Dànyǐlǐshū 11:38

38 Tā dǎo yào jìngbaì bǎo zhàng de shén , yòng jīn , yín , bǎoshí hé kĕaì zhī wù jìngfèng tā lièzǔ suǒ bú rènshi de shén .

Dànyǐlǐshū 11:38 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 11:38

But in his estate shall he honour the god of forces
Or god Mahuzzim ^F17; departed saints and their images, whom the Papists make their protectors, defenders, and guardians: the word signifies towers, strong holds, fortresses; and by these titles the martyrs, saints departed, are called by the ancient fathers, who first introduced the worship of them: So Basil ^F18, speaking of the forty martyrs, says,

``these are they, who obtaining our country, like certain towers, afford us a refuge against the incursion of enemies:''

and a little after thus addresses them,

``O ye common keepers of mankind, the best companions of our cares, the suffragans of our prayers and wishes, "most powerful" ambassadors with God:''

and elsewhere ^F19 he prays,

``that God would keep the church unmoved, and fortified with the great towers of the martyrs;''

so Chrysostom ^F20 calls them patrons and protectors. Or, "with God he shall honour" ^F21; these along with him, or besides him; these shall be the objects of religious worship and honour, as they are: and that "in his estate"; or in his room and stead, that is, of the true God, our Lord Jesus Christ, the only Mediator between God and man; and yet angels and departed saints are set up as mediators in his stead: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour;
the host, the wafer, the breaden god, made a god by the words of a muttering priest; this is such a god as the apostles, and Peter particularly, from whom the popes of Rome pretend to, derive their succession, never knew, nor once dreamed of; and yet this is received as a god, bowed unto, and worshipped, and honoured: with gold, silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things;
with rich and costly ornaments, with which the pyxis or box, in which it is carried in procession, is adorned.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (Myzem hwhlalw) "deum Mahuzim", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus.
F18 Homil. in 40. Martyr. p. 151.
F19 Homil. de Martyr. Mamant. p. 167.
F20 Sermo in Berenice, Homil. l. in 1 Thess. See Mede's Works, B. 3. p. 673, 674.
F21 "Ad, [vel] juxta deum Mahuzzimos in sede ejus honorabit", Medus, p. 667, 671.

Dànyǐlǐshū 11:38 In-Context

36 Wáng bì rènyì ér xíng , zì gāo zì dà , chāo guō suǒyǒude shén , yòu yòng qí yì de huà gōngjī wàn shén zhī shén . tā bì xíngshì hēng tōng , zhídào zhǔ de fèn nù wánbì , yīnwei suǒ déng de shì bìrán chéngjiù .

37 Tā bì bú gù tā lièzǔ de shén , yĕ bú gù fùnǚ suǒ xiànmù de shén , wúlùn hé shén tā dōu bú gù . yīnwei tā bì zì dà , gāo guō yīqiè .

38 Tā dǎo yào jìngbaì bǎo zhàng de shén , yòng jīn , yín , bǎoshí hé kĕaì zhī wù jìngfèng tā lièzǔ suǒ bú rènshi de shén .

39 Tā bì kào waì bāng shén de bāngzhu , gōng pò zuì jiāngù de bǎo zhàng . fán chéngrèn tāde , tā bìjiāng róngyào jiā gĕi tāmen , shǐ tāmen guǎnxiá xǔduō rén , yòu wèi huìlù fēn dì yǔ tāmen .

40 Dào mòliǎo , nánfāng wáng yào yǔ tā jiāo zhàn . bĕi fāng wáng bì yòng zhàn chē , mǎ bīng , hé xǔduō zhàn chuán , shì rú bàofēng lái gōngjī tā , yĕ bì jìnrù liè guó , rú hóngshuǐ fànlàn .