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A Precise Prophecy
Commentators unanimously identify the ram as the Medo-Persian empire. They explain that the vision accurately describes its historical conquests westward (Babylon, Syria), northward (Armenia), and southward (Egypt). The prophecy omits the east because the empire originated there, highlighting the remarkable precision of Daniel's vision.
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Albert Barnes
On Daniel 8:4
18th Century
Theologian
I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward - This denotes the conquests of the united kingdom. The east is not me…
Charles Ellicott
On Daniel 8:4
19th Century
Bishop
I saw the ram pushing. The ram pushes in three different directions. This corresponds to the three ribs in the mouth of t…
John Calvin
On Daniel 8:4
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet now briefly sketches the great success that would attend this double kingdom. He says, The ram struck all the nations towards the w…
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John Gill
On Daniel 8:4
17th Century
Pastor
I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward ,
&c.] That is, with his horns, as rams do; these kingd…
Matthew Henry
On Daniel 8:1–14
17th Century
Minister
God gives Daniel a foresight of the destruction of other kingdoms, which in their day were as powerful as that of Babylon. If we could foresee the …