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.

13 Then I heard a holy one(A) speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long will it take for the vision to be fulfilled(B)—the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, the surrender of the sanctuary and the trampling underfoot(C) of the Lord’s people?”

14 He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be reconsecrated.”(D)

The Interpretation of the Vision

15 While I, Daniel, was watching the vision(E) and trying to understand it, there before me stood one who looked like a man.(F)

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