1 Daniel's vision of the four beasts,
9 and of God's kingdom.
15 The interpretation thereof.

Cir. A.M. 3449. B.C. 555. Belshazzar. 5:1,22,30 8:1 Jer 27:7

Daniel. 2:1,28,29 4:5 Nu 12:6 Job 33:14-16 Jer 23:28 Am 3:7 Ac 2:17,18

had. Chal. saw. visions. 7,13,15 Ge 15:1 46:2 Job 4:13 Eze 1:1 2Co 12:1

he wrote. Isa 8:1 30:8 Hab 2:2 Ro 15:4 Re 1:19 10:4

matters. or, words.

2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

the four. Re 7:1

the great. Re 17:15

3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

four. Four kingdoms, (ver. 17) called [beasts] from their tyranny and oppression, emerging from the wars and commotions of the world.

2:32,33,37-40 Zec 6:1-8

beasts. 4-8,17 Ps 76:4 Eze 19:3-8 Re 13:1

4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

like. De 28:49 2Sa 1:23 Isa 5:28,29 Jer 4:7,13 25:38 48:40 La 4:19 Eze 17:3 Hab 1:6-8 Mt 24:28

the wings. 4:31-33 Jer 50:30-32

and it. or, wherewith it, etc.
lifted. 4:30 5:18-23 Isa 14:13-17 Jer 25:9-26 Hab 2:5-10

and a. 4:32,36 Job 25:6 Ps 9:20 Eze 28:2,9

5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

another. 2:39 8:3 2Ki 2:24 Pr 17:12 Ho 13:8

itself on one side. or, one dominion. 5:28 8:4 11:2

three ribs.
Babylon, Lydia, and Egypt. arise. Isa 13:17,18 56:9 Jer 50:21-32 Eze 39:17-20

6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

lo. 2:39 8:5-7,20,21 10:20 11:3 Ho 13:7 Re 13:2

another. The Greek empire, founded by Alexander the Great.

four wings. 4 Eze 17:3

four heads. Divided into 4 parts by Alexander's generals.

8:8,22 11:4

7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

I saw. 2,13

a fourth. The Roman empire, which destroyed the Grecian, and became mistress of the world.

19,23 2:40 8:10 2Sa 22:43

and it had ten. 24 2:41,42 Re 12:3 13:1 17:7,12

8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

another. 20-25 8:9-12 Re 13:11-13

eyes like. 8:23-25 Re 9:7

a mouth. 25 11:36 1Sa 2:3 Ps 12:3 2Th 2:4 2Ti 3:2 2Pe 2:18 Jude 16 Re 13:1,5,6

9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

till. 2:34,35,44,45 1Co 15:24,25 Re 19:18-21 20:1-4

the Ancient. 13,22 Ps 90:2 102:24,25 Isa 9:6 Mic 5:2 Hab 1:12

whose. Ps 45:8 104:2 Mt 17:2 Mr 9:3 Php 3:9 1Ti 6:16 1Jo 1:5 Re 1:14

his throne. Ac 2:30,33 2Th 1:7,8 2Pe 3:7-10

and his wheels. Ps 104:3,4 Eze 1:13-21 10:2-7

10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

fiery. Ps 50:3 97:2,3 Isa 30:27,33 66:15,16 Na 1:5,6

thousand thousands. De 33:2 1Ki 22:19 Ps 68:17 Zec 14:5 Mt 25:31 Heb 12:22 Jude 1:14 Re 5:11

the judgment. Ps 96:11-13 Mal 3:16-18 Re 20:11-15

11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.

the voice. 8,25 2Pe 2:18 Jude 1:16 Re 13:5,6 20:4,12

even. 26 8:25 11:45 2Th 2:8 Re 18:8 19:20 20:10

12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.

the rest. 4-6 8:7

their lives were prolonged. Chal. a prolonging in life was given them.

13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

one like. Ps 8:4,5 Isa 9:6,7 Eze 1:26 Mt 13:41 24:30 25:31 26:64 Mr 13:26 14:61,62 Lu 21:27,36 Joh 3:13 5:27 12:34 Ac 7:56 Php 2:6-8 Heb 2:14 Re 1:7,13,18 14:14

the Ancient. 9,22

and they. Ps 47:5 68:17,18 Jer 49:19 Eph 1:20,21 1Ti 6:16 Heb 9:24

14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

given. 27 Ps 2:6-8 8:6 110:1,2 Mt 11:27 28:18 Lu 10:22 19:11,12 Joh 3:35 5:22-27 1Co 15:27 Eph 1:20-22 Php 2:9-11 1Pe 3:22 Re 3:21

that all. 3:4 Ps 72:17 Isa 60:12 Re 11:15 17:14

an everlasting. 18,27 2:35,44 4:3 6:26 Ps 45:6 145:13 146:10 Isa 9:7 Ob 21 Mic 4:7 Lu 1:33 Joh 12:34 1Co 15:24-28 Heb 12:28

15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

was grieved. 28 8:27 Jer 15:17,18 17:16 Hab 3:16 Lu 19:41-44 Ro 9:2,3 Re 10:9-11

body. Chal. sheath. 2Pe 1:14

the visions. 2:1,3 4:5 Ge 40:7,8 41:8

16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.

one. 10 8:13-16 10:5,6,11,12 12:5,6 Zec 1:8-11 2:3 3:7 Re 5:5 Re 7:13,14

17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.

great. 3,4 2:37-40 8:19-22

out. 3 Ps 17:14 Joh 18:36 Re 13:1,11

18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.

the saints. 22,27 Ps 45:16 149:5-9 Isa 60:12-14 2Ti 2:11,12 Re 2:26,27 Re 3:21 5:10 20:4

most High. Chal. high ones, that is, things, or places. Eph 1:3 6:12

19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;

the fourth. 7 2:40-43

the others. Chal. those.

20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.

the ten horns. The ten kingdoms into which the western Roman empire was divided; which were primarily, according to Machiavel Bp. Llyod, 1. The Huns in Hungary, A.D. 356. 2. The Ostrogoths in Moesia, 377. 3. The Visigoths in Rannonia. 4. The Sneves and Alans in Gaseoigae and Spain, 407. 5. The Vandals in Africa, 407. 6. The Franks in France, 407. 7. The Burgundians in Burgundy, 407. 8. The Heruli and Turingi in Italy, 476. 9. The Saxons and Angles in Britain, 476. 10. The Lombards, first upon the Danube, 526, and afterwards in Italy. Though the ten kingdoms differed from these in later periods, and sometimes more or less, yet they were still known by that name.

8,11,23 8:9-11

whose look. 11:36,37

21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

the ten. 20 Re 12:3 13:1 17:3,12,13,16-18

another. This evidently points out the papal supremacy, in every respect diverse from the former, which from small beginnings thrust itself up among the ten kingdoms, till at length it successively eradicated three of them, the kingdom of Heruli, of the Ostrogoths, and of the Lombards.

8,20 8:9-12 11:36 2Th 2:3-10 1Ti 4:1-3

22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

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23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

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24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.

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25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

he shall speak. In assuming infallibility, professing to forgive sins, and to open and shut heaven, thundering out bulls and anathemas, excommunicating princes, absolving subjects for their allegiance, and exacting obedience to his decrees in open violation of reason and Scripture.

8,20 8:24,25 11:28,30,31,36,37 Isa 37:23 2Th 2:4 Re 13:5,6,11

shall wear out. By wars, crusades, massacres, etc.

Re 6:9,10 11:7-10 13:7-10 14:12 16:6 17:6 18:24

and think. Appointing feasts and fasts, canonizing saints, etc.

2:21 11:31,36-38 12:11 2Th 2:4 1Ti 4:1-3 Re 13:15-17

a time. That is, three years and a half, or, reckoning thirty days to a month, 1,260 days, equal to the same number of years in prophetic language; which, dated from the decree of Phocas constituting him the supreme head of the church. A.D. 606, terminated in 1866.

4:25,32 12:7,11,12 Re 11:2,3 12:6,14 13:5,7

26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.

10,11,22 2Th 2:8 Re 11:13 20:10,11

27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

the kingdom and. 7:14,18,22 Ps 149:5-9 Isa 49:23-26 54:3 60:11-16 Zep 3:19,20 Zec 14:9 Re 20:4

whose kingdom. 2:44 4:34 Ps 145:13 Isa 9:7 Lu 1:33 Joh 12:34

and all. Ps 2:6-12 22:27 72:11 86:9 Isa 60:12 Ob 1:21 Re 11:15

dominions. or, rulers. Re 17:14 19:16

28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

the end. 8:17,19 11:27 12:9,13

my cogitations. 15 8:27 10:8

but. Ge 37:10 Mr 9:15 Lu 2:19,51 9:44