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Daniel 11:36

DANIEL—NOTE ON Daniel 11:36 Toward the end of the prophecy, the focus of the vision seems to shift. It now addresses a situation that is greater than the persecution under Antiochus IV. The remainder of the chapter is often thought to deal with the “Antichrist,” which many believe is the figure described in 2 Thessalonians 2:3; Revelation 13:5. Though Antiochus IV was powerful, he was able to do as he wills only up to a point, since the Romans were much more powerful than he.

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See also Daniel 11:36 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 36. _AND THE KING SHALL DO ACCORDING TO HIS WILL_] This may apply to _Antiochus_, who exalted himself above every god, called himself a god, sported with all religion, profaned the temple, c.,...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THE KING SHALL DO ACCORDING TO HIS WILL - Shall be absolute and supreme, and shall accomplish his purposes. This refers, it seems to me, beyond question, to Antiochus Epiphanes, and was exactly fu...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 11 THE WARS OF THE PTOLEMIES AND SELEUCIDAE PREDICTED THE COMING EVENTS OF THE END _ 1. The wars of the Ptolemies and Seleucidae (Daniel 11:1)_ 2. The time of the end and the man of sin (Dan...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DANIEL 11:36. EXALT HIMSELF ABOVE EVERY GOD: the later coins of Antioch bore the inscription: Of King Antiochus God made manifest. THE INDIGNATION: the wrath of God (see Daniel 8:19)....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DO ACCORDING TO HIS WILL. Compare Daniel 8:4; Daniel 11:3. HE SHALL EXALT HIMSELF, &C. This is quoted in 2 Thessalonians 2:3;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Antiochus" retreat from Egypt, (Daniel 11:30 _a_), and the measures adopted by him shortly afterwards against the Jews (Daniel 11:30; Daniel 11:30)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The presumptuousness and impiety of Antiochus. Many of the older expositors supposed that at this point there was a transition from Antiochus to the future Antichrist, and that Daniel 11:36 related ex...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _according to his will_ as Daniel 8:4; Daniel 11:3 (of Alexander); Daniel 11:16 (of Antiochus the Great). _magnify himself_ Isaiah 10:15. So...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    ( 2) Daniel 11:2 to Daniel 12:4. The revelation given to Daniel. This consists of a survey of the history from the beginning of the Persian period down to the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, followed by...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Antiochus IV. (Epiphanes), 175 164....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE KING SHALL DO, &C.— The prophet was speaking of the persecutions which should be permitted for the trial of the church after the empire was become Christian; and now he proceeds to describe the pr...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    c. PERVERSITY TEXT: Daniel 11:29-39 29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come into the south; but it shall not be in the latter time as it was in the former. 30 For ships of Kittim shall...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the ind...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    11:36 *Gods; (e-29) Heb. _ El Elim_ ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ACCORDING TO HIS WILL] like Alexander the Great (Daniel 8:4; Daniel 11:3) and Antiochus the Great (Daniel 11:16). AND MAGNIFY HIMSELF, etc.] Antiochus IV called himself on his coins _Basileus Antiochu...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 11 V1 ‘Since the first year that Darius from Media ruled, I supported him’, he continued. ‘And I helped him.’ Verse 1 This is really p...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE KING. — He raises himself by his thoughts and deeds, not only above the heathen deities, but above the true God. Though there can be no doubt that the northern king is still spoken of, it must be...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ עָשָׂ֨ה כִ רְצֹונֹ֜ו הַ מֶּ֗לֶךְ וְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    FIFTH SECTION (Daniel 11:36, B.C. 147-164) Events from the beginning of the Maccabean rising to the death of Antiochus Epiphanes. Daniel 11:36 -Antiochus will grow more arbitrary, more insolent, mor...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    ARROGANCE OVERTHROWN Daniel 11:30-45 The career of Antiochus Epiphanes, in persecuting the people of God and plotting against Jehovah and His sanctuary, is so described as to suggest that it also inc...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The foretelling of the glorious One is contained in this chapter. It covered a period to the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, and finally referred to the Messianic kingdom. There would be yet three kings...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the (s) king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Every god. "He plundered many ((Calmet) or most; Greek: pleista. (Haydock)) temples." (Polybius; Atheneus v. 6.) --- The Samaritans, and even the priests of the Lord, obeyed the impious decree; so th...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    If my Reader be more curious to make search into hidden things, than to turn over again and again those which the Lord hath revealed; I fear that he will not be pleased with the shortness I purpose to...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    This passage is very obscure, and has consequently been explained in very opposite ways by interpreters. And whatever is obscure, is usually doubtful, and there would be little utility and no terminat...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 AND 11. In chapter 10 we return to the East [1]. Chapter s 10, 11 and 12 form but one prophecy; only chapter 11 closes the history of the Gentiles, and cha...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE KING SHALL DO ACCORDING TO HIS WILL,.... Not Antiochus, for he could not do as he would, being curbed by the Romans, as has been observed; and there are many things which follow that cannot be...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indi...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The king shall do according to his will_ He shall act arbitrarily; or, all things shall succeed for a time according to his wish; _and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god_ Ant...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    FURTHER REVELATIONS CONCERNING THE FUTURE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the king, the Roman Antichrist as foreshadowed by Antiochus Epiphanes, SHALL DO ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, arbitrarily asserting his power and authority; AND HE SHALL EXALT HIMSELF, in the pride of hi...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    31-45 The remainder of this prophecy is very difficult, and commentators differ much respecting it. From Antiochus the account seems to pass to antichrist. Reference seems to be made to the Roman emp...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE KING, i.e. the Roman government, whether by the senate, or by emperors, or by the bishop of Rome, who shall shove out the imperial power not only from Rome, but from Italy and all the western empi...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 11:36 king H4428 do H6213 (H8804) will H7522 exalt H7311 (H8709) magnify H1431 (H8691) god...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES - THE SCOURGE OF ISRAEL. Apart from Daniel 11:20, the remaining verses in the chapter deal with the life of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, second son of Antiochus III, who usurped the thr...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE KING AT THE TIME OF THE END (DANIEL 11:36). ‘And the king will do according to his will'. The question is, which king does this refer to? Antiochus Epiphanes has never been called the king. He is...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    HE SHALL EXALT The Beast. (Daniel 11:36); (Daniel 12:11); (Daniel 7:8); (Revelation 19:20)....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Prophecy covering the period from Darius to anti-Christ, showing the conflicts of nations, and final heading up for destruction. CHARACTERS: God, Daniel, Kings of Persia and Greece, anti-Ch...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Daniel 11:2. _There shall stand up yet three kings in Persia._ Daniel, a minister of state for most of his long life, was here shewn the succession of kingdoms in so clear a light as to command all me...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And the King shall do according to his will._ THE REIGN OF THE ANTICHRIST We Christians look for an Antichrist yet to come. Apart from revelation, it is, in itself, in conformity with human nature,...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _HOMILETICS_ SECT. XLI.—THE WILFUL KING. (Chap. Daniel 11:36.) The present part of the prophecy regards a king, power, or sovereignty, emphatically spoken of as “the king.” Some will have Antiochus E...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION DANIEL 11:1 THE KINGS OF THE NORTH AND THE KINGS OF THE SOUTH. Daniel 11:1

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now He begins to reveal unto Daniel these things are going to transpire, as far as the future is concerned. And here Daniel gets into such interesting details that many of the Bible critics have a dif...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Thessalonians 2:4; Acts 4:28; Daniel 12:11; Daniel 12:7; Daniel 2:4

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The king — Antiochus was an eminent type of antichrist; to whom many things that follow may be applied by way of accommodation: altho' they principally refer to Antiochus, and had their primary accomp...

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