yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening offering.
⛓ Read Daniel 9 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion3
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
Gabriel comes to Daniel 'at the time of the evening oblation' while Daniel prays (Daniel 9:21); here Gabriel appears at the hour of incense amid the people's prayer. The convergence of angel + appointed sacrificial/prayer hour is distinctive and recurs in the Gabriel-naming at 1:19, marking deliberate Danielic patterning.
High confidenceGabriel 'who stands in the presence of God' and is 'sent' recalls Daniel 9:21, where Gabriel is dispatched to Daniel at prayer; the sent-to-explain function matches. Recurrence with 1:11,19 makes Daniel 9 a sustained source.
High confidence'The angel Gabriel was sent from God' continues the Danielic Gabriel motif (Daniel 8:16; 9:21), where the same angel is 'sent' to deliver revelation. Recurrence within the chapter, more than fresh volume here, secures the allusion.
Medium confidence