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Text -- Daniel 7:15 (NET)

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An Angel Interprets Daniel’s Vision
7:15 “As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed, and the visions of my mind were alarming me.
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Names, People and Places:
 · Daniel the prophet who wrote the book of Daniel,son of David and Abigail,head of clan (Ithamar Levi) who pledged to obey God's law,prophet who wrote the book of Daniel


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Vision | Persia | Horn | Dream | Daniel, Book of | Daniel | Babylon | BODY | more
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TSK Synopsis , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Keil-Delitzsch , Constable , Guzik

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

JFB: Dan 7:15 - -- Literally, "sheath": the body being the "sheath" of the soul.

Literally, "sheath": the body being the "sheath" of the soul.

Clarke: Dan 7:15 - -- I Daniel was grieved, etc. - The words in the original are uncommonly emphatic. My spirit was grieved, or sickened, בגו נדנה bego nidneh , w...

I Daniel was grieved, etc. - The words in the original are uncommonly emphatic. My spirit was grieved, or sickened, בגו נדנה bego nidneh , within its sheath or scabbard. Which I think proves

1.    That the human spirit is different from the body

2.    That it has a proper subsistence independently of the body, which is only its sheath for a certain time

3.    That the spirit may exist independently of its body, as the sword does independently of its sheath.

Calvin: Dan 7:15 - -- Daniel says, his spirit was either cut off or vanished, as if he suffered some mental deficiency. In this way God wished to communicate to his servan...

Daniel says, his spirit was either cut off or vanished, as if he suffered some mental deficiency. In this way God wished to communicate to his servant the magnitude of the vision. And he inspires us also with reverence for this vision, lest we should treat it coldly and commonly. But we ought to understand how God opens up to Daniel, his servant, and to us by his assistance and ministry, these mysteries which meaning; be otherwise comprehended by our human senses. For if Daniel, whom we know to have been a remarkable Prophet, felt his spirit to be so deficient and nearly vanishing away, surely we who as yet know so little of God’s mysteries, nay, who have scarcely tasted their first rudiments, never can attain so great a height, unless we overcome the world and shake off all human sensations. For these things cannot be perceived by us unless our minds are clear and completely purified.

He says, therefore, in the first place, his spirit was cut off, or vanished, in the midst of his body; as if he had said he was almost lifeless and nearly dead. And he added, as reason, the visions of his head had frightened him No one can faint away — an event which sometimes happens — with-out a cause. When that terror called a panic seizes upon some persons, we observe how they become deprived of self-possession, and lie almost lifeless. But Daniel, to shew himself separate from such persons, says he was frightened or disturbed by visions of his head; as if he had said, he was not disturbed without occasion, but it was caused by the mystery of which the vision had been offered to him. He came to one of those standing by. He had said a short time before, ten thousand times ten thousand were at the right hand of the tribunal of God. Without the slightest doubt, the Prophet asked one of these angels. And here we must notice his modesty and docility in flying to some instructor, because he was conscious of his own ignorance and found no other remedy. At the same time, we are taught by the Prophet’s example not to reject all visions, but to seek their interpretation from God himself. Although God in these days does not address us by visions, yet he wishes us to be content with his Law and Gospel, while angels do not appear to us, and do not openly and conspicuously descend from heaven; but, since Scripture is obscure to us, through the darkness in which we are involved, let us learn not to reject whatever surpasses our capacity, even when some dark veil envelops it, but let us fly to the remedy which Daniel used, not to seek the understanding of God’s word from angels, who do not appear to us, but from Christ himself, who in these days teaches us familiarly by means of pastors and ministers of the gospel. Now, as a supreme and only Master has been given us from the Father, so also he exercises the office of teacher by his own ministers whom he set over us. (Mat 23:8.) Therefore, as Daniel approached the angel who was near him, so we are daily commanded to approach those who have been entrusted with the gift of interpretation and who can faithfully explain to us things otherwise obscure. Our confidence, too, ought to be increased by what follows directly: The angel spoke, and opened the interpretation of the words. Daniel here shews his modesty and humility not to have been in vain, as God commanded the angel to explain all obscurities. So, without doubt, Christ will at this time satisfy our prayers, if we are truly his disciples; that is, if, after those mysteries which surpass and absorb all our senses have terrified us, we fly to that order which he has prescribed for us, and seen from faithful ministers and teachers the interpretation of those things which are difficult and obscure, and entirely concealed from us.

TSK: Dan 7:15 - -- was grieved : Dan 7:28, Dan 8:27; Jer 15:17, Jer 15:18, Jer 17:16; Hab 3:16; Luk 19:41-44; Rom 9:2, Rom 9:3; Rev 10:9-11 body : Chal, sheath, 2Pe 1:14...

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Dan 7:15 - -- I Daniel was grieved in my spirit - That is, I was troubled; or my heart was made heavy and sad. This was probably in part because he did not f...

I Daniel was grieved in my spirit - That is, I was troubled; or my heart was made heavy and sad. This was probably in part because he did not fully understand the meaning of the vision, and partly on account of the fearful and momentous nature of what was indicated by it. So the apostle John Rev 5:4 says, "And I wept much because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book."

In the midst of my body - Margin, as in the Chaldee, sheath. The body is undoubtedly referred to, and is so called as the envelope of the mind - or as that in which the soul is inserted, as the sword is in the sheath, and from which it is drawn out by death. The same metaphor is employed by Pliny: Donec cremato co inimici remeanti animae velut vaginam ademerint. So, too, a certain philosopher, who was slighted by Alexander the Great on account of his ugly face, is said to have replied, Corpus hominis nil est nisi vagina gladii in qua anima reconditur. - Gesenius. Compare Lengerke, in loc . See also Job 27:8, "When God taketh away his soul;"or rather draws out his soul, as a sword is drawn out of the sheath. Compare the note at that place. See also Buxtorf’ s Lexicon Tal. p. 1307. The meaning here is plain - that Daniel felt sad and troubled in mind, and that this produced a sensible effect on his body.

And the visions of my head troubled me - The head is here regarded as the seat of the intellect, and he speaks of these visions as if they were seen by the head. That is, they seemed to pass before his eyes.

Poole: Dan 7:15 - -- I was transported even to astonishment with the vision, it was so strange, surprising, and terrible to me.

I was transported even to astonishment with the vision, it was so strange, surprising, and terrible to me.

Gill: Dan 7:15 - -- I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body,.... Or "sheath" a; the soul being in the body as a sword in its scabbard; where it was "cut...

I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body,.... Or "sheath" a; the soul being in the body as a sword in its scabbard; where it was "cut" b and pierced, as the word signifies; and was wounded, distressed, and grieved at the vision seen; not at the sight of the Son of man, and the glorious and everlasting kingdom given to him; but of the four beasts, and especially the last, and more particularly the little horn, and the look, and words, and actions of that, as well as the awful scene of judgment presented to his view:

and the visions of my head troubled me; the things he saw, which appeared to his fancy as real things, gave him a great deal of uneasiness, and chiefly because he did not understand the meaning of them; it was not so much the things themselves, as ignorance of them, that cut him to the heart, and grieved and troubled him; for what is more so to an inquisitive mind, that has got a hint of something great and useful to be known, but cannot as yet come to the knowledge of it?

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Dan 7:15 Aram “head.”

Geneva Bible: Dan 7:15 I Daniel was ( d ) grieved in my spirit in the midst of [my] body, and the visions of my head troubled me. ( d ) Because of the strangeness of the vi...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Dan 7:1-28 - --1 Daniel's vision of the four beasts,9 and of God's kingdom.15 The interpretation thereof.

MHCC: Dan 7:15-28 - --It is desirable to obtain the right and full sense of what we see and hear from God; and those that would know, must ask by faithful and fervent praye...

Matthew Henry: Dan 7:15-28 - -- Here we have, I. The deep impressions which these visions made upon the prophet. God in them put honour upon him, and gave him satisfaction, yet not...

Keil-Delitzsch: Dan 7:15-28 - -- The interpretation of the vision . - Dan 7:14 concludes the account of the contents of the vision, but not the vision itself. That continues to the...

Constable: Dan 2:1--7:28 - --II. The Times of the Gentiles: God's program for the world chs. 2--7 Daniel wrote 2:4b-7:28 in the Aramaic langu...

Constable: Dan 7:1-28 - --F. Daniel's vision of future world history ch. 7 "As interpreted by conservative expositors, the vision ...

Constable: Dan 7:15-18 - --4. The interpretation of the four beasts 7:15-18 7:15-16 Even though Daniel understood all kinds of visions and dreams (1:17), much of what he had jus...

Guzik: Dan 7:1-28 - --Daniel 7 - A Survey of Five World Empires A. The four beasts. 1. (1) Introduction to the vision. In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, ...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Daniel (Book Introduction) DANIEL, that is, "God is my judge"; probably of the blood royal (compare Dan 1:3, with 1Ch 3:1, where a son of David is named so). Jerusalem may have ...

JFB: Daniel (Outline) THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY BEGINS; DANIEL'S EDUCATION AT BABYLON, &C. (Dan. 1:1-21) NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM: DANIEL'S INTERPRETATION OF IT, AND ADVANCEM...

TSK: Daniel 7 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Dan 7:1, Daniel’s vision of the four beasts, Dan 7:9, and of God’s kingdom; Dan 7:15, The interpretation thereof.

Poole: Daniel (Book Introduction) BOOK OF DANIEL THE ARGUMENT IN Daniel and his prophecy, observe these things for the better understanding of this book, and the mind of God in it...

Poole: Daniel 7 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 7 Daniel’ s vision of the four beasts, Dan 7:1-8 , and of God’ s kingdom, Dan 7:9-14 . The interpretation thereof, Dan 7:15-28 . ...

MHCC: Daniel (Book Introduction) Daniel was of noble birth, if not one of the royal family of Judah. He was carried captive to Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiachin, B. C. 606, whe...

MHCC: Daniel 7 (Chapter Introduction) (Dan 7:1-8) Daniel's vision of the four beasts. (Dan 7:9-14) And of Christ's kingdom. (Dan 7:15-28) The interpretation.

Matthew Henry: Daniel (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of the Prophet Daniel The book of Ezekiel left the affairs of Jerusalem under a doleful aspect...

Matthew Henry: Daniel 7 (Chapter Introduction) The six former chapters of this book were historical; we now enter with fear and trembling upon the six latter, which are prophetical, wherein are ...

Constable: Daniel (Book Introduction) Introduction Background In 605 B.C. Prince Nebuchadnezzar led the Babylonian army of h...

Constable: Daniel (Outline) Outline I. The character of Daniel ch. 1 A. Historical background 1:1-2 ...

Constable: Daniel Daniel Bibliography Albright, William F. From Stone Age to Christianity. 2nd ed. New York: Doubleday Press, Anc...

Haydock: Daniel (Book Introduction) THE PROPHECY OF DANIEL. INTRODUCTION. DANIEL, whose name signifies "the judgment of God," was of the royal blood of the kings of Juda, and one o...

Gill: Daniel (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO DANIEL This book is called, in the Vulgate Latin version, "the Prophecy of Daniel"; and in the Syriac and Arabic versions "the Prop...

Gill: Daniel 7 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO DANIEL 7 This chapter contains Daniel's vision of the four beasts, The time, place, manner, writing, and declaration of the vision,...

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