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Judgment's Perfect Timing
Commentators unanimously highlight the word "Then." The hand appeared not just at that time, but because of Belshazzar's actions. His sacrilege had reached its peak, and God's patience, as John Calvin notes, was exhausted. The judgment was not premature but perfectly timed, coming only after the king's pride and impiety became 'no longer tolerable.'
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Albert Barnes
On Daniel 5:24
18th Century
Theologian
Then the part of the hand was sent from him—that is, the fingers. See Daniel 5:5.
The meaning is that when it was fully perceived that…
Charles Ellicott
On Daniel 5:24
19th Century
Bishop
Then: Not only “at that time,” but also “because of this.” Daniel here expressly designates the writing as something proceeding fr…
John Calvin
On Daniel 5:24
16th Century
Theologian
Some stress must be laid upon the adverb באדין, badin, “at that time,” because God’s wrath, or at least its denunciation, was now…
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John Gill
On Daniel 5:24
17th Century
Pastor
Then was the part of the hand sent from him
That is, from God: being thus reproached and blasphemed, at that very in…
Matthew Henry
On Daniel 5:18–31
17th Century
Minister
Daniel reads Belshazzar's doom. He had not taken warning by the judgments upon Nebuchadnezzar. And he had insulted God. Sinners are pleased with go…