He said to me, “To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary will be cleansed.”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 14. Days. That is, six years and almost four months; which was the whole time from the beginning of the persecution of Antiochus till his death. Challoner.—He began A. 143, and died A. 149, according to the era of Seleucus. Bible.—The temple was purified in the mean time. 1 Maccabees 1:21 and 6:16. Worthington.—Full days are specified. Sacrifice entirely ceased for three years, A. 145. Calmet. 7:25. Sym. has 2,400, others 2,200, as quoted by S. Jerom. We know not whether the solar year of 365 days, or the lunar of 354, be meant.
Ver 16. Between, in an island formed by the river. It was the Son of God, ( Calmet.) or S. Michael, (Saint Jerome) directing Gabriel to explain the vision.