Daniel 8:18

Now as he was speaking with me,.... Addressing him in the above manner:

I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground; through fear he fell prostrate to the ground, and swooned away, which…

Now, as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground - Overcome and prostrate with the vision. That is, he had sunk down stupified or senseless. See Dan 10:9. His…

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I. Daniel's earnest desire to have this vision explained to him (Dan 8:15): I sought the meaning. Note, Those that rightly know the things of God cannot but desire to know more and more…

I fell into a dead sleep Daniel was alarmed when the angel approached (Dan 8:8): when he spoke to him, he fell paralysed and motionless or, as we might say (in a figurative sense), stunnedupon his…