Daniel Chapter 10

“In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, etc.] Not of his being king of Persia only, but of the Medopersian empire, after he had subdued the Babylonian empire, and annexed it to his dominions; and this is not to be reckoned from the time of his taking Babylon, and putting the government of it into the hands of his uncle Darius, with whom he jointly reigned; but from the time of his uncle’s death, when he was sole monarch of the whole empire: he reigned thirty years, as Cicerof450, from a Persian writer, relates; which is to be reckoned from the time of his being appointed by his uncle commander-in-chief of the…”

“DANIEL COMFORTED BY AN ANGELIC VISION. (Dan. 10:1-21) third year of Cyrus--two years after Cyrus' decree for the restoration of the Jews had gone forth, in accordance with Daniel's prayer in Dan. 9:3-19. This vision gives not merely general outlines, or symbols, but minute details of the future, in short, anticipative history. It is the expansion of the vision in Dan 8:1-14. That which then "none understood," he says here, "he understood"; the messenger being sent to him for this (Dan 10:11, Dan 10:14), to make him understand it. Probably Daniel was no longer in office at court; for in Dan 1:21, it is said,…”

“In the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia - In regard to Cyrus, see the notes at Isaiah 41:2. In Daniel 1:21, it is said that “Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.” But it is not necessarily implied in that passage that he “died” then. It may mean only that he continued in authority, and was employed, in various ways, as a public officer, until that time. See the note at that passage. For anything that appears, he may have lived several years after, though, for causes now unknown, he may have retired from the court after the accession of Cyrus. This vision may have occurred when he was no…”

“Was mourning - Because he foresaw the many calamities that would befall the Jews for their sins, especially for destroying the Messiah, and rejecting his gospel. Daniel 10:4”

“10:1–12:13 This final vision reaches historically from 536 BC to a distant future when Daniel would be raised from the dead and receive his inheritance. All earthly kingdoms would be destroyed, the eternal kingdom of the Son of Man would arise, God’s people would finally be rescued, and death—the ultimate enemy—would be defeated. 10:1 The third year of the reign of King Cyrus was 536 BC, not long after Cyrus issued his decree for the peoples and nations to return to their ancestral homes (2 Chr 36:22-23; Ezra 1:1-2). Daniel’s prayer (Dan 9:4-19) had been answered—the Exile had ended. • Belteshazzar: See 1:7.”

“am 3470, bc 534 Cyrus: Dan 1:21, Dan 6:28; Ch2 36:22, Ch2 36:23; Ezr 1:1, Ezr 1:2, Ezr 1:7, Ezr 1:8, Ezr 3:7, Ezr 4:3, Ezr 4:5, Ezr 5:13-17, Ezr 6:3, Ezr 6:14; Isa 44:28, Isa 45:1 whose: Dan 1:7, Dan 4:8, Dan 5:12 and the: Dan 8:26, Dan 11:2; Gen 41:32; Luk 1:20; Rev 19:9 but: Dan 10:14, Dan 12:4, Dan 12:9 long: Heb. great and he: Dan 1:17, Dan 2:21, Dan 5:17, Dan 8:16, Dan 9:22, Dan 9:23 Daniel 10:2”

“The Theophany - Daniel 10-11:2a The Introduction to the Following Manifestation of God - Dan 10:1-3 This verse is to be regarded as an inscription or general statement of the substance of it. Therefore Daniel speaks of himself in the third person, as in Dan 7:1, and in the historical portions Daniel 1-6. The definition of the time, "In the first year of Cores (Cyrus) king of Persia," refers us back to Dan 1:21, but it does not, as has been there already remarked, stand in contradiction to the first year of Cyrus named there. דּבר is the following revelation, which was communicated to the prophet not by a vision…”