He came near — That he might speak more familiarly to him, yet Daniel could not bear the glory of it. How much less can we bear the glory of God, and how graciously hath the Lord dealt with us, to teach us by men, and not by angels? O son of man — He calls him son of man, to make him mind his frailty, and not to be lifted up with this great condescension of heaven. At the time — In God's appointed time, in the latter day, but not now in thy life — time.
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Daniel 8:17
17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.