 11:7 Ver. 7. But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate,.... Or, "out of a branch of her roots a shoot thereof shall stand or rise up" {x}; by "her roots" are meant her ancestors, particularly Ptolemy Lagus; by "a branch" from thence, Ptolemy Philadelphus her father; and by the "shoot" ou…
374 wordsSECTION 145Daniel 11:8
Daniel 11:8 Ver. 8. And shall also carry captive into Egypt their gods, with their princes,.... Jerom relates, from the historians he conversed with, that Ptolemy carried captive with him into Egypt two thousand five hundred images; among which were many of the idols which Cambyses, when he conquered Egypt, carried fr…
179 wordsSECTION 146Daniel 11:9
Daniel 11:9 Ver. 9. So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom,.... Into his own kingdom, the kingdom of Egypt; or into the kingdom of Syria, the kingdom of Seleucus, and conquer great part of it, and ravage and spoil it: and shall return into his own land; the land of Egypt; he shall go and come with ease,…
253 wordsSECTION 147Daniel 11:10
Daniel 11:10 Ver. 10. But his sons shall be stirred up,.... Not of the king of the south, or Egypt, but of the king of the north, or Syria; the sons of Seleucus Callinicus, who died, as Justin {f} says, by a fall from his horse; these were Seleucus Ceraunus and Antiochus, who was afterwards called the great: these bei…
405 wordsSECTION 148Daniel 11:11
Daniel 11:11 Ver. 11. And the king of the south shall be moved with choler,.... This is Ptolemy Philopator, who succeeded Ptolemy Euergetes in the kingdom of Egypt; so called ironically, because of his murder of his father and mother, as Justin {k} relates; the same, though naturally sluggish and slothful, was provoke…
356 wordsSECTION 149Daniel 11:12
Daniel 11:12 Ver. 12 And when he hath taken away the multitude,.... That is, when Ptolemy king of Egypt had defeated the large army of Antiochus, killed great numbers of them, and taken many: his heart shall be lifted up; with pride, through the victory he obtained; and so he gave himself up to sensuality and luxury,…
15,825 wordsSECTION 150Daniel 12:1
Daniel 12:1 INTRODUCTION TO DANIEL 12 This chapter begins with an account of a time of exceeding great trouble to the people of God, who are comforted with the consideration of Michael the great Prince being on their side, and with a promise of deliverance, with the resurrection of the dead, and the glorious state of…
1,110 wordsSECTION 151Daniel 12:2
Daniel 12:2 Ver. 2. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,.... Which is not to be understood in a figurative and metaphorical, sense, as by R. Jeshuah the Jew, Porphyry the Heathen, and by some Christian writers; neither of the deliverance of the Jews from the troubles of Antiochus, or their…
644 wordsSECTION 152Daniel 12:3
Daniel 12:3 Ver. 3. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament,.... That are wise, not in things natural and civil, but in things spiritual; who are wise unto salvation; that are wise to know themselves, their state and condition by nature; their impurity and impotence; the insufficiency of t…
482 wordsSECTION 153Daniel 12:4
Daniel 12:4 Ver. 4. But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words,.... Of the book, in which he had wrote the visions and prophecies delivered to him: this he is bid to "shut up", to keep it from the common and profane people, who would only burlesque it; and to keep it to himself, as a peculiar treasure committed to his care…
406 wordsSECTION 154Daniel 12:5
Daniel 12:5 Ver. 5. Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two,.... Other two angels, besides the man clothed with linen, Da 12:6 or rather besides the angel who had given Daniel the long account of things that were to come to pass, in the preceding chapter, and the beginning of this; whom Daniel, being …
259 wordsSECTION 155Daniel 12:6
Daniel 12:6 Ver. 6. And one said to the man clothed with linen,.... One of the angels on one side of the bank of the river spoke to Christ, who appeared in a human form, as a presage of his future incarnation; and as clothed in linen, expressive of his priestly office, and of his purity and holiness, which qualified h…
301 wordsSECTION 156Daniel 12:7
Daniel 12:7 Ver. 7. And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river,.... Christ, as he appeared in a human form, and as the High Priest our profession, and as the Mediator that has power over all flesh; so he pronounced articulate sounds with a human voice, and so loud, clear, and distinct…
778 wordsSECTION 157Daniel 12:8
Daniel 12:8 Ver. 8. And I heard, but understood not,.... Daniel heard what Christ said, in answer to the angel, but he did not understand the meaning of it, which he ingenuously confesses; he did not understand what was meant by "time", and "times", and "half a time"; what kind of time this was, and when and how it wo…
251 wordsSECTION 158Daniel 12:9
Daniel 12:9 Ver. 9. And he said, go thy way, Daniel,.... About thy business; attend to civil affairs, the affairs in which he was concerned in the king's court, and ask no more questions concerning this matter; but be content with the prophecies that have been delivered to thee, and with what knowledge thou hast of th…
286 wordsSECTION 159Daniel 12:10
Daniel 12:10 Ver. 10. Many shall be purged, and made white, and tried,.... Though Christ does not give, in plain, clear, and explicit terms, an answer to the above question, when, and how, and what would be the end of the church's troubles and afflictions; yet he here points out the use of them, which for the present …
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Public domain; John Gill (1697–1771). Source item is marked Public Domain on Internet Archive.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.