Daniel 12:8

8 Et moi j'entendis, mais je ne compris pas. Et je dis: Mon seigneur, quelle sera l'issue de ces choses?

Daniel 12:8 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 12:8

And I heard, but understood not
Daniel heard what Christ said, in answer to the angel, but he did not understand the meaning of it, which he ingenuously confesses; he did not understand what was meant by "time", and "times", and "half a time"; what kind of time this was, and when and how it would end, and which he was very desirous of knowing: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
he applied not to the angel that put the above question, but to the man clothed with linen; to Christ, whom he perceived to be a divine Person, a Person of dominion, power, and authority, superior to angels, and his Lord and God; and who only could resolve the question he puts, which is somewhat different from that of the angel's, ( Daniel 12:6 ) , that respects the length of time, to the accomplishment of these things; this the quality at the end of them, what kind of end they should have; or what the signs, symptoms, and evidences of the end of them, by which the true end of them might be known. Mr. Mede renders it, "what are these latter times?" perhaps it might be rendered better, "what is the last of these things?" ^F15 what is the last thing that will be done, that so it may be known when all is over?

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (hla tyrxa hm) "quid erit novissimum horum?" Munster; "postremum horum?" Calvin.

Daniel 12:8 In-Context

6 Et on dit à l'homme vêtu de lin, qui était au-dessus des eaux du fleuve: Quand sera la fin de ces merveilles?

7 Et j'entendis l'homme vêtu de lin, qui était au-dessus des eaux du fleuve; il leva sa main droite et sa main gauche vers les cieux, et il jura par celui qui vit éternellement que ce sera pour un temps, des temps et la moitié d'un temps, et que quand il aura achevé de briser la force du peuple saint toutes ces choses seront accomplies.

8 Et moi j'entendis, mais je ne compris pas. Et je dis: Mon seigneur, quelle sera l'issue de ces choses?

9 Et il dit: Va, Daniel, car ces paroles sont cachées et scellées jusqu'au temps de la fin.

10 Plusieurs seront purifiés, blanchis et éprouvés, mais les méchants agiront avec méchanceté, et aucun des méchants ne comprendra, mais les intelligents comprendront.