Daniel 8:27

“And I Daniel fainted and was sick certain days, etc.] Or, “then I Daniel fainted”f406; after he had seen the vision, and had thought upon it, and considered the afflictions that were to come upon the people of God, and the condition the temple, and the worship of it, would be in; these so affected his mind, that he not only fainted away, and was struck with a kind of stupor and amazement, but had a fit of illness upon him, which continued some days; such a nearness and sympathy there are between the soul and body: afterwards I rose up; from the bed in which he had laid some days ill: and did the king’s business; by which it appears, that, upon the death of Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel was as yet…”

“I . . . was sick--through grief at the calamities coming on my people and the Church of God (compare Psa 102:14). afterward I . . . did the king's business--He who holds nearest communion with heaven can best discharge the duties of common life. none understood it--He had heard of kings, but knew not their names; He foresaw the events, but not the time when they were to take place; thereupon he could only feel "astonished," and leave all with the omniscient God [JEROME]. The world powers here recede from view; Israel, and the salvation by Messiah promised to it, are the subject of revelation. Israel had naturally expected salvation at the end of the captivity. Daniel is therefore told, that,…”

“And I Daniel fainted - Hebrew, “I was “ - נהייתי nı̂heyēythı̂y. Compare Daniel 2:1. The meaning, according to Gesenius (“Lexicon”), is, “I was done up, and was sick:” - I was done over, etc. Perhaps the “reason” of his using this verb here is, that he represents himself as “having been sick,” and then as fainting away, as if his life had departed. The Latin Vulgate renders it langui. Theodotion, ἐκοιμήθην ekoimēthēn - “ was laid in my bed.” The general idea is plain, that he was overcome and prostrate at the effect of the vision. He had been permitted to look into the future, and the scenes were so appalling - the changes that were to occur were so great - the calamities were so fearful…”

“fainted: Dan 8:7, Dan 7:28, Dan 10:8, Dan 10:16; Hab 3:16 and did: Dan 8:2, Dan 2:48, Dan 2:49, Dan 5:14, Dan 6:2, Dan 6:3; Sa1 3:15 but: Dan 8:15-17 Next: Daniel Chapter 9”