Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Daniel 12:12
Blessed is he. — Last words to Daniel. He shall rest in the grave, and stand up in his own lot at the end of the days.
Blessed is he. — Last words to Daniel. He shall rest in the grave, and stand up in his own lot at the end of the days.
Verse Daniel 12:12. _BLESSED_ IS _HE THAT WAITETH_] He who implicitly depends on God, expecting, as his truth cannot fail, that these predictions shall be accomplished in due time. _AND COMETH TO TH...
BLESSED IS HE THAT WAITETH - This indicates a patient expectation of an event that was to occur, and the happy state of him who would reach it. The angel refers to another period different from the “t...
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...
BLESSED. O the blisses! See Psalms 1:1. The only Beatitude in this book. WAITETH. is steadfast. Compare Matthew 24:13.Mark 13:13.Revelation
HAPPY is _he that waiteth, and_ ATTAINETH _to_ A _thousand three hundred_and _five and thirty days_ Happy is he who waits (cf. Isaiah 30:18, -happy are all they that _wait_for him," Isaiah 64:4), not...
The answer was far from explicit, so that Daniel did not understand it: he accordingly asked for more definite particulars....
The duration of the persecution defined. that _the_ CONTINUAL (burnt-offering) _shall be taken away_ as Daniel 11:31; cf. Daniel 8:11. _and the abomination that_ APPALLETH _set up_ also as Daniel 11:
FROM THE TIME THAT THE DAILY SACRIFICE SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY, &C.— The _days_ here mentioned are still prophetic days or years. The _setting up the abomination of desolation_ appears to be a general phr...
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...
Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. BLESSED IS HE THAT WAITETH, AND COMETH TO THE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FIVE AND THIRTY DAYS. See not...
FOR THY WORDS] RV 'for thy words' sake.' Refers to Ptolemy IV. 13, 14. Twelve years later Antiochus joined with Philip, king of Macedon, in an attack on Ptolemy V (Epiphanes), the son of Ptolemy IV....
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
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...
אַשְׁרֵ֥י הַֽ מְחַכֶּ֖ה וְ יַגִּ֑יעַ לְ יָמִ֕
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...
Blessed [is] he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and (n) five and thirty days. (n) In this number he adds a month and a half to the former number, signifying that it is not in m...
_Days. After the three years and a half, fifty-eight days will occur before the death of Antiochus, when Judas will disperse the troops of his three generals. (Calmet) --- Some respite will be granted...
I shall not presume to offer a single observation of the times here marked. The daily sacrifice taken away, and the abomination that made desolate set up, the Lord hath shown. For when the Lord Jesus...
_TROUBLOUS TIMES TO CEASE_ ‘How long shall it be?… Blessed is he that waiteth.’ Daniel 12:6; Daniel 12:12 It is evident that in this chapter Daniel passes from the political resurrection of the Jew...
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...
BLESSED IS HE THAT WAITETH, AND COMETH TO THE ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIVE AND THIRTY DAYS. Which is an addition of forty five days or years more, beginning at the end of one thousand two hundred a...
Blessed [is] he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. Ver. 12. But blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty d...
_And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away_ It is here declared, that the whole time that these calamities would last, should run somewhat beyond _a time, times, and half a time_,...
Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days, evidently the end of the great trial intended to test the loyalty of the Lord's children....
A FINAL WORD OF CHEER...
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...
These days are either, 1. Natural days, and properly so called, and so the times of Antiochus are hereby noted. Or, 2. Prophetical days, a day for a year, EZEKIEL 4:6; and thus one thousand two hundr...
Daniel 12:12 Blessed H835 waits H2442 (H8764) comes H5060 (H8686) thousand H505 three H7969 hundred H3967 thirty-five
‘Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred and thirty five days.' This suggests that it is this final period which is the most important of the two. The one thousand two hun...
THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FIVE AND THIRTY DAYS Three periods of "days" date from the "abomination" (that is, The blasphemous assumption of deity by the Beast, (Daniel 12:11); (Matthew 24:15); (2 The...
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 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...
_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...
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...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 12:12 The additional figure of 1,335 DAYS, 45 days longer than the 1,290-day period, heightens the sense of mystery that surrounds the Lord’s timing and emphasizes the need for 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...
_HOMILETICS_ SECTION LI.—WAITING AND WORKING. (Chap. Daniel 12:12.) Doctrine is to be followed by practice. Knowledge brings reponsibility. Faith evidences itself by works. Light is given, not that w...
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...
Revelation 20:4; Romans 11:15...
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...