And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
By peace shall destroy many - by pretending "peace" and friendship; in the midst of security (Gesenius) suddenly striking his blow (cf. note, Jeremiah 15:8, "a spoiler at noon-day").
He shall also stand up against the Prince of princes - not merely against the Jews (Daniel 8:11; Daniel 11:36).
But he shall be broken without hand - by God's special visitation. The stone "cut out of the mountain without hands," i:e., Christ, is to smite the world-power image on his feet (Daniel 2:34), i:e., in its last development (cf. Daniel 8:11). Antiochus' horrible death by worms and ulcers, when on his way to Judea, intending to take vengeance for the defeat of his armies by the Maccabees, was a primary fulfillment, foreshadowing God's judgment on the last enemy of the Jewish Church.