Daniel 10 Scofield
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10:4 And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;
“first month”
i.e. April.
10:6 His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
“His body”
“beryl”
Chrysolite. Cf. Ezek 1:16.
10:10 And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
“And, behold”
vs. Dan 10:10–15, introduce an angel. The theophany begins again at Dan 10:16.
10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
“prince of”
10:18 Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
“a man”
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10:1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
“abominations”
(Cf) Matt 24:15. The expression occurs three times in Daniel. In; Dan 9:27; Dan 12:11 the reference is to the "Beast," "man of sin"; 2 Thess 2:3; 2 Thess 2:4 and is identical with Matt 24:15. In Dan 11:31 the reference is to the act of Antiochus Epiphanes, the prototype of the man of sin, who sacrificed a sow upon the altar, and entered the holy of holies.