Daniel 7:25
He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
He will speak words against the Most High, and will wear out the saints of the Most High. He will plan to change the times and the law; and they will be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- he shall speak
- In assuming infallibility, professing to forgive sins, and to open and shut heaven, thundering out bulls and anathemas, excommunicating princes, absolving subjects from their allegiance, and exacting obedience to his decrees in open violation of reason and Scripture.
- Daniel 7:8, 20; Daniel 8:24, 25; Daniel 11:28, 30, 31, 36, 37; Isaiah 37:23; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Revelation 13:5, 6, 11
- shall wear out
- By wars, crusades, massacres, etc.
- Revelation 6:9, 10; Revelation 11:7–10; Revelation 13:7–10; Revelation 14:12; Revelation 16:6; Revelation 17:6; Revelation 18:24
- and think
- Appointing feasts and fasts, canonizing saints, etc.
- Daniel 2:21; Daniel 11:31, 36–38; Daniel 12:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; 1 Timothy 4:1–3; Revelation 13:15–17
- a time
- That is, three years and a half, or, reckoning thirty days to a month, 1,260 days, equal to the same number of years in prophetic language; which, dated from the decree of Phocas constituting him the supreme head of the church, A.D. 606, terminated in 1866.
- Daniel 4:25, 32; Daniel 12:7, 11, 12; Revelation 11:2, 3; Revelation 12:6, 14; Revelation 13:5, 7