Daniel 7:4 (WEB)
“The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings. I watched until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man. A man’s heart was given to it.
Fathers and councils · 4
Irenaeus of Lyons
““His dominion,” it is said, “is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom shall not perish.”” — editor's note: Dan. vii. 4.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“The interpretation by Hippolytus, (bishop) of Rome, of the visions of Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar, taken in conjunction.” — editor's note: The same method of explaining the two visions is also adopted by Jacobus Nisibenus, serm. v., and by his illustrious disciple Ephraem Syrus on Dan. vii. 4.…
Read the whole comment“I considered its horns, and behold there came up among them another little horn, and before it there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots; and behold in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.”” — editor's note: Dan. vii. 2–8.
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Aphrahat
“And I saw that its wings were plucked away, and it stood up like a man upon its feet, and the heart of a man was given to it.” — editor's note: Dan. vii. 4–7.
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