Daniel 8:15

“And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, etc.] The whole of the preceding vision, concerning the ram, he goat, and little horn, and what were done by them; the prophet not only affirms he saw this vision, but repeats the affirmation, expressing his own name, partly for the sake of emphasis, and partly for the greater confirmation of his words; wherefore it was a most impudent thing Porphyry to say, that the true Daniel never saw this vision; but what is here related was written after Antiochus’s reign, and falsely ascribed to him. It being so clear a prophecy concerning Alexander, and the destruction of the Persian empire by him, this acute spiteful Heathen had no…”

“And it came to pass ... - Daniel saw the vision, but was unable to explain it. And sought for the meaning - Evidently by meditating on it, or endeavoring in his own mind to make it out. There stood before me as the appearance of a man - One having the appearance of a man. This was evidently Gabriel Daniel 8:16, who now assumed a human form, and who was addressed by the voice from between the banks of the Ulai, and commenced to make known the meaning of the vision. return to 'Top of Page'”

“8:15-16 The name Gabriel means “man of God”; he appeared like a man to Daniel (see also 9:21; Luke 1:19, 26).”

“I Daniel: Dan 7:28 sought: Dan 7:16-19, Dan 12:8; Mat 13:36, Mat 24:15; Mar 4:12, Mar 13:14; Pe1 1:10, Pe1 1:11; Rev 13:18 as: Dan 10:5, Dan 10:16; Jos 5:14; Isa 9:6; Eze 1:26-28; Mat 24:30; Rev 1:13 Daniel 8:16”

“The interpretation of the vision - The interpretation of Daniel's vision, as given by the angel, falls within the vision itself. When Daniel sought to understand the vision, viz., in his mind, not by prayer or by asking a question, he saw before him, according to Dan 8:17, one standing at some distance, who had the appearance of a man, but was not a man, but a supernatural being in human likeness. This person resembling a man is ( Dan 8:16) named by the angel, Gabriel, i.e., man of God. The voice of another, whom Daniel did not see, hearing only a human voice proceeding from the Ulai, commanded this person to explain the vision to the prophet (להלּז, i.e., to Daniel). Nothing further is…”