Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 10:1

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1. third year of Cyrus —two years after Cyrus' decree for the restoration of the Jews had gone forth, in accordance with Daniel's prayer in :- . This vision gives not merely general outlines, or symbols, but minute details of the future, in short, anticipative history. It is the expansion of the vision in :- . That which then "none understood," he says here, "he understood"; the messenger being sent to him for this ( Daniel 10:11 ; Daniel 10:14 ), to make him understand it. Probably Daniel was no longer in office at court; for in Daniel 1:21 , it is said, "Daniel continued even unto the first year of King Cyrus"; not that he died then. See on Daniel 1:21- : . but the time appointed was long —rather, "it (that is, the prophecy) referred to great calamity " [MAURER]; or, "long and calamitous warfare" [GESENIUS]. Literally, "host going to war"; hence, warfare, calamity. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-2" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-dan-10-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/dan-10-1

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological