33. they that understand —who know and keep the truth of God ( :- ). instruct many —in their duty to God and the law, not to apostatize. yet they shall fall —as Eleazar ( 2 Maccabees 6:18 , c.). They shall be sorely persecuted, even to death ( Hebrews 11:35 Hebrews 11:36 ; Hebrews 11:37 ; 2 Maccabees 6, 7 ). Their enemies took advantage of the Sabbath to slay them on the day when they would not fight. TREGELLES thinks, from comparison with Hebrews 11:37- : , it is the people who "fall," not those of understanding. But Daniel 11:35 makes the latter "fall," not an unmeaning repetition; in Daniel 11:33 they fall (die) by persecution; in Daniel 11:33- : they fall (spiritually) for a time by their own weakness. flame —in caves, whither they had retired to keep the Sabbath. Antiochus caused some to be roasted alive ( 2 Maccabees 7:3-5 ). many days —rather, " certain days," as in Daniel 11:33- : . JOSEPHUS [ Antiquities, 12:7.6,7] tells us the persecution lasted for three years ( 1 Maccabees 1:59; 4:54; 2 Maccabees 10:1-7 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-34" class="com-number"
Pericope (part_of)
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