Daniel 8:15 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 8:15

While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.

BSB

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ASV

And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, that I sought to understand it; and, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.

KJV

And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision,.... The whole of the preceding vision, concerning the ram, he goat, and little horn, and what were done by them; the prophet not only affirms he saw this vision, but repeats the affirmation, expressing his own name, partly for the sake of emphasis, and partly for the greater confirmation of his words; wherefore it was a most impudent thing Porphyry to say, that the true Daniel never saw this vision; but what is here related was written after Antiochus's reign, and falsely ascribed to him.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

One in the appearance of a man (who, some think, was Christ himself, for who besides could command angels?) orders Gabriel to make Daniel understand this vision. Sometimes God is pleased to make use of the ministration of angels, not only to protect his children, but to instruct them, to serve the kind intentions, not only of his providence, but of his grace.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֗י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
בִּרְאֹתִ֛י	bir.'o.Ti	when saw I	H7200 →
אֲנִ֥י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
דָנִיֵּ֖אל	da.ni.Yel	Daniel	H1840 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הֶחָז֑וֹן	he.cha.Zon	the vision	H2377 →
וָאֲבַקְשָׁ֣ה	va.'a.vak.Shah	and I sought !	H1245 →
בִינָ֔ה	vi.Nah	understanding	H998 →
וְהִנֵּ֛ה	ve.hi.Neh	and there!	H2009 →
עֹמֵ֥ד	'o.Med	[was] standing	H5975 →
לְנֶגְדִּ֖י	le.neg.Di	to before me	H5048 →
כְּמַרְאֵה־	ke.mar.'eh-	like [the] appearance of	H4758 →
גָֽבֶר׃	Ga.ver	a man	H1397 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 1:13
and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.
leads to
- Daniel 10:16
  And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Daniel 7:13
  In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led…
- Daniel 10:5–6
  I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.
- Revelation 15:6
  And out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed in clean and bright linen and girded with golden sashes around their chests.
- Exodus 28:6–8
  They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.
Through
Daniel 10:16
And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome…
leads to
- Isaiah 6:7
  And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”
- Jeremiah 1:9
  Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
- Daniel 8:27
  I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Daniel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Daniel