The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible Daniel 12:5
Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two…
Other two angels, besides the man clothed with linen, (Daniel 12:6) or
rather besides the angel who had given Daniel the long account of
things that were to come to pass, in the preceding chapter, and the
beginning of this; whom Daniel, being attentive to that account, had
not observed before; but now, that being finished, he looks about him,
and takes notice of those other two who were standing, being
ministering spirits to Christ, and ready to execute his orders:
the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that
side of the bank of the river;
Hiddekel or Tigris, as appears from
(Daniel 10:4) . The reason of this position was chiefly on account of
Christ, the man clothed with linen, who stood upon or above the water of
the river, in the midst of it; and to show that they were waiting upon him,
and ready to go every way he should send them to do his will; and also
on account of Daniel, that he might hear what was said, whether to
Christ, or to one another; since, being at such a distance, their voice
must be loud; and indeed the design of all that follows to the end of
the chapter is to inform him, and by him the church and people of God
in all future ages, of the time and end of all these things before
delivered in the prophecy.
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