“And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.”
Daniel is overwhelmed and ill for days; then he rises and conducts the king's business, but remains distressed about the vision he could not fully understand—portraying the personal cost of prophetic experience and the human limitation even of interpreters assisted by angels. The psychological and physical toll reminds readers that bearing prophetic witness involves genuine human suffering and limitation. His return to service despite distress models faithful witness amid unresolved questions, a pattern crucial for later persecuted believers.
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