The Bible

Daniel 8

¹ ἔτος-N3E-GSN τρίτος-A1--GSN βασιλεύω-V1--PAPGSN *βαλτασαρ-N---GSM ὅρασις-N3I-NSF ὅς- --ASF ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ἐγώ- P--NS *δανιηλ-N---NSM μετά-P ὁ- A--ASN ὁράω-VB--AAN ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--ASF πρῶτος-A1--ASFS

² καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ὅραμα-N3M-DSN ὁ- A--GSN ἐνύπνιον-N2N-GSN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐγώ- P--GS εἰμί-V9--PAPGSM ἐν-P *σοῦσα-N---DP ὁ- A--DSF πόλις-N3I-DSF ὅστις- X--NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἐν-P *ἐλυμαίς-N---DS χώρα-N1A-DSF ἔτι-D εἰμί-V9--PAPGSM ἐγώ- P--GS πρός-P ὁ- A--DSF πύλη-N1--DSF *αιλαμ-N---GS

³ ἀναβλέπω-VA--AAPNSM ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S κριός-N2--ASM εἷς-A3--ASM μέγας-A1P-ASM ἵστημι-VXI-XAPASM ἀπέναντι-P ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF καί-C ἔχω-V1I-IAI3S κέρας-N3T-APN καί-C ὁ- A--NSN εἷς-A3--NSN ὑψηλός-A1--NSNC ὁ- A--GSN ἕτερος-A1A-GSN καί-C ὁ- A--NSN ὑψηλός-A1--NSNC ἀναβαίνω-V1I-IAI3S

⁴ μετά-P δέ-X οὗτος- D--APN ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASM κριός-N2--ASM κερατίζω-V1--PAPASM πρός-P ἀνατολή-N1--APF καί-C πρός-P βορέας-N1T-ASM καί-C πρός-P δυσμή-N1--APF καί-C μεσημβρία-N1A-ASF καί-C πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN θηρίον-N2N-NPN οὐ-D ἵστημι-VAI-AAI3P ἐνώπιον-P αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C οὐ-D εἰμί-V9I-IAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ῥύομαι-V1--PMPNSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPF χείρ-N3--GPF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ποιέω-V2I-IAI3S ὡς-C θέλω-V1I-IAI3S καί-C ὑψόω-VCI-API3S

⁵ καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS διανοέομαι-V2I-IMI1S καί-C ἰδού-I τράγος-N2--NSM αἴξ-N3G-GPM ἔρχομαι-V1I-IMI3S ἀπό-P δυσμή-N1--GPF ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C οὐ-D ἅπτομαι-V1I-IMI3S ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C εἰμί-V9I-IAI3S ὁ- A--GSM τράγος-N2--GSM κέρας-N3T-NSN εἷς-A3--NSN ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--GPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM

⁶ καί-C ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM κριός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--ASM ὁ- A--APN κέρας-N3T-APN ἔχω-V1--PAPASM ὅς- --ASM ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ἵστημι-VXI-XAPASM πρός-P ὁ- A--DSF πύλη-N1--DSF καί-C τρέχω-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM ἐν-P θυμός-N2--DSM ὀργή-N1--GSF

⁷ καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM προςἄγω-V1--PAPASM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM κριός-N2--ASM καί-C θυμόω-VCI-API3S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C πατάσσω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C συντρίβω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APN δύο-M κέρας-N3T-APN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C οὐκέτι-D εἰμί-V9I-IAI3S ἰσχύς-N3--NSF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM κριός-N2--DSM ἵστημι-VH--AAN κατέναντι-P ὁ- A--GSM τράγος-N2--GSM καί-C σπαράσσω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF καί-C συντρίβω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C οὐ-D εἰμί-V9I-IAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ῥύομαι-V1--PMPNSM ὁ- A--ASM κριός-N2--ASM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSM τράγος-N2--GSM

⁸ καί-C ὁ- A--NSM τράγος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GPM αἴξ-N3G-GPM καταἰσχύω-VAI-AAI3S σφόδρα-D καί-C ὅτε-D καταἰσχύω-VAI-AAI3S συντρίβω-VDI-API3S αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--NSN κέρας-N3T-NSN ὁ- A--NSN μέγας-A1P-NSN καί-C ἀναβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S ἕτερος-A1A-NPN τέσσαρες-A3--NPN κέρας-N3T-NPN κατόπισθεν-D αὐτός- D--GSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--APM τέσσαρες-A3--APM ἄνεμος-N2--APM ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM

⁹ καί-C ἐκ-P εἷς-A3--GSN αὐτός- D--GPN ἀναφύω-VDI-API3S κέρας-N3T-NSN ἰσχυρός-A1A-NSN εἷς-A3--NSN καί-C καταἰσχύω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C πατάσσω-VAI-AAI3S ἐπί-P μεσημβρία-N1A-ASF καί-C ἐπί-P ἀνατολή-N1--GSF καί-C ἐπί-P βορέας-N1T-ASM

¹⁰ καί-C ὑψόω-VCI-API3S ἕως-P ὁ- A--GPM ἀστήρ-N3--GPM ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM καί-C ῥάσσω-VQI-API3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPM ἀστήρ-N3--GPM καί-C ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GPM καταπατέω-VCI-API3S

¹¹ ἕως-C ὁ- A--NSM ἀρχιστράτηγος-N2--NSM ῥύομαι-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--ASF αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-ASF καί-C διά-P αὐτός- D--ASM ὁ- A--NPN ὄρος-N3E-NPN ὁ- A--NPN ἀπό-P αἰών-N3W-GSM ῥάσσω-VQI-API3S καί-C ἐκαἴρω-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--NSM τόπος-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C θυσία-N1A-NSF καί-C τίθημι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF ἕως-C χαμαί-D ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF καί-C εὐοδόω-VC--API3S καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S καί-C ὁ- A--NSN ἅγιος-A1A-NSN ἐρημόω-VC--FPI3S

¹² καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DSF θυσία-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--NPF ἁμαρτία-N1A-NPF καί-C ῥίπτω-VDI-API3S χαμαί-D ὁ- A--NSF δικαιοσύνη-N1--NSF καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C εὐοδόω-VC--API3S

¹³ καί-C ἀκούω-V1I-IAI1S ἕτερος-A1A-GSM ἅγιος-A1A-GSM λαλέω-V2--PAPGSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἕτερος-A1A-NSM ὁ- A--DSM φελμουνι-N---DS ὁ- A--DSM λαλέω-V2--PAPDSM ἕως-C τίς- I--GSN ὁ- A--NSN ὅραμα-N3M-NSN ἵστημι-VF--FMI3S καί-C ὁ- A--NSF θυσία-N1A-NSF ὁ- A--NSF αἴρω-VC--APPNSF καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ἁμαρτία-N1A-NSF ἐρήμωσις-N3I-GSF ὁ- A--NSF δίδωμι-VC--APPNSF καί-C ὁ- A--NPN ἅγιος-A1A-NPN ἐρημόω-VC--FPI3S εἰς-P καταπάτημα-N3M-ASN

¹⁴ καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ἕως-P ἑσπέρα-N1A-GSF καί-C πρωΐ-D ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF δισχίλιοι-A1A-NPF τριακόσιοι-A1A-NPF καί-C καθαρίζω-VS--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSN ἅγιος-A1A-NSN

¹⁵ καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN θεωρέω-V2--PAN ἐγώ- P--AS ἐγώ- P--NS *δανιηλ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASN ὅραμα-N3M-ASN ζητέω-V2I-IAI1S διανοέομαι-VC--APN καί-C ἰδού-I ἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S κατεναντίον-P ἐγώ- P--GS ὡς-C ὅρασις-N3I-NSF ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM

¹⁶ καί-C ἀκούω-VAI-AAI1S φωνή-N1--ASF ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--GSM *ουλαι-N---GSM καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *γαβριηλ-N---VSM συνετίζω-VA--AAD2S ἐκεῖνος- D--ASM ὁ- A--ASF ὅρασις-N3I-ASF καί-C ἀναβοάω-VA--AAPNSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN πρόσταγμα-N3M-ASN ἐκεῖνος- D--ASN ὁ- A--NSF ὅρασις-N3I-NSF

¹⁷ καί-C ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S καί-C ἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ἔχω-V1--PMPNSM ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSF στάσις-N3I-GSF καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἔρχομαι-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--ASM θορυβέω-VCI-API3S καί-C πίπτω-VAI-AAI1S ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--DS διανοέομαι-VC--APD2S υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἔτι-D γάρ-X εἰς-P ὥρα-N1A-ASF καιρός-N2--GSM οὗτος- D--NSN ὁ- A--NSN ὅραμα-N3M-NSN

¹⁸ καί-C λαλέω-V2--PAPGSM αὐτός- D--GSM μετά-P ἐγώ- P--GS κοιμάω-VCI-API1S ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN χαμαί-D καί-C ἅπτομαι-VA--AMPNSM ἐγώ- P--GS ἀγείρω-V1I-IAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSM τόπος-N2--GSM

¹⁹ καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--DS ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἀποἀγγέλλω-V1--PAI1S σύ- P--DS ὅς- --APN εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἐπί-P ἔσχατος-A1--GSN ὁ- A--GSF ὀργή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS ἔτι-D γάρ-X εἰς-P ὥρα-N1A-APF καιρός-N2--GSM συντέλεια-N1A-GSF μένω-VF2-FAI3S

²⁰ ὁ- A--ASM κριός-N2--ASM ὅς- --ASM ὁράω-VBI-AAI2S ὁ- A--ASM ἔχω-V1--PAPASM ὁ- A--APN κέρας-N3T-APN βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM *μῆδος-N2--GP καί-C *πέρσης-N1M-GPM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

²¹ καί-C ὁ- A--NSM τράγος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GPM αἴξ-N3G-GPM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM ὁ- A--GPM *ἕλλην-N3--GPM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S καί-C ὁ- A--NSN κέρας-N3T-NSN ὁ- A--NSN μέγας-A1P-NSN ὁ- A--NSN ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--GPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM αὐτός- D--NSM ὁ- A--NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM ὁ- A--NSM πρῶτος-A1--NSMS

²² καί-C ὁ- A--NPN συντρίβω-VD--APPNPN καί-C ἀναβαίνω-VZ--AAPNPN ὀπίσω-P αὐτός- D--GSM τέσσαρες-A3--NPN κέρας-N3T-NPN τέσσαρες-A3--NPM βασιλεύς-N3V-NPM ὁ- A--GSN ἔθνος-N3E-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM ἀναἵστημι-VF--FMI3P οὐ-D κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ἰσχύς-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM

²³ καί-C ἐπί-P ἔσχατος-A1--GSN ὁ- A--GSF βασιλεία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GPM πληρόω-V4--PMPGPM ὁ- A--GPF ἁμαρτία-N1A-GPF αὐτός- D--GPM ἀναἵστημι-VF--FMI3S βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM ἀναιδής-A3--NSM πρόσωπον-N2N-DSN διανοέομαι-V2--PMPNSM αἴνιγμα-N3M-APN

²⁴ καί-C στερεόω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSF ἰσχύς-N3--NSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C οὐ-D ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἰσχύς-N3U-DSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C θαυμαστῶς-D φθείρω-VF2-FAI3S καί-C εὐοδόω-VC--FPI3S καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI3S καί-C φθείρω-VF2-FAI3S δυνάστης-N1M-APM καί-C δῆμος-N2--ASM ἅγιος-A1A-GPM

²⁵ καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM ἅγιος-A1A-APM ὁ- A--ASN διανόημα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C εὐοδόω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--ASN ψεῦδος-N3E-ASN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF χείρ-N3--DPF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF καρδία-N1A-NSF αὐτός- D--GSM ὑψόω-VC--FPI3S καί-C δόλος-N2--DSM ἀπο ἀναἵζω-VF2-FAI3S πολύς-A1P-APM καί-C ἐπί-P ἀπώλεια-N1A-GSF ἀνήρ-N3--GPM ἵστημι-VF--FMI3S καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI3S συναγωγή-N1--ASF χείρ-N3--GSF καί-C ἀποδίδωμι-VF--FMI3S

²⁶ ὁ- A--NSN ὅραμα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--NSN ἑσπέρα-N1A-GSF καί-C πρωΐ-D εὑρίσκω-VCI-API3S ἐπί-P ἀλήθεια-N1A-GSF καί-C νῦν-D φράσσω-VK--XMPASN ὁ- A--ASN ὅραμα-N3M-ASN ἔτι-D γάρ-X εἰς-P ἡμέρα-N1A-APF πολύς-A1--APF

²⁷ ἐγώ- P--NS *δανιηλ-N---NSM ἀσθενέω-VA--AAPNSM ἡμέρα-N1A-APF πολύς-A1--APF καί-C ἀναἵστημι-VH--AAPNSM πραγματεύομαι-V1I-IMI1S πάλιν-D βασιλικός-A1--APN καί-C ἐκλύω-V1I-IMI1S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DSN ὅραμα-N3M-DSN καί-C οὐδείς-A3--NSM εἰμί-V9I-IAI3S ὁ- A--NSM διανοέομαι-V2--PMPNSM

From Swedenborg's Works

Apocalypse Revealed #945

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945. 22:8 Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. This means that John supposed that the angel sent to him by the Lord to keep him in a state of the spirit was the God who revealed these things, when in fact that was not the case, as the angel only showed him what the Lord presented.

Clearly John supposed that the angel sent to him was the Lord Himself, for we are told that he fell down to worship before the angel's feet. But that it was not as he supposed is apparent from the next verse, in which the angel tells him that he is his fellow servant: "Worship God." That the angel was sent to John by the Lord is apparent from verse 16, which says, "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches."

But behind this lies the following secret: The Lord sent the angel to John in order to keep him in a state of the spirit and to show him in that state the visions he saw. For whatever John saw, he saw not with the eyes of his body, but with the eyes of his spirit, as can be seen from the passages in which he says that he was in the spirit and seeing a vision (Revelation 1:10; 9:17; 17:3; 21:10), thus everywhere that he says "he saw." And a person can enter that state and be kept in it only by angels who are closely attached to the person, who induce their own spiritual state on the interiors of his mind. For this raises the person into the light of heaven, and in that light he sees sights in heaven and not in the world.

[2] Ezekiel, Zechariah, Daniel, and other prophets were at times in the same state, but not when they spoke the Word. When they spoke the Word they were not in the spirit, but conscious in the body, and the words they wrote they heard from Jehovah Himself, that is, from the Lord.

These two states experienced by the prophets must be properly distinguished. The prophets themselves also properly distinguished them, for they everywhere say when they wrote the Word from Jehovah that Jehovah spoke with them and to them, and most often, "Thus says Jehovah," or "the word of Jehovah." However, when they were in the other state, they say that they were in the spirit or seeing in a vision, as can be seen from the following: (Ezekiel said,) "The spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision... of God into Chaldea, to those in captivity. So the vision that I saw went up upon me." (Ezekiel 11:1, 24)

Ezekiel says that the spirit lifted him up and that he heard behind him an earthquake, among other things (Ezekiel 3:12, 14). Also that the spirit lifted him up between earth and heaven, and brought him in visions of God to Jerusalem, where he saw abominations (Ezekiel 8:3ff.). Therefore he was also seeing in a vision of God or in the spirit when he saw four living creatures, which were cherubim (Ezekiel 1 and 10). And when he saw a new temple and a new land, and an angel measuring them (Ezekiel 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48). He says that he was then seeing in the visions of God (Ezekiel 40:2), and that the spirit lifted him up (Ezekiel 43:5).

[3] It was the same with Zechariah, who had an angel with him at the time when he saw a man riding among the myrtle trees (Zechariah 1:8ff.). When he saw the four horns, and then the man with a measuring line in his hand (Zechariah 1:18; 2:1ff.). When he saw Joshua, the high priest (Zechariah 3:1ff.). When he saw the lampstand and two olive trees (Zechariah 4:1ff.). When he saw the flying scroll and the ephah (Zechariah 5:1, 6). And when he saw the four chariots and their horses coming from between two mountains (Zechariah 6:1ff.).

Daniel was in the same state when he saw four beasts coming up from the sea (Daniel 7:1ff.), and when he saw the combat of the ram and the male goat (Daniel 8:1ff.). That he saw these sights in visions is said in Daniel 7:1-2, 7, 13; 8:2; 10:1, 7-8. Moreover, that he saw the angel Gabriel and spoke with him in a vision (Daniel 9:21).

It was the same with John when he saw the sights he described, as when he saw the Son of Man in the midst of the seven lampstands; when he saw the tabernacle, ¹ the temple, ² the ark, ³ and the altar ⁴ in heaven; the dragon and its combat with Michael; ⁵ the beasts; ⁶ the woman sitting on the scarlet beast; ⁷ the new heaven and new earth, and the holy Jerusalem with its wall, gates, and foundations; ⁸ and more.

These sights were revealed by the Lord, but shown by an angel.

Footnotes:

1. Revelation 15:5.

2. Revelation 11:1-2, 19; 14:15, 17; 15:5-6, 8; 16:1, 17.

3. Revelation 11:19.

4. Revelation 6:9; 8:3, 5; 9:13; 11:1; 14:18; 16:7.

5. Revelation 12:7.

6. Revelation 13.

7. Revelation 17:3-6.

8. Revelation 21,22