{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/wesley/dan010.htm","path":"bib/cmt/wesley/dan010.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/wesley/dan010.htm","text":"Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley, [1754-65]\n \nDaniel 10:2\n \ndan 10:2\nWas mourning - Because he foresaw the many calamities that would befall the Jews for their sins, especially for destroying the Messiah, and rejecting his gospel. \nDaniel 10:4\n \ndan 10:4\nThe first month - Nisan, which is March. Hiddekel - Or Tigris. \nDaniel 10:5\n \ndan 10:5\nA certain man - Very probably Christ, who appeared to Daniel in royal and priestly robes, and in so great brightness and majesty. \nDaniel 10:12\n \ndan 10:12\nHe - Not Christ, but Gabriel. \nDaniel 10:13\n \ndan 10:13\nWithstood me - God suffered the wicked counsels of Cambyses to take place awhile; but Daniel by his prayers, and the angel by his power, overcame him at last: and this very thing laid a foundation of the ruin of the Persian monarchies. Michael - Michael here is commonly supposed to mean Christ. I remained - To counter - work their designs against the people of God. \nDaniel 10:15\n \ndan 10:15\nI set my face - I prostrated myself upon the earth. And I became dumb - Thro' astonishment. \nDaniel 10:16\n \ndan 10:16\nOne like the sons of men - This likewise seems to have been Gabriel. I have retained no strength - Tho' he appeared to him, and spake to him as a man, yet Daniel could not bear his presence, without some dread. \nDaniel 10:20\n \ndan 10:20\nTo fight - To oppose his mischievous designs. \nDaniel 10:21\n \ndan 10:21\nMichael - Christ alone is the protector of his church, when all the princes of the earth desert or oppose it.","title":"Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible: Daniel: Daniel Chapter 10","type":"page"}