And it came to pass, when I, [even] I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
Ver. 15. And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel.] Not another, as that black-mouthed Porphyry a slanderously affirmed, that not the prophet Daniel saw and uttered these prophecies so long before they happened, but another who lived after the reign of Antiochus wrote a history of things past, and entitled it falsely to Daniel, as a prophecy of things to come. Os durum! Harsh mouth.
Then, behold, there stood before me.] They who seriously and sedulously seek after divine knowledge, shall find means to attain unto it. Rev 13:1
a Porphyry, Cont. Christian, lib. xii.; Jerome.