Daniel 8:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holyg people. ”

Daniel 8:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And his power shall be mighty - He shall be a powerful monarch. Though not as mighty as Alexander, yet his conquests of Egypt and other places show that he deserved to be numbered among the might...
Daniel 8:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And his power shall be mighty, but not (i) by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the (k) mighty and the holy people. (i) That is, not...
Daniel 8:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 8. The Vision of the Ram and the He-goat. This chapter gives an account of another vision which came to Daniel in Shushan. Near the river Ulai a ram with two horns is seen pushing invincibly...
Daniel 8:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

not by his own power. We are not told here who is the giver of the power, but we are not left in ignorance. Revelation 13:2 , and 2 Thessalonians 2:9 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:10 , are clear on this p...
Daniel 8:24 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

After the angel had explained the Grecian monarchy, he records the future origin of a king who should be hard of face Without the slightest doubt, he implies the iniquity of Antiochus by thi...
Daniel 8:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. But not by his own power...
Daniel 8:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

His power shall be mighty, &c.— This part of the prophesy can no where be so justly applied as to the Romans. With them it quadrates exactly, and with none of the other horns or kingdoms of the...
Daniel 8:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. His power shall b...
Daniel 8:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Vision of the Ram and the He-Goat In the third year of Belshazzar Daniel has a vision in which he seems to stand by the river Ulai, near Susa ( Daniel 8:1-2 ). He sees a two-homed ram which be...
Daniel 8:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Not by his own power. — Not might, but cunning, will cause his success. (Comp. 1M Malachi 1:10 , &c.) Thus his destructive powers become astonishing. The mighty. — No special individuals are...
Daniel 8:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE RAM AND THE HE-GOAT This vision is dated as having occurred in the third year of Belshazzar; but it is not easy to see the significance of the date, since it is almost exclusively occupied wit...
Daniel 8:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Deliverance Is Sure Daniel 8:15-27 It does not fall within our province to go into the various fulfillments which have been assigned to the predictions of this chapter-one to the time of...
Daniel 8:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Two years later, in the third year of king Belshazzar's reign, another vision came to Daniel. It was of a ram with two horns pushing westward, northward, and southward. As Daniel watched, a he goat a...
Daniel 8:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Who this fierce king points at, or what awful indignation is to take place at the time, when the latter kingdom shall come, and the transgressions are come to the full; I presume not to say. But one...
Daniel 8:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power ,.... He should possess a large kingdom, and that should be increased by conquests: but not in his power s, the power of Alexander; he shou...
Daniel 8:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. Ver. 24. Not by his ow...
Daniel 8:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And his power shall be mighty His power shall increase more and more, namely, in Judea; but not by his own power This shall not be owing so much to himself, as to the wickedness and factions amon...
Daniel 8:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Vision of the Ram and Goat. B. C. 553. 15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Da...
Daniel 8:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Not by his own power; not by any heroic deeds, or truly regal qualities, but by making use of the Jewish factions, and also through the Divine permission, and commission given him to punish a backs...
Daniel 8:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

HOMILETICS SECT. XXVIII.—ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES, OR THE SYRIAN LITTLE HORN (Chap. Daniel 8:1-27 ) This chapter presents to us another vision of Daniel vouchsafed to him in the reign of Belshazzar,...
Daniel 8:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 8:2 . At Shushan in the palace. Some think that Daniel was now ambassador at the Persian court. The Ulai or Eulæus, is a great and navigable river which watered Ecbatana, capital of Media...
Daniel 8:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns. The World-powers and Israel A glance at the particulars in this vision is enough to sati...
Daniel 8:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Daniel 8:1-27 THE RAM AND THE HE - GOAT This chapter marks the change from Aramaic to Hebrew. The character of the chapter is like that which immediately precedes it...
Daniel 8:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Explanation of the Vision
Daniel 8:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 11:31-36 ; Daniel 11:36 ; Daniel 7:25 ; Daniel 8:10 ; Daniel 8:12 ; Revelation 13:10 ; Revelation 13:3-9 ; Revelation 16:6 ; Revelation 17:12 ; Revelation 17:13 ; Revelation 17:17 ;...
Daniel 8:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Not by his own power — Not by any heroick deeds, but by making use of the Jewish factions, through the divine commission to punish a backsliding nation; and by means of Eumenes and Attalus, by whos...

Daniel 8:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Daniel 8:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Daniel 8:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 8:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Daniel 8:24 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 8:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Daniel 8:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Daniel 8:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Daniel 8:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 8:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Daniel 8:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Daniel 8:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Daniel 8:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Daniel 8:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Daniel 8:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Daniel 8:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Daniel 8:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 8:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Daniel 8:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Daniel 8:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Daniel 8:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 8:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

Daniel 8:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Daniel 8:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Daniel 8:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 8:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes