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Daniel 10 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Daniel 10, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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preachers & commentators

Daniel 10 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
דָּבָר dâbâr H1697 11 word, matter
דָנִיֵּאל Dânîyêʼl H1840 5 Daniel, Danijel
חָזַק châzaq H2388 6 fasten, seize
מַרְאָה marʼâh H4759 4 vision, mirror
דָבַר dâbar H1696 7 arrange, speak
עָמַד ʻâmad H5975 6 stand
פָּרַס Pâraç H6539 4 Paras

How preachers through history handled this text

23 public-domain excerpts on Daniel 10, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 18 Spurgeon 3 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“The appearance of angels, as recorded in these prophecies, has always given rise to much inquiry and conjecture. Henstenberg contends for the identity of Michael and the angel of the Lord, as recognized by the elder Jews, perhaps on the testimony of tradition. He contends against the assertion of Bertholdt, that the Jews derived their distinction between superior and inferior angels from the Persians, after the end of the Babylonish captivity, (2, 528.) Gesenius recognizes angel-princes, "as the earthly monarch is surrounded by his nobles, so h …”

— Calvin, Commentary on Daniel - Volume 2, on Daniel 10:13–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Persia — Dan 10:1
  • Greece — Dan 10:20
  • Tigris — Dan 10:4
  • Uphaz — Dan 10:5

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