2. To whom this question was put, to the man clothed in linen, of whom we read before (ch. x. 5), to Christ our great high priest, who was upon the waters of the river, and whose spokesman, or interpreter, the angel Gabriel had all this while been. This river was Hiddekel (ch. x. 4), the same with Tigris, the place whereabout many of the events prophesied of would happen; there therefore is the scene laid. Hiddekel was mentioned as one of the rivers that watered the garden of Eden (Gen. ii. 14); fitly therefore does Christ stand upon that river, for by him the trees in the paradise of God are watered. Waters signify people, and so his standing upon the waters denotes his dominion over all; he sits upon the flood (Ps. xxix. 10); he treads upon the waters of the sea, Job ix. 8. And Christ, to show that this was he, in the days of his flesh walked upon the waters, Matt. xiv. 25. He was above the waters of the river (so some read it); he appeared in the air over the river.