Daniel 12:8

I heard the answer, but I didn't understand it. So I asked, “My lord, what's the final result of all this?”

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And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?

In Context

7The man dressed in linen, who was above the river's waters, lifted both hands to heaven and made a solemn promise by the One who lives eternally. I heard him say, “It will last for a time, times, and half a time. When the scattering of the power of the holy people has come to an end, then all these things will also come to an end.”

9“Daniel, you can go on your way now,” he replied, “for this message is secret and kept sealed until the time of the end.

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Cross References

Daniel 10:14Now I've come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the last days, for the vision is about a time in the future.”

Luke 18:34But they didn't understand anything Jesus told them. The meaning was hidden from them and they didn't grasp what he was talking about.

Acts 1:7“You don't need to know about the dates and times that are set by the Father's authority,” he told them.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 12:6-13

Daniel's Solicitude to Know the Times; Period of Prophecy; Daniel Comforted. ( b. c. 534.) 5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. 6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto… Read the whole commentary →

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