OLD TESTAMENT

Daniel 8:17

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So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face; but he said to me, “Understand, son of man; for the vision belongs to the time of the end.”

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Verse 17. Man. So Ezechiel is usually styled, to shew that the human nature is different from that of angels, and would be greatly honoured by Jesus Christ, who takes this appellation. Worthington.—Of the end, or determined. This shall take place, ( Calmet.) but the period is distinct. Grot. verse 26.

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