Daniel 9:21

Context
9:21 yes, while I was still praying,¹ the man Gabriel, whom I had seen previously² in a vision, was approaching me in my state of extreme weariness,³ around the time of the evening offering.

Luke 23:46

Context
23:46 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!”⁴ And after he said this he breathed his last.

Acts 10:3

Context
10:3 About three o’clock one afternoon⁵ he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God⁶ who came in⁷ and said to him, “Cornelius.”

[9:21] ¹tn Heb “speaking in prayer.”

[9:21] ²tn Heb “in the beginning.”

[9:21] ³tn The Hebrew expression בִּיעָף מֻעָף (mu’af bi’af) is very difficult. The issue is whether the verb derives from עוּף (’uf, “to fly”) or from יָעַף (ya’af, “to be weary”). Many ancient versions and modern commentators take the first of these possibilities and understand the reference to be to the swift flight of the angel Gabriel in his coming to Daniel. The words more likely refer to the extreme weariness, not of the angel, but of Daniel. Cf. 7:28; 8:27; 10:8-9, 16-17; also NASB.

[23:46] ⁴sn A quotation from Ps 31:5. It is a psalm of trust. The righteous, innocent sufferer trusts in God. Luke does not have the cry of pain from Ps 22:1 (cf. Matt 27:46; Mark 15:34), but notes Jesus’ trust instead.

[10:3] ⁵tn Grk “at about the ninth hour of the day.” This would be the time for afternoon prayer.

[10:3] ⁶tn Or “the angel of God.” Linguistically, “angel of God” is the same in both testaments (and thus, he is either “an angel of God” or “the angel of God” in both testaments). For arguments and implications, see ExSyn 252; M. J. Davidson, “Angels,” DJG, 9; W. G. MacDonald argues for “an angel” in both testaments: “Christology and ‘The Angel of the Lord’,” Current Issues in Biblical and Patristic Interpretation, 324-35.

[10:3] ⁷tn The participles εἰσελθόντα (eiselqonta) and εἰπόντα (eiponta) are accusative, and thus best taken as adjectival participles modifying ἄγγελον (angelon): “an angel who came in and said.”