Verse 36
36. This is a description of Antiochus Epiphanes, the persecutor of the saints (Daniel 11:35), in which numerous characteristics appear which have previously been ascribed to the “little horn” of chaps. vii and 8. (Compare also Daniel 9:27.) It agrees with the Maccabean opinion. (See 2 Macc .
Daniel 9:12.) The Greek historians thought this intolerant persecutor “pious,” because he was liberal in his gifts to heathen temples; but his plundering of heathen as well as Jewish sanctuaries shows that at heart he was as this verse paints him. He who could order that a monthly search be made and that every person found with a copy of the law in his possession should be put to death, having women thrown headlong from the city walls merely because their children had been circumcised, would no doubt speak as well as do “monstrous things” against Jehovah “the God of gods.” (Compare Daniel 2:47.)
Shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished See note Daniel 8:17. The end of this storm is coming. What God has predetermined must come to pass.
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