13 Then I heard one of the [a]Saints speaking, and one of the Saints spake unto a certain one, saying, How long shall endure the vision of the daily sacrifice, and the iniquity of the [b]desolation to tread both the Sanctuary and the [c]army underfoot?

14 And [d]he answered me, Unto the [e]evening and the morning, two thousand and three hundred: then shall the Sanctuary be cleansed.

15 ¶ Now when I Daniel had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, behold, there stood before me [f]like the similitude of a man.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 8:13 Meaning, that he heard one of the Angels asking this question of Christ, whom he called a certain one, or a secret one, or a marvelous one.
  2. Daniel 8:13 That is, the Jews’ sins, which were cause of his destruction.
  3. Daniel 8:13 That is, which suppresseth God’s religion, and his people.
  4. Daniel 8:14 Christ answered me for the comfort of the Church.
  5. Daniel 8:14 That is, until so many natural days be past, which make 6 years, 3 months and an half: for so long under Antiochus was the Temple profaned.
  6. Daniel 8:15 Which was Christ who in this manner declared himself to the old fathers, how he would be God manifest in flesh.

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