Following is an excerpt from the expositors bible commentary on this issue. Manifested in the days of nebuchadnezzar, belshazzar, darius, and cyrus, kings of the babylonians, medes, and persians b. See how holy things, once used for the noblest purposes, become of no further service when the spirit of god is gone from the church. Maybe he knew that they gave honour to the real god. Daniel free bible commentary in easy english easyenglish bible. David guzik commentary on daniel 1 keeping pure in the face of. King jehoiakim did evil in the sight of the lord, so god used nebuchadnezzar, king of babylon, to be the rod in his hand to scourge his sinful people and their wicked king. Daniel was born to the royal family and of noble birth dan. For each story about daniel and his friends, it fills in the historical background and develops spiritual applications. He discovered that they were wiser than all the other wise men.
A study of the book of daniel gene taylor3an introduction to daniel i. He may have descended from a noble family, perhaps he was even a prince, since normally the prominent people of a nation were taken captive 1. Compare, for an interesting discussion of the subject, forsters historical geography of arabia, vol. Daniel was gods mouthpiece to the gentile and jewish world, declaring gods current and future plans. God gave him the victory over judah and jerusalem 1. Like ezekiel, the book of daniel contains a number of enigmatic prophecies.
The book of daniel covers his life from a teenager to his death as a captive in babylon. Read daniel commentary using matthew henry commentary on the whole bible complete. Verses king nebuchadnezzar set up an enormous gold image. Daniel chapter 1, living godly in an ungodly world duration. The following table is from tony garlands recommended free online commentary on daniel see also his in depth verse by verse commentary on the book of the revelation, one of the best evangelical commentaries available a testimony of jesus christ a testimony of jesus christ. Daniel who through the book received revelations from god. The lack of consensus presents a challenge for the reader, but it is not necessarily an insurmountable one. Then the king instructed ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, to bring some of the children of israel and some of the kings descendants and some of the nobles, 4 young men in whom there was no blemish, but goodlooking, gifted in all wisdom, possessing knowledge and quick to understand, who had ability to serve in the kings palace, and whom. For a more detailed treatment, you are invited to look over my sermon outlines on daniel. Read commentary on this popular bible verse and understand the real meaning behind gods word using john gills exposition of. But within this dire reality, this text also speaks of gods presence and liberation, becoming one of the first old testament texts to formulate something of a resurrection hope. Study the bible online using commentary on daniel and more.
Publication date 1927 topics bible publisher new york. But at that time your peopleeveryone whose name is found written in the book will be delivered. Bruce and william barclay abingdon press is full of modernistic thought and historicalcritical discussion and specifically in the volume dealing with daniel, the book of daniel is said to have been written after the fulfillment of the events prophesied therein. Daniel 1 bible commentary john gills exposition of the.
A free bible version and commentary on the book of daniel in easyenglish. In the third year of the reign of jehoiakim king of judah came nebuchadnezzar king of babylon unto jerusalem, and besieged it. Jerome, in his commentary on daniel, spent much of his time refuting these. And the king spake unto ashpenaz, master of the eunuchs one of the chief officers of his palace. This document has been generated from xsl extensible stylesheet language source with renderx xep. Study guide for daniel 1 by david guzik blue letter bible. Daniel commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole.
In more mundane language, it is an account of the activities and visions of daniel, a noble jew exiled at babylon, its message being that just as the god of israel saved daniel and his friends from. It is interesting that the book of daniel continues to refer to daniel with his jewish name throughout, but the babylonian names are. Daniel overview james burton coffman commentaries on the. Daniel explainedone of the most extensively researched commentaries on the book of daniel ever writtenoffers a thorough treatment of both the dramatic episodes and the prophetic visions. Verses nebuchadnezzar wanted to tell everybody in the world how great god is. A commentary on the book of daniel by cooper abrams. Daniel 1 commentary spurgeons verse expositions of the. A critical and exegetical commentary on the book of daniel by montgomery, james a.
Daniel was a contemporary of ezekiel who went into babylonian captivity in 597 bc around eight years later than daniel. Now, at the beginning of chapter 3 others must bow 3. Daniel must have been around 85 to 90 years of age when he wrote down his last visions. The book of daniel verse by verse chapter 1 daniels. Daniel is the story of the people of israel in exile, longing to return to the land of israel.
The book of daniel no other book in the bible has been attacked like the book of daniel. A critical and exegetical commentary on the book of daniel. The book of daniel shows god vindicating himself at a time when the conquest of israel might have brought gods reputation into disgrace. Study guide on daniel, on line bible commentary daniel, niv commentary daniel, free daniel commentary. Daniel 1 new international version niv daniel s training in babylon.
The book opens with the exile of daniel and his contemporaries from the holy land to babylonia. Foretold to occur in the days of the persians, greeks, and romans 3. This chapter begins with an account of the first captivity of the jews, in the times of jehoiakim. And like ezekiel, the difficult nature of these prophecies has resulted in a wide variety of conflicting interpretations. Apocalyptic literature usually comes out of difficult times. If daniel isnt one of our favorite prophets, he should be. Daniel, as many other authors of the antiquity and the bible, writes of himself in the third person throughout the first part of the book. The first chapter is critical to our understanding of the entire book of daniel, providing the historical setting for the entire book, and especially. Note that dr garland chooses daniel s starting age as 14yo but. But among other things we should recognize that porphyry makes this objection to us concerning the book of daniel, that it is clearly a forgery not to be considered as belonging to the hebrew scriptures but an invention composed in greek.
Porphyry claimed that instead of being written by daniel about b. A study of the book of daniel the church of christ in. The book of daniel a study guide executable outlines. Why daniel does not object is unknown, as is daniel s whereabouts in chapter 3. The language of the chaldeans, in which a considerable part of the book of daniel is written see the introduction section iv. The book of daniel belongs to a category of literature called apocalyptic. For example, the book of daniel comes from the era 165 b. Daniel s vision of the four beasts 7 3 commentary to daniel. Commentary on daniel chapter 1 3 orthodox eschatology. These he carried off to the temple of his god in babylonia.
Nine of the 12 chapters relate revelation through dreams and visions. In fourteen actionpacked chapters, you have unforgettable narratives. Daniel bridges the entire 70 years of the babylonian captivity from 605 to 536 b. Daniel explained a commentary on the book of daniel overview.
During the tribulation which precedes his overthrow, michael see daniel 10. That is, nebuchadnezzar king of babylon spake to this officer of his, whose name was ashpenaz. The commentary on the book of daniel by hippolytus of rome in the old church slavonic translation contents in bulgarian and summary in english. In addition, nebuchadnezzar never acknowledges what the narrator asserted in the opening verses of the book. Much of the book is even written in aramaic, the language that was spoken in babylonia during the seventy years of exile following the destruction of the first beit hamikdash. An examination of the best commentaries can be helpful in sorting through the issues. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. The book of daniel is a 2ndcentury bc biblical apocalypse combining a prophecy of history with an eschatology a portrayal of end times cosmic in scope and political in focus. The first six chapters tell of four young israelites in the babylonian captivity chapter 1 daniel also known as belshazzar, hananiah aka shadrach, mishael aka meshack, and azariah aka abednego.