“ In those days I Daniel was mourning three fullb weeks. ”
In those days I Daniel was mourning - I was afflicting myself; that is, he had set apart this time as an extraordinary fast. He was sad and troubled. He does not say on what account he was thus t...
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 gre...
three full weeks . three sevens of days. See next verse and Daniel 10:13 , in contrast with Daniel 9:24 ; Daniel 9:25 . Compare this humiliation with that of Daniel 9:3-19 , and see the Structur...
We gather from this passage why the angel appeared to the Prophet in the third year of Cyrus. He says, he was then in the greatest sorrow; and what was the cause of it? At that period we kno...
In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. I-- was mourning three full weeks - The weeks are most probably dated from the time of the termination of the last vision. Calmet proves this by...
I Daniel was mourning three full weeks— Various causes are assigned for this mourning of the prophet. Usher thinks that it was on account of the interruption given by the Samaritans to the rebuildi...
In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. I Daniel was mourning - i:e., afflicting myself by fasting from "pleasant bread, flesh, and wine" ( Daniel 10:3 ), as a sign of sorrow, n...
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 contain a detailed account of future e...
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 Da...
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 a...
It appears from the date of this vision, that it was about two years after the former. The Lord was about to do great things for his Church, and therefore, was thus preparing the minds both of Prophe...
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 t...
In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. Ver. 2. In those days I Daniel was mourning. ] Though a great man still, and in great account, yet not now so great at court as to hinder and...
I Daniel was mourning The reason of Daniel's fasting and mourning might be, either because many of the Jews, through slothfulness and indifference, still remained in the land of their captivity, th...
Vision near the River Hiddekel. B. C. 534. 1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a...
There are several causes of Daniel's mourning. 1. Because the Jews had liberty to go out of captivity, yet many of them staid still in Babylon. 2. Because when they were building the temple, wall...
‘In those days I Daniel was mourning three whole weeks. I ate no pleasant bread, nor did flesh or wine come in my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all until three whole weeks were fulfilled.' We ar...
HOMILETICS SECT. XXXVII.—ANGEL MINISTRIES (Chap. Daniel 10:1-21 ) In this and the two following Chapter s we have another of Daniel’s remarkable visions. It is both the last and the longest reco...
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 Da...
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 spiritua...
EXPOSITION Daniel 10:1-27 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 ver...
The Beginning of the Vision
Daniel 9:24-27 ; Ezra 9:4 ; Ezra 9:5 ; Isaiah 66:10 ; James 4:9 ; Jeremiah 9:1 ; Matthew 9:15 ; Nehemiah 1:4 ; Psalms 137:1-5 ; Psalms 42:9 ; Psalms 43:2 ; Revelation 11:5 ; Romans 9:2
Was mourning — Because he foresaw the many calamities that would befall the Jews for their sins, especially for destroying the Messiah, and rejecting his gospel.