Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Daniel 12:8-13
The answer was far from explicit, so that Daniel did not understand it: he accordingly asked for more definite particulars.
The answer was far from explicit, so that Daniel did not understand it: he accordingly asked for more definite particulars.
Verse Daniel 12:8. _I HEARD, BUT I UNDERSTAND NOT_] Could not comprehend what the _time, times, and half time_ should refer to. These make _three_ years and _a half_ of prophetic time, answering to _o...
AND I HEARD, BUT I UNDERSTOOD NOT - He understood not the full significance of the language employed - “a time, and times, and an half.” This would make it probable that there was something more inten...
CHAPTER 12 THE GREAT TRIBULATION AND ISRAEL'S DELIVERANCE “ And at that time.” What time? The time of the end, the time of trouble such as never was before; the same time to which our Lord refers in...
DANIEL 12. follows immediately upon the preceding paragraph, and there should be no break between the two Chapter s. 1- 3 forms the ending of the revelation which the angel makes to Daniel, and descri...
MY LORD. Hebrew. _Adoni._ See App-4. WHAT... ? Note the correspondence of these two questions in verses: Daniel 12:6 and Daniel 12:8. THE END OF THESE THINGS? (i.e. the "wonders" of Daniel 12:6). The...
AND I HEARD, BUT I UNDERSTOOD NOT— The prophets did not always receive the interpretation of what was revealed to them. See 1 Peter 1:12. Study and particular application were required, and often an i...
c. TRIUMPH TEXT: Daniel 12:8-13 8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the issue of these things? 9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are shut up...
And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? I HEARD, BUT I UNDERSTOOD NOT. Daniel "understood" the main features of the vision as to Antiochus...
THE FINAL VISION These chs, form a connected whole, with three sub-divisions. Daniel 10:1 to Daniel 11:1 are introductory; Daniel 11:2 to Daniel 12:4 co
CONTINUE _more_ YEARS THAN] RV 'refrain some years from.' 9. Seleucus II (Callinicus) invaded Egypt in 242 b.c., but had to retreat. SO THE KING OF THE SOUTH, ETC.] RV 'And he' (Seleucus II) 'shall...
THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 12 V1 ‘At that time Michael will come’, continued the man. ‘He is the great *angel who looks after your people. There will be a time o...
I UNDERSTOOD NOT. — He did not understand the answer given in Daniel 12:7. The question did not seem to have had any reply. It had been asked how long the end should continue, and the answer had been...
וַ אֲנִ֥י שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי וְ לֹ֣א אָבִ֑ין וָ
THE EPILOGUE (Daniel 12:1) THE twelfth chapter of the Book of Daniel serves as a general epilogue to the Book, and is as little free from difficulties in the interpretation of the details as are the...
RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT Daniel 12:1-13 Michael was the guardian spirit of the Jewish people. When the time of trouble has reached its climax, whether in national or individual life, help is near....
The last things are then foretold. Michael, the great prince, would stand up for the children of God's people, and there would ensue a time of trouble such as never had been. Beyond that there would b...
_Understand not. The prophets were obliged to pray, and sometimes to receive a fresh revelation to explain what they had seen. (Chap. ix. 2.; 1 Peter i. 11.; and 1 Corinthians xiv. 26.) What regarded...
If the Reader diligently remarks what is said in these verses, he will discover three persons here described: one on each side of the river; and one standing upon the waters of the river! There seems...
_MAN’S RELATION TO DIVINE MYSTERIES_ And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and...
Now Daniel begins to ask questions in accordance with the angel’s example. He had first heard one angel inquiring of the other; he next summons up courage, and becomes desirous of information, and ask...
Chapter 12 gives us more of Israel's own history. In the midst of all these events Michael, the archangel, stands up in behalf of the people of Daniel. There is a time of trouble, such as never has be...
AND I HEARD, BUT UNDERSTOOD NOT,.... Daniel heard what Christ said, in answer to the angel, but he did not understand the meaning of it, which he ingenuously confesses; he did not understand what was...
And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what [shall be] the end of these [things]? Ver. 8. _And I heard, but I understood not._] This he ingenuously confesseth, for the best know b...
_And I heard, but I understood not_ I did not understand what time was allotted for bringing to pass this event, namely, the restoration of the Jewish nation, or the complete overthrow of all antichri...
A FINAL WORD OF CHEER...
And I heard, but I understood not, he did not grasp the meaning of the angel's announcement; THEN SAID I, O MY LORD, WHAT SHALL BE THE END OF THESE THINGS? He wanted a more exact explanation and inter...
5-13 One of the angels asking how long it should be to the end of these wonders, a solemn reply is made, that it would be for a time, times, and a half, the period mentioned ch. Daniel 7:25, and in t...
i.e. What is the meaning of all this, of the TIMES, TIME, AND HALF, when they begin and end; and when the enemies of the churches, and the sufferings of the church, shall have their end....
Daniel 12:8 heard H8085 (H8804) understand H995 (H8799) said H559 (H8799) lord H113 end H319 but -...
‘And I heard but I did not understand. Then I said, “O my lord, what will be the end of these things?” ' Daniel was still puzzled by it all, and no doubt concerned by the accounts of desolation and p...
Daniel 12 We have in this chapter: I. The hope of the suffering saint. "Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting conte...
CONTENTS: The great tribulation of the last days, and the resurrection foretold. The last message to Daniel. CHARACTERS: God, Daniel, Michael. CONCLUSION: The present age is to close in a time of tr...
Daniel 12:1. _At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince._ In the time of Antiochus, Michael the archangel did nothing for the Jews, but leave them in Roman bondage. Therefore under this na...
_And I heard, but I understood not._ THE ASPECT OF THE TIMES I. CONTEMPLATE SOME OF THESE WONDERS--THE CALAMITIES OF THE CHURCH. 1. It is a wonder that the Church of God should be exposed to calami...
_Then I, Daniel, looked._ THE EPILOGUE TO THE VISION Hitherto the angel has prophesied the development of history, without adding any remark or exhortation. Here, however, he concludes his prediction...
_And at that time shall Michael stand up._ THE GREAT CONSUMMATION It is a little unfortunate that this chapter has been severed from what immediately precedes it. Here we learn: 1. That the time of...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 12:5 Daniel and his angelic companion ask the divine messenger two related questions: HOW LONG SHALL IT BE TILL THE END OF THESE WONDERS? And WHAT SHALL BE THE OUTCOME OF THESE T...
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. XLIX.—THE TIME OF THE END. (Chap. Daniel 12:5.) Daniel had just received orders from the angel to shut up the words of the vision, and to seal the book that contained them, “even t...
EXPOSITION DANIEL 12:1 THE LAST THINGS. DANIEL 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standsth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble,
Now it is during the time of this great Battle of Armageddon that Jesus will return. And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which stands for the children of thy people: and there sh...
1 Peter 1:11; Acts 1:7; Daniel 10:14; Daniel 12:6; John 12:16;...
THE TIME OF THE END Daniel 12:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is most interesting to discover the far-flung visions of prophecy, as told by the Spirit through the Prophets. These men of old, searched dilige...
What shall be the end — What is the meaning of all this?...