Daniel 12:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
2 And many [a]of them that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and perpetual contempt.
3 And they that be [b]wise, shall shine, as the brightness of the firmament: and they that [c]turn many to righteousness, shall shine as the stars, forever and ever.
4 But thou, O Daniel, [d]shut up the words, and seal the book [e]till the end of the time: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
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- Daniel 12:2 Meaning, all shall rise at the general resurrection, which thing he here nameth because the faithful should have ever respect to that: for in the earth there shall be no sure comfort.
- Daniel 12:3 Who have kept the true fear of God and his religion.
- Daniel 12:3 He chiefly meaneth the ministers of God’s word, and next all the faithful which instruct the ignorant, and bring them to the true knowledge of God.
- Daniel 12:4 Though the most part despise this prophecy, yet keep thou it sure and esteem it as a treasure.
- Daniel 12:4 Till the time that God hath appointed for the full revelation of these things: and then many shall run to and fro to search the knowledge of these mysteries which things they obtain now by the light of the Gospel.
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