Daniel 8:6

ran unto him. Symbolizing the rapidity of Alexander's conquests, which, in the short space of thirteen years, subdued the world.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he came to the ram ... - Representing the Medo-Persian power. And ran unto him in the fury of his power - Representing the fierceness and...
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 Ul...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. And he came to th...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He came to the ram, &c.— In these two verses we have an account of the Grecians overthrowing the Persian empire. The ram had before, Daniel 8:...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. He came to...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ran unto him. — The wonderful rapidity of Alexander’s movements, incredible, if it were not so well attested in history, is here pointed out. From...
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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Sanctuary Dishonored Daniel 8:1-14 Shushan was the lily palace. There, by the river Ulai, the prophet beheld in vision the attack which w...
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, northw...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The principal feature of this history, in the battle of rams and he-goats, (meaning the kings of the earth), is what is said of this creature magnify...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he came to the ram that had two horns ,.... Alexander being chosen and made by the states of Greece captain general of all Greece against the Pe...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he came to the ram that had [two] horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. Ver. 6. And he...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he came to the ram that had two horns , &c. “The ram had before pushed westward , and the Persians, in the reign of Darius Hystaspes and Xe...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Vision of the Ram and Goat. B. C. 553. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The ram that had two horns, i.e. the king of Media and Persia, and joined battle presently and furiously, Jehu like.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And he came to the ram which had two horns, which I saw standing before the river, and ran on him in the fury of his power. And I saw him come close...
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 Dan...
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 naviga...
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 a...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Vision Itself
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he came to the ram that had two horns, not stopping for any consideration, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the f...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The ram — The king of Media and Persia.

⁶ And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.

Related Commentaries of Daniel 8:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Daniel 8:6