Daniel 8:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

In a deep sleep on my face toward the ground; being terrified and astonished with the splendour and grandeur both of the messenger and message; by the sight and by the voice. Set me upright, by one touch only. The power of spirits is incomparably greater than the strongest of men. Carnal, and flesh and blood, in Scripture signifies weak, 2 Corinthians 10:3,4.

Daniel 8:18

18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and setf me upright.