And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
Ver. 14. And he said unto me.] Not to the angel, but to me, who should have proposed the question; the holy angel did it for me.
Unto two thousand and three hundred days.] Heb., To the evening and morning two thousand and three hundred - i.e., to so many natural days consisting of twenty-four hours, which in all do make up six years, three months, and twenty days. This point of skill Daniel here learneth of the wonderful numberer Christ, who hath all secrets in numerato, and will put a timely period to his people's afflictions. Not full seven years did they suffer here, much less seventy, as once in Babylon. How he moderateth the matter., see on Revelation 2:10; how this prophecy was fulfilled, see Malachi 1:12,14 2Ma 4:12-16 cf. 1Ma 4:52-45 .