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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 11:33

Verse 33 With reference to the words, they mean, those who shall be taught among the people shall make many understand Some take the first word of the verse transitively, as “those who shall instruct,” but this is wrong; and they shew their ignorance by supposing the relative pronoun understood before the next verb, as if it were, “and those who shall teach.” The simple sense is, “Those who shall be wise among the people shall teach many.” Here the Prophet, under the angel’s guidance, predicts... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 11:34

Verse 34 And when they shall fall, or shall have fallen, they shall be strengthened, or assisted, with a small help Without the slightest doubt, the angel here speaks of the Maccabees, by whose assistance the faithful were gathered together and completely separated from those apostates who had betrayed God’s temple and worship. He calls the help small, and truly it was so. For what could the Maccabees do to resist Antiochus? The powerful influence of this king is well known; and what was Judea... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 11:35

Verse 35 The angel pursues the same sentiment as before shewing us how the children of God, in their eagerness to defend the cause of piety, should be subject to many grievous persecutions. Some of the learned shall fall; meaning, that calamity shall not be for a single moment only; for those who earnestly desired to defend the true worship of God should perish by the sword, and by fire, and by other methods of destruction, and their successors, too, should suffer the same calamities. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 11:1-45

EXPOSITION THE KINGS OF THE NORTH AND THE KINGS OF THE SOUTH . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 11:21-45

The specious success of a bad monarch. There is mystery in the fact that, under the administration of a righteous God, bad men should be elevated to highest rank. Yet, evil though it is, it would probably be a greater evil to employ mere force to prevent it. It is evident that God rules among men by moral agencies. This is one circumstance among the "all things" that "work together for the good" of God's elect. I. BAD MEN ARE PERMITTED BY GOD TO CLIMB INTO IMPERIAL ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 11:32

And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. The LXX . translates, "And by sins of the covenant shall they defile themselves with a hard people, and the people knowing these things shall have the mastery and do (exploits)." The , the preformative of the participle hiphil, has been taken for the preposition מִן . written defectively, and probably בִּלְ אֹם קָשֵׁה for ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 11:33

And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet, they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. The LXX . rendering is, "The prudent of the people shall understand in multitudes ( εἰς πολλούς ), and they shall push against them with the sword, and shall grow old with it ( παλαιωθήσονται ἐν αὐτῇ ) . " We should feel inclined to read ἐπάλαισαν , had Paulus Tellensis not read as the text, "And by bondage and by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 11:34

Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. The Septuagint rendering is, "And when they are crushed many shall be gathered to them in ( ἐπί ) the city, even many as in distribution by lot ( κληροδοσία ) . " This phrase is rendered by Paulus Tellensis, see Arabic word, ( poolog pesa ), "the division of the lots;" wrongly rendered by Bugati, in hereditate. The reading here is due to dropping of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 11:35

And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for a time appointed. The rendering of the LXX . is, "And some of those of understanding shall consider to purify themselves beth to be chosen and to be purified to the time of the end, for the season is for hours." The translator must have read יִשְׂכְלוּ , instead of יִכָּשְׁלוּ . The reading of the Massoretes is to be preferred.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 11:35

Purged by trial. I. THE CHURCH NEEDS PURIFICATION . The people "of understanding" are to be purged and made white. These are clearly the people who are "wise unto salvation"—the true Church. 1 . The ends of the gospel are not attained until the Church is completely purified. The first aim is to gather men into the Church by penitence and faith. The second is to perfect them when they are in the Church. The forgiving grace of God does not dispense with the necessity of holiness.... read more

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