Commentary on Daniel (fragments) 12.1–13.4 (Commentary on Daniel (fragments))

Polychronius of Apamea

Commentary on Daniel (fragments) 12.1–13.4

Polychronius of Apamea · Commentary on Daniel (fragments) · ca. 400-430 · Apamea · 29 passages

Greek text: Mai, NVSC 1 (Greek text: A. Mai (1831); OCR made for this site. Mai's Latin translation and notes are not reproduced.).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).

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Chapter 12

12.1Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25

Ἀναστήσεται Μιχαήλ. Καὶ μὴν ὅτι τῆς ἄνωθεν γενομένης ῥοπῆς, οἱ μὲν ἀσεβήσαντες αἰσχυνθήσονται, οἱ δὲ ἐγκαρτερήσαντες τῷ ὑπὲρ τοῦ νόμου, παρρησίᾳ λαμπροὶ καὶ περίβλεπτοι φανοῦνται, ὡς ἡρμήνευται· ἐπειδὴ ἡ τοῦ ἀγγέλου βοήθεια μάλιστα ἐδείκνυτο ἐν τοῖς πολέμοις, οὓς κατώρθωσεν Ἰούδας ὁ μακκαβαῖος ἐν τοῖς πρὸς τοὺς Ἀντιόχου στρατηγούς.

Anastēsetai Michaēl. Kai mēn hoti tēs anōthen genomenēs rhopēs, hoi men asebēsantes aischynthēsontai, hoi de enkarterēsantes tǭ hyper tou nomou, parrēsią lamproi kai peribleptoi phanountai, hōs hērmēneutai; epeidē hē tou angelou boētheia malista edeiknyto en tois polemois, hous katōrthōsen Ioudas ho makkabaios en tois pros tous Antiochou stratēgous.

"Michael will arise." Indeed, the help from above coming, those who acted impiously will be put to shame, while those who persevered for the law will appear radiant and famous with boldness, as has been interpreted; since the angel's help was shown above all in the wars which Judas the Maccabee won against the generals of Antiochus.

Dan 12:1 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Michael's rising is the angelic help behind Judas Maccabee's victories.

Scholion on Dan 12:1. Polychronius's historical application is translated as written. Greek restored from the page image.

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 25): ᾿Αλναστήσεται λίεχαηλ, Καὶ μὴν ὅτι τῆς dur Sa» γενομένης ῥοτῆς , εἶ μὲν ὠσεβήσανεις aidxus- Sycorras , οἱ 86 ἐγκωρτεφήσαντες τῷ ὑσὶφ τοῦ »o- μους παῤῥησίᾳ λαμαροὶ mal πιξίβληπτοι φανοῦν vmi, ὡς ἡρμήνυται ἐπειδᾷ € τοῦ ἀγγέλου βοηϑεια μώλιστα ἐξείκνυτο ἐν τοῖς πολέμοις, οἷς κατώγϑω. σεν ἴούδας ὁ μακιμιβαῖος ἐν τοῖς πρὸς τοὺς 'Arr" x στρατηγούς. → Ἀναστήσεται Μιχαήλ. Καὶ μὴν ὅτι τῆς ἄνωθεν γενομένης ῥοπῆς, οἱ μὲν ἀσεβήσαντες αἰσχυνθήσονται, οἱ δὲ ἐγκαρτερήσαντες τῷ ὑπὲρ τοῦ νόμου, παρρησίᾳ λαμπροὶ καὶ περίβλεπτοι φανοῦνται, ὡς ἡρμήνευται· ἐπειδὴ ἡ τοῦ ἀγγέλου βοήθεια μάλιστα ἐδείκνυτο ἐν τοῖς πολέμοις, οὓς κατώρθωσεν Ἰούδας ὁ μακκαβαῖος ἐν τοῖς πρὸς τοὺς Ἀντιόχου στρατηγούς..

Extrabiblical texts: 1 Macc 3:1-4.35 (1 Maccabees [in RC, EO canons]; allusion)

Topics: Angels

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.1 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.2Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25

Ἔσται καιρὸς θλίψεων κ. τ. λ. Τουτέστιν οὔτε παρ᾽ αἰγυπτίοις τοιαῦτα πεπόνθατε· τοσαύτη γὰρ ἦν ἡ βαρύτης, ὥστε καὶ νύμφην ἐκ τοῦ παστοῦ ἐξελθοῦσαν θρηνεῖν, καὶ πᾶσαν ἡλικίαν ἐν θρήνοις εἶναι· καὶ ὡς ἂν μὴ δόξῃ ἀγνοεῖν θεὸς τὴν γνώμην τῶν τε εὐσεβούντων καὶ παρανομούντων, πρὸ τοῦ τέλους καλῶς ἐπάγει.

Estai kairos thlipseōn k. t. l. Toutestin oute par᾽ aigyptiois toiauta peponthate; tosautē gar ēn hē barytēs, hōste kai nymphēn ek tou pastou exelthousan thrēnein, kai pasan hēlikian en thrēnois einai; kai hōs an mē doxę̄ agnoein theos tēn gnōmēn tōn te eusebountōn kai paranomountōn, pro tou telous kalōs epagei.

"There will be a time of affliction," and so on. That is, not even in Egypt did you suffer such things; for so great was the oppression that even a bride, leaving the bridal chamber, mourned, and every age was in lamentation. And lest God seem not to know the intention of the godly and the lawless, he fittingly adds, before the end, ...

Dan 12:1 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The affliction under Antiochus surpassed even Egypt.

Scholion on Dan 12:1; compare 1 Macc 1:27. The staged text broke this scholion at the page end; its continuation (staged as 12.3) is joined here and 12.3 is held. The last clause ("he fittingly adds, before the end") is loose in the Greek; translated by sense. Greek restored from the page image.

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable and the scholion split at a page end; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 25): "Estas καιρὸς ϑλίψιων x. 0. A. Τουτέστιν οὗτε παρ᾽ αἰγοπτίοις τοιαῦτα πεπόνθατε τοσαύτη yég d» αὶ βαρύτης . ὥστε καὶ νύμφην ἐκ τοῦ παστιῦ ἐξελθοῦσαν θρηνεῖν, καὶ πᾶσαν ἡλικίαν ἐν Sqmo« εἶναι καὶ ὡς ὧν μὴ δόξη ἀγνοεῖν ϑεὸς τὴν γνώμην → Ἔσται καιρὸς θλίψεων κ. τ. λ. Τουτέστιν οὔτε παρ᾽ αἰγυπτίοις τοιαῦτα πεπόνθατε· τοσαύτη γὰρ ἦν ἡ βαρύτης, ὥστε καὶ νύμφην ἐκ τοῦ παστοῦ ἐξελθοῦσαν θρηνεῖν, καὶ πᾶσαν ἡλικίαν ἐν θρήνοις εἶναι· καὶ ὡς ἂν μὴ δόξῃ ἀγνοεῖν θεὸς τὴν γνώμην τῶν τε εὐσεβούντων καὶ παρανομούντων, πρὸ τοῦ τέλους καλῶς ἐπάγει..

Extrabiblical texts: 1 Macc 1:27 (1 Maccabees [in RC, EO canons]; allusion)

Topics: Persecution

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.2 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.4Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25

Σωθήσεται ὁ λαός σου πᾶς. Τουτέστιν ὅσους οἶδε θεὸς δικαίους, οὗτοι διαμενοῦσιν ἐν εὐσεβείᾳ· καὶ μυρία ποιήσας ὁ Ἀντίοχος, αὐτῶν οὐ περιέσται.

Sōthēsetai ho laos sou pas. Toutestin hosous oide theos dikaious, houtoi diamenousin en eusebeią; kai myria poiēsas ho Antiochos, autōn ou periestai.

"Your people will be saved, all of them." That is, those whom God knows to be righteous, these will remain in godliness; and though Antiochus does countless things, he will not prevail over them.

Dan 12:1 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The righteous will persevere despite Antiochus.

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 25): Σωθήσιτα; d λαὸς coo πῶς. Tevtéevs ὅσους οἶδε Sae, δικωίους, οὗτοι διαμένουσιν ἐν εὐσεβεία᾽ καὶ μύρια Φοιήσωος d ᾿Αντίοχος. αὐτῶν οὐ vip ἔσται. → Σωθήσεται ὁ λαός σου πᾶς. Τουτέστιν ὅσους οἶδε θεὸς δικαίους, οὗτοι διαμενοῦσιν ἐν εὐσεβείᾳ· καὶ μυρία ποιήσας ὁ Ἀντίοχος, αὐτῶν οὐ περιέσται..

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.4 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.5Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25

Πολλοὶ τῶν καθευδόντων ἐν γῆς χώματι ἐξεγερθήσονται. Οἴδαμεν ὡς πολλοὶ περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως ταῦτα λέγουσι· δεῖ δὲ μὴ τῷ προχείρῳ προσέχειν, ἀλλὰ τῆς ἀληθείας πανταχοῦ φροντίζειν· οἶδε γὰρ ἡ γραφὴ πολλάκις νεκροὺς τοὺς ἐν αἰχμαλωσίᾳ καλεῖν· ὡς καὶ Ἡσαΐας λέγει, ἀναστήσονται οἱ νεκροὶ καὶ ἐγερθήσονται οἱ ἐν τοῖς μνημείοις· καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς.

Polloi tōn katheudontōn en gēs chōmati exegerthēsontai. Oidamen hōs polloi peri tēs anastaseōs tauta legousi; dei de mē tǭ procheirǭ prosechein, alla tēs alētheias pantachou phrontizein; oide gar hē graphē pollakis nekrous tous en aichmalōsią kalein; hōs kai Hēsaïas legei, anastēsontai hoi nekroi kai egerthēsontai hoi en tois mnēmeiois; kai ta hexēs.

"Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will be roused." We know that many say these things about the resurrection; but one must not hold to the obvious meaning, but care for the truth everywhere; for Scripture often calls those in captivity dead; as Isaiah too says: "The dead will rise, and those in the tombs will be raised," and what follows.

Dan 12:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 26:19 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Polychronius reads the awakening of the dead as the restoration of the captives, not the bodily resurrection.

Scholion on Dan 12:2; Isa 26:19 (LXX). Polychronius's non-eschatological reading is translated as written, without comment. Greek restored from the page image.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 25): Πολλοὶ τῶν καϑευδόννων ἐν γῆς χώματι d γιφϑήσονναι. Οἴδαμεν ὡς σολλεὶ σερὶ τὰς ἄναστασεως ταῦτα λέγουσι δεῖ δᾷ μὴ τῷ προχείρω ἀροσὲ- xe», 4 τῆς ἀληϑείας πανταχοὼ ξεοντίζειν" elà, T96 ἡ γραφὴ πολλέχες νεκροὺς τοὺς ἐν οἰχμαλωσίᾳ καλεῖν" εἰς καὶ Hontfaq λέγει ἀναστήσονται οἱ νεκροὶ καὶ ἐγιφρϑησοόνται οἱ ἦν τοῖς μνημείοις καὶ τὰ ἐξές. → Πολλοὶ τῶν καθευδόντων ἐν γῆς χώματι ἐξεγερθήσονται. Οἴδαμεν ὡς πολλοὶ περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως ταῦτα λέγουσι· δεῖ δὲ μὴ τῷ προχείρῳ προσέχειν, ἀλλὰ τῆς ἀληθείας πανταχοῦ φροντίζειν· οἶδε γὰρ ἡ γραφὴ πολλάκις νεκροὺς τοὺς ἐν αἰχμαλωσίᾳ καλεῖν· ὡς καὶ Ἡσαΐας λέγει, ἀναστήσονται οἱ νεκροὶ καὶ ἐγερθήσονται οἱ ἐν τοῖς μνημείοις· καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς..

Topics: Eschatology, Resurrection of the body

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.5 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.6Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25

Οἱ συνιέντες ἐκλάμψουσιν. Συνιέντας γὰρ ἐκάλεσε τοὺς εὐσεβήσαντας, καὶ τῇ φυλακῇ τῶν νόμων ἐγκαρτερήσαντας· τῷ δὲ παραδείγματι τὸ διάφορον αὐτῶν καὶ περιφανὲς ἐμήνυσεν.

Hoi synientes eklampsousin. Synientas gar ekalese tous eusebēsantas, kai tę̄ phylakę̄ tōn nomōn enkarterēsantas; tǭ de paradeigmati to diaphoron autōn kai periphanes emēnysen.

"Those who understand will shine." For he called "understanding" those who were godly and persevered in keeping the laws; and by the comparison he made known their distinction and renown.

Dan 12:3 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The wise who shine are the faithful who kept the law.

Scholion on Dan 12:3. Greek restored from the page image.

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 25): Οἱ συνιέντες ἐελαμψουσιν. Συνιέντας yoQ 417 λισε τοὺς οὐσεβήσαντας, καὶ v8 φυλακὴ τῶν νόμων ἐγκχαρτιρύσωντας τῷ δὲ σαφαδιίγματι τὸ διάφορον αὐτῶν καὶ πειριξανὲς ἐμηνυσεν. → Οἱ συνιέντες ἐκλάμψουσιν. Συνιέντας γὰρ ἐκάλεσε τοὺς εὐσεβήσαντας, καὶ τῇ φυλακῇ τῶν νόμων ἐγκαρτερήσαντας· τῷ δὲ παραδείγματι τὸ διάφορον αὐτῶν καὶ περιφανὲς ἐμήνυσεν..

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.6 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.7Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25

Ὡς οἱ ἀστέρες εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, καὶ ἔτι. Ἀστέρας πάλιν κατὰ τὸ τῆς γραφῆς ἰδίωμα τοὺς λαμπροὺς καὶ περιφανεῖς ἐκάλεσεν· ἵνα οὖν εἴπῃ ὅτι οἱ εὐσεβήσαντες πρὸ τῆς παρανομίας τὸ δίκαιον τετιμηκότες, ἀδιάλειπτον ἕξουσι τὴν τιμὴν διὰ παντὸς τοῦ βίου· τὸ δὲ καὶ ἔτι, ἔμφασιν ἔχει ὅτι ἀτελεύτητος ἔσται αὐτῶν ἡ τιμή.

Hōs hoi asteres eis tous aiōnas, kai eti. Asteras palin kata to tēs graphēs idiōma tous lamprous kai periphaneis ekalesen; hina oun eipę̄ hoti hoi eusebēsantes pro tēs paranomias to dikaion tetimēkotes, adialeipton hexousi tēn timēn dia pantos tou biou; to de kai eti, emphasin echei hoti ateleutētos estai autōn hē timē.

"Like the stars for ever, and beyond." Again, according to the manner of Scripture, he called the radiant and renowned "stars"; to say, then, that those who were godly, honoring what is just above lawlessness, will have undying honor throughout life; and "and beyond" indicates that their honor will be without end.

Dan 12:3 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The faithful will have unending honor.

Scholion on Dan 12:3. Greek restored from the page image.

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 25): Ὥς 91 ἀστέρες sio τοὺς «αἰῶνας, καὶ ὅτι. "Ἀστέφας feo» xaTd τὸ τὸς γραφες ἐδίωμω τοὺς λαμπροὺς καὶ περιφανεῖς ἐκωλεσιν' ἵνα οὖν εἶσ ὅτι οἱ εὐσιξήσαντες πρὸ τῆς παρανομίας τὸ δίκαιον τετι" μηκότες, αἰδεάλειετον ἔξουσι τὴν τιμήν διαὶ καντὸς φτοῦ βίον τὸ δὲ καὶ ἔτι, ἵμξασιν ἔχοι ὅτι ἀτελεῦ" τητοὶ ἦσται αὐτῶν καὶ τιμή. → Ὡς οἱ ἀστέρες εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, καὶ ἔτι. Ἀστέρας πάλιν κατὰ τὸ τῆς γραφῆς ἰδίωμα τοὺς λαμπροὺς καὶ περιφανεῖς ἐκάλεσεν· ἵνα οὖν εἴπῃ ὅτι οἱ εὐσεβήσαντες πρὸ τῆς παρανομίας τὸ δίκαιον τετιμηκότες, ἀδιάλειπτον ἕξουσι τὴν τιμὴν διὰ παντὸς τοῦ βίου· τὸ δὲ καὶ ἔτι, ἔμφασιν ἔχει ὅτι ἀτελεύτητος ἔσται αὐτῶν ἡ τιμή..

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.7 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.8Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25

Σφράγισον τὸ βιβλίον. Τουτέστι καὶ γράψας ἔασον ἐν ἀφανεῖ· τὸ γὰρ σφράγισον σημαίνει τοῦτο οἶμαι, τὸ μὴ δεῖν αὐτὰ σαφῆ γραφῆναι.

Sphragison to biblion. Toutesti kai grapsas eason en aphanei; to gar sphragison sēmainei touto oimai, to mē dein auta saphē graphēnai.

"Seal the book." That is, having written, leave it in obscurity; for "seal" signifies this, I think: that the things need not be written plainly.

Dan 12:4 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Sealing the book means leaving it obscure.

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 25): Σφρώγισον τὸ βιβλίον. Toveéeri καὶ eain: ἔασον ἐν ἀφανεῖ τῇ γὰρ σφφώγιφον σημαίνειν νοῦτο οἶμαι, τὸ μὴ δεῖν αὐτῷ σαφᾷ γραφῆναι. → Σφράγισον τὸ βιβλίον. Τουτέστι καὶ γράψας ἔασον ἐν ἀφανεῖ· τὸ γὰρ σφράγισον σημαίνει τοῦτο οἶμαι, τὸ μὴ δεῖν αὐτὰ σαφῆ γραφῆναι..

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.8 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.9Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25

Ἕως καιροῦ συντελείας. Ἄχρις οὗ ὁ καιρὸς ἐπιστῇ καθ᾽ ὃν περαιωθῆναι ταῦτα δεῖ· ὥστε ἐκ τῶν πραγμάτων ἀνάγεσθαι ἐπὶ τὴν τῶν λεγομένων ἀλήθειαν.

Heōs kairou synteleias. Achris hou ho kairos epistę̄ kath᾽ hon peraiōthēnai tauta dei; hōste ek tōn pragmatōn anagesthai epi tēn tōn legomenōn alētheian.

"Until the time of the end." Until the time comes at which these things must be completed; so that from the events one is led to the truth of what is said.

Dan 12:4 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The meaning will be clear when the events happen.

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 25): Ἕνς καιροῦ συντελείᾳ Ἄχφις οὗ ὁ καιρὺς ἐσιστῷ κωϑ' ὃν πιραιωϑῆναι ταῦτα δεῖ" ὥστε ἐκ τῶν πραγμάτων ὠνώγεσθαι ἐπὶ τὴν τῶν λεγυμένων ἀληϑειαν. : . → Ἕως καιροῦ συντελείας. Ἄχρις οὗ ὁ καιρὸς ἐπιστῇ καθ᾽ ὃν περαιωθῆναι ταῦτα δεῖ· ὥστε ἐκ τῶν πραγμάτων ἀνάγεσθαι ἐπὶ τὴν τῶν λεγομένων ἀλήθειαν..

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.9 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.10Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25

Ἕως διδαχθῶσι πολλοί. Πρὸ μὲν γὰρ τῆς πείρας τῶν πραγμάτων συνέφερεν ἡ ἄγνοια, ὥστε μὴ φόβῳ αὐτοὺς κατασχεθέντας ἐθελοκακῆσαι πρὸς τὴν ἄνοδον· μετὰ δὲ τὴν ἔκβασιν, λυσιτελὴς ἡ εἴδησις.

Heōs didachthōsi polloi. Pro men gar tēs peiras tōn pragmatōn synepheren hē agnoia, hōste mē phobǭ autous kataschethentas ethelokakēsai pros tēn anodon; meta de tēn ekbasin, lysitelēs hē eidēsis.

"Until many are taught." For before the experience of the events, ignorance was profitable, so that they would not, held back by fear, willingly lose heart about the return; but after the outcome, knowledge is profitable.

Dan 12:4 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Ignorance was useful before the events, knowledge after them.

Scholion on Dan 12:4. Greek restored from the page image.

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 25): Ἕως διδαχϑῶσι πολλοί, Πρὸ μὲν sup τὸς σεί- Qui τῶν Weeyperwy συνέφερεν αὶ ὠγνοία,, ὥστο μὴ φόβῳ αὐτοὺς κατασχιϑέντας ἐϑελοκακῆσαι πρὸς τὴν ὥνοξον' patd δὲ τὴν ἔκβασιν, λυσιτελὴς 9 εἴδησις. → Ἕως διδαχθῶσι πολλοί. Πρὸ μὲν γὰρ τῆς πείρας τῶν πραγμάτων συνέφερεν ἡ ἄγνοια, ὥστε μὴ φόβῳ αὐτοὺς κατασχεθέντας ἐθελοκακῆσαι πρὸς τὴν ἄνοδον· μετὰ δὲ τὴν ἔκβασιν, λυσιτελὴς ἡ εἴδησις..

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.10 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.11Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25

Πληθυνθῇ ἡ γνῶσις. Ὅτι μὲν οὖν πέρας ἔχει τὰ εἰρημένα τῆς τοῦ προφήτου ἀποκαλύψεως, εὔδηλον καὶ πρὸ τοῦ ἑτέρου λόγου· ταῦτα δὲ προστίθεται οὐχ ἁπλῶς, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπειδὴ τὰ κατὰ τὸν λαὸν ἀκριβῶς ἀκούσας ὁ Δανιήλ, καὶ ὅτι χείριστα πείσονται ὑπὸ Ἀντιόχου, ὥστε καλύψαι πᾶσαν τὴν πώποτε αὐτοῖς ἐπενεχθεῖσαν συμφοράν, εἰς ἀθυμίαν κατέστη, καὶ οὐδὲ ἐρωτᾶν οἷός τε ἦν, ὁ θεὸς οὐκ ἀπαραμύθητον αὐτὸν καταλιμπάνων, ἀπὸ τοῦ χρόνου ἀνίησι τῆς φροντίδος· καὶ ἤδη τοῦ ἀγγέλου τοῦ προσδιαλεγομένου, ὡς τετελεκότος τοὺς τῆς διακονίας λόγους, οἰχομένου τε καὶ τὸν ποταμὸν περάσαντος, δείκνυσιν αὐτῷ ἑτέρους δύο ἀγγέλους ἑστῶτας ἑκατέρωθεν τοῦ ποταμοῦ, καὶ πυνθανομένους τίς ὁ χρόνος τῶν ῥηθέντων· οἱ μὲν γὰρ τοῦ ἐρωτᾶν ἴσως εἶχον τὴν ἐξουσίαν· ὁ δὲ ἅτε ἄρχων ἂν τῶν ἀγγέλων, καὶ τὰ κεκρυμμένα εἰδώς, ἀνήγγελλεν· ἢ ἴσως ἅπαντα ἐσχηματίζετο πρὸς τὸ λυσιτελὲς καὶ διδασκαλίαν τοῦ προφήτου.

Plēthynthę̄ hē gnōsis. Hoti men oun peras echei ta eirēmena tēs tou prophētou apokalypseōs, eudēlon kai pro tou heterou logou; tauta de prostithetai ouch haplōs, all᾽ epeidē ta kata ton laon akribōs akousas ho Daniēl, kai hoti cheirista peisontai hypo Antiochou, hōste kalypsai pasan tēn pōpote autois epenechtheisan symphoran, eis athymian katestē, kai oude erōtan hoios te ēn, ho theos ouk aparamythēton auton katalimpanōn, apo tou chronou aniēsi tēs phrontidos; kai ēdē tou angelou tou prosdialegomenou, hōs tetelekotos tous tēs diakonias logous, oichomenou te kai ton potamon perasantos, deiknysin autǭ heterous dyo angelous hestōtas hekaterōthen tou potamou, kai pynthanomenous tis ho chronos tōn rhēthentōn; hoi men gar tou erōtan isōs eichon tēn exousian; ho de hate archōn an tōn angelōn, kai ta kekrymmena eidōs, anēngellen; ē isōs hapanta eschēmatizeto pros to lysiteles kai didaskalian tou prophētou.

"And knowledge will be multiplied." That the things said in the prophet's revelation have an end is clear even before the other word; but these are added not simply, but because Daniel, having heard exactly what concerned the people, and that they would suffer the worst under Antiochus, so as to surpass every misfortune that had ever overtaken them, fell into despondency and was not even able to ask; and God, not leaving him without comfort, relieves him of the care about the time. And when the angel who was speaking with him had now completed the words of his ministry, and was going away and had passed over the river, he shows him two other angels standing on either side of the river and asking what the time of the things said would be; for perhaps they had the authority to ask, while the other, being perhaps the chief of the angels and knowing hidden things, announced it; or perhaps everything was shaped for the profit and teaching of the prophet.

Dan 12:4–6 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Polychronius explains why the two angels' question about the time is added: to comfort the despondent Daniel.

Scholion on Dan 12:4–6. Greek restored from the page image.

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Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.11 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.12Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25

Ἕως πότε τὸ πέρας; Τουτέστι τῶν συμβησομένων τῷ ἔθνει. — Οὐ τὸν χρόνον μόνον καθ᾽ ὃν συμβήσεται τὰ εἰρημένα, ἠβουλήθη τὸν προφήτην διδάξαι ὁ ἄγγελος, ἀλλὰ καὶ πιστώσασθαι περὶ τῆς ἀληθείας τῶν λεγομένων· διὰ τοῦτο πρὸς πληροφορίαν ἀνατείνας εἰς οὐρανὸν τὰς χεῖρας, ὅρκῳ τῷ κατὰ θεοῦ πιστοῦται περὶ τῶν λεγομένων.

Heōs pote to peras? Toutesti tōn symbēsomenōn tǭ ethnei. — Ou ton chronon monon kath᾽ hon symbēsetai ta eirēmena, ēboulēthē ton prophētēn didaxai ho angelos, alla kai pistōsasthai peri tēs alētheias tōn legomenōn; dia touto pros plērophorian anateinas eis ouranon tas cheiras, horkǭ tǭ kata theou pistoutai peri tōn legomenōn.

"How long until the end?" That is, of the things that will happen to the nation. — The angel wished to teach the prophet not only the time at which the things said will happen, but also to give assurance about the truth of what was said; for this reason, raising his hands to heaven for full assurance, he gives his pledge about what was said by an oath by God.

Dan 12:6–7 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The angel's oath confirms the truth of the prophecy.

Scholion on Dan 12:6–7. The staged text broke this scholion at the page end; its continuation (staged as 12.13) is joined here and 12.13 is held. Greek restored from the page images (pp. 25–26).

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable and the scholion split at a page end; text read afresh from the page images of Mai 1831, pp. 25–26): Ἕως wots «ὐ πίρας ; Tovríeri τῶν σνμβη. συμώνων τῷ ἔϑνει,.-α Οὐ τὸν χρόνον μόνον καϑ' ὃν → Ἕως πότε τὸ πέρας; Τουτέστι τῶν συμβησομένων τῷ ἔθνει. — Οὐ τὸν χρόνον μόνον καθ᾽ ὃν συμβήσεται τὰ εἰρημένα, ἠβουλήθη τὸν προφήτην διδάξαι ὁ ἄγγελος, ἀλλὰ καὶ πιστώσασθαι περὶ τῆς ἀληθείας τῶν λεγομένων· διὰ τοῦτο πρὸς πληροφορίαν ἀνατείνας εἰς οὐρανὸν τὰς χεῖρας, ὅρκῳ τῷ κατὰ θεοῦ πιστοῦται περὶ τῶν λεγομένων..

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.12 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.14Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26

Ἐν τῷ συντελεσθῆναι διασκορπισμόν. Μετὰ τὸ δεινά φησι τὸν λαὸν παθεῖν, καὶ τῆς ἐνεγκούσης γενέσθαι φυγάδας τοὺς ὑπὸ θεοῦ ἡγιασμένους, ἅπαντα παυθήσεται τὰ τῶν παρανόμων· καὶ οἵ τε εὐσεβεῖς ἐν ἀδείᾳ διάξουσι· καὶ ὁ ναὸς τὸ πρέπον ἀπολήψεται σχῆμα.

En tǭ syntelesthēnai diaskorpismon. Meta to deina phēsi ton laon pathein, kai tēs enenkousēs genesthai phygadas tous hypo theou hēgiasmenous, hapanta pauthēsetai ta tōn paranomōn; kai hoi te eusebeis en adeią diaxousi; kai ho naos to prepon apolēpsetai schēma.

"When the scattering is completed." After the people have suffered terribly, he says, and those sanctified by God have become exiles from the land that bore them, all the doings of the lawless will cease; the godly will live in safety, and the temple will regain its fitting form.

Dan 12:7 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: After the people's sufferings the temple will be restored.

Scholion on Dan 12:7. Greek restored from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 26.

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 26): Ἔν τῷ συντελεσϑήναι διασκορκισμόν, Μετὰ τὸ δεινά φησι τὸν λαὸν παϑεῖν, καὶ τῆς ἐνεέγκου" σης γινέσϑαι φυγάδας τοὺς ὑπὸ ϑεοῦ ὁγιωσμένους, ἅσαντα παυϑήσιται τὰ τῶν ναρανόμων καὶ οἱ τὲ εὐσεβεὶς ἐν ἀδείᾳ διώξουσι᾽ καὶ ὁ ταὺς τὸ πρέπον → Ἐν τῷ συντελεσθῆναι διασκορπισμόν. Μετὰ τὸ δεινά φησι τὸν λαὸν παθεῖν, καὶ τῆς ἐνεγκούσης γενέσθαι φυγάδας τοὺς ὑπὸ θεοῦ ἡγιασμένους, ἅπαντα παυθήσεται τὰ τῶν παρανόμων· καὶ οἵ τε εὐσεβεῖς ἐν ἀδείᾳ διάξουσι· καὶ ὁ ναὸς τὸ πρέπον ἀπολήψεται σχῆμα..

Extrabiblical texts: 1 Macc 4:36-59 (1 Maccabees [in RC, EO canons]; allusion)

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.14 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.15Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26

Ἤκουσα καὶ συνῆκα. Τουτέστιν ὑπομνησθεὶς τῶν ἤδη ῥηθέντων, ἔγνων ὡς ἀληθῆ τὰ λεγόμενα.

Ēkousa kai synēka. Toutestin hypomnēstheis tōn ēdē rhēthentōn, egnōn hōs alēthē ta legomena.

"I heard and understood." That is, recalling what had already been said, I knew that the things said are true.

Dan 12:8 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Daniel recognized the truth of the words.

Scholion on Dan 12:8. Polychronius's lemma reads "and understood", where Theodotion has "and did not understand"; printed so in Mai's edition. Greek restored from the page image.

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 26): Ἴκουσα καὶ συνῆκα, Τουτέστιν ὑπομνησϑεὶς τῶν 334 ῥηθέντων, ἔγνων ὡς ἀληϑὴ vd λεγόμενα. → Ἤκουσα καὶ συνῆκα. Τουτέστιν ὑπομνησθεὶς τῶν ἤδη ῥηθέντων, ἔγνων ὡς ἀληθῆ τὰ λεγόμενα..

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.15 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.16Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26

Τί τὰ ἔσχατα τούτων; Δῆλός ἐστιν ὁ Δανιὴλ ὑπὸ πολλῆς τῆς περὶ τὸ θεῖον ἐπιθυμίας πάντα ἐθέλειν μανθάνειν ἀκριβῶς τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα.

Ti ta eschata toutōn? Dēlos estin ho Daniēl hypo pollēs tēs peri to theion epithymias panta ethelein manthanein akribōs ta meta tauta.

"What are the last of these things?" It is clear that Daniel, from great desire for divine things, wishes to learn exactly everything that comes after.

Dan 12:8 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Daniel's question shows his desire to know.

Scholion on Dan 12:8. Greek restored from the page image.

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 26): Τὶ τὰ ἔσχατα τυύτων : Δῆλύς ἔστιν ὁ Δανιήλ ὑπὸ πολλῆ; τῆς περὶ τὸ θεῖο» ἐξιϑυμέας marte i3i- λεν μανϑάνειν ὠκριβῶς τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα, → Τί τὰ ἔσχατα τούτων; Δῆλός ἐστιν ὁ Δανιὴλ ὑπὸ πολλῆς τῆς περὶ τὸ θεῖον ἐπιθυμίας πάντα ἐθέλειν μανθάνειν ἀκριβῶς τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα..

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.16 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.17Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26

Δεῦρο Δανιήλ. Τουτέστι παῦσαι φιλοπευστῶν περαιτέρω τῶν ῥηθέντων· ἀσαφεῖς γὰρ ἐκείνους τοὺς λόγους εἶναι προσήκει, καὶ ἀποῤῥήτους μένειν παρὰ θεῷ ἄχρις τῆς τῶν χρόνων ἐκβάσεως. — Τὸ ἀσαφὲς τῶν εἰρημένων αἰνιττόμενος.

Deuro Daniēl. Toutesti pausai philopeustōn peraiterō tōn rhēthentōn; asapheis gar ekeinous tous logous einai prosēkei, kai aporrhētous menein para theǭ achris tēs tōn chronōn ekbaseōs. — To asaphes tōn eirēmenōn ainittomenos.

"Go, Daniel." That is, stop eagerly inquiring beyond what has been said; for those words must be obscure and remain unspoken with God until the outcome of the times. — Hinting at the obscurity of what was said.

Dan 12:9 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Daniel is told to stop asking; the words stay hidden until fulfilled.

Scholion on Dan 12:9. Greek restored from the page image.

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 26): Amigo δανιήλ, Tovriav) παῦσαι φιλοπινστῶν πιραιτέρω τῶν ῥηϑέντων ἀσαϑεὶς γάρ ἐκείνους τοὺς λόγονς εἶναι προσήκει , καὶ ἀποῤῥητοὺς μάνειν παι- (3 ϑεῶ ἄχρις τῆς τῶν χρόνων ἐκβώσεως.---Ἰὸ ὦσα. φὲς τῶν εἰρημένων αἰνιττόμενος. → Δεῦρο Δανιήλ. Τουτέστι παῦσαι φιλοπευστῶν περαιτέρω τῶν ῥηθέντων· ἀσαφεῖς γὰρ ἐκείνους τοὺς λόγους εἶναι προσήκει, καὶ ἀποῤῥήτους μένειν παρὰ θεῷ ἄχρις τῆς τῶν χρόνων ἐκβάσεως. — Τὸ ἀσαφὲς τῶν εἰρημένων αἰνιττόμενος..

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.17 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.18Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26

Ἐκλεγῶσι κ. τ. λ. Τοσοῦτον μόνον ἴσθι ὡς πάντα τὰ κάλλιστα κατὰ τὴν τοῦ χριστοῦ ἔσται παρουσίαν· ἐξελέγησαν γὰρ οἱ ἀπόστολοι· ἐκλευκαίνονται δὲ οἱ καθαιρόμενοι, καὶ τῷ βαπτίσματι τῷ ἁγίῳ φωτιζόμενοι· πυροῦνται δὲ οἱ δόκιμοι, διὰ τῆς πίστεως γιγνόμενοι δόκιμοι.

Eklegōsi k. t. l. Tosouton monon isthi hōs panta ta kallista kata tēn tou christou estai parousian; exelegēsan gar hoi apostoloi; ekleukainontai de hoi kathairomenoi, kai tǭ baptismati tǭ hagiǭ phōtizomenoi; pyrountai de hoi dokimoi, dia tēs pisteōs gignomenoi dokimoi.

"They will be chosen," and so on. Know this much only: that all the best things will come at the coming of Christ; for the apostles were chosen; those who are cleansed and enlightened by holy baptism are made white; and the approved are refined by fire, becoming approved through faith.

Dan 12:10 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Polychronius applies Dan 12:10 to the apostles, the baptized, and the faithful at Christ's coming.

Scholion on Dan 12:10. Here Polychronius turns from Antiochus to Christ. Greek restored from the page image.

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 26): ᾿Εκλεγώσι 2. τ.λ Ἰοσηῦτον μόνον ἴσϑι ὡς παν" τα τῷ χαλλιστα, ἁατὰ τὴν τοῦ χριστοῦ ἔσται παρε ουσίαν᾽ ἐξιλέγησαν γὰρ οἱ ὠκόστυλοι" ἐκλευκαίνονται δὲ οἱ καϑαιρόμενοε, καὶ τῷ βαπτίσματι τῷ eyiv Quer opor συρῤοῦνται ἐὲ οἱ δάκιμοι, bd τῆς αίστενς γιγνόμενοι δόκιμοι. → Ἐκλεγῶσι κ. τ. λ. Τοσοῦτον μόνον ἴσθι ὡς πάντα τὰ κάλλιστα κατὰ τὴν τοῦ χριστοῦ ἔσται παρουσίαν· ἐξελέγησαν γὰρ οἱ ἀπόστολοι· ἐκλευκαίνονται δὲ οἱ καθαιρόμενοι, καὶ τῷ βαπτίσματι τῷ ἁγίῳ φωτιζόμενοι· πυροῦνται δὲ οἱ δόκιμοι, διὰ τῆς πίστεως γιγνόμενοι δόκιμοι..

Topics: Baptism, Christology

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.18 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.19Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26

Ἀνομήσουσιν ἄνομοι. Τὰ μὲν οὖν περὶ τοῦ χριστοῦ ἔσται ταῦτα· ἴσθι δὲ ὡς ἔσονταί τινες οἳ τότε πλείστην τὴν ἀσέβειαν ἐπιδείξονται· λέγει δὲ τοὺς περὶ τὸν φόνον τοῦ χριστοῦ σπεύσαντας· ἀορίστως δὲ λέγει, ταῦτά τε κἀκεῖνα παντάπασι κρύπτειν διεγνωκώς, ὡς ἔφην· τήν τε τῶν ἰουδαίων ἀποβολὴν τήν τε τῶν ἐθνῶν κλῆσιν.

Anomēsousin anomoi. Ta men oun peri tou christou estai tauta; isthi de hōs esontai tines hoi tote pleistēn tēn asebeian epideixontai; legei de tous peri ton phonon tou christou speusantas; aoristōs de legei, tauta te kakeina pantapasi kryptein diegnōkōs, hōs ephēn; tēn te tōn ioudaiōn apobolēn tēn te tōn ethnōn klēsin.

"The lawless will act lawlessly." These things, then, will concern Christ; but know that there will be some who will then display the greatest impiety; he means those who hastened to the murder of Christ. He speaks indefinitely, having resolved, as I said, to hide altogether both these things and those: the rejection of the Jews and the calling of the Gentiles.

Dan 12:10 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The lawless of Dan 12:10 are those who brought about Christ's death; the rejection of the Jews and calling of the Gentiles are veiled.

Scholion on Dan 12:10. Polychronius's view is translated as written.

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 26): 'Ανομήσουσιν ἄνομοι, Td μέν οὖν wig τοῦ χρισ- tos ἔσται ταῦτα ἶσϑι δὰ ὡς ἔσονταί τινες oi vota φλείστην τήν ἀσέβιιαν ἐπιδιιξονναι λέγει δὲ τοὺς περὶ τὸν φόνον τοῦ χριστοῦ σαινσαντας ἀορίστως δὲ λέγει, ταῦτα τὸ κἀκεῖνα παντάπασι χρύστειν διε γ" vunie ὡς ἴφην' τὴν τε τῶν ἰουδαίων ᾿ἀκυβολην τὴν τὸ τῶν ϑνὼν κλῆσιν. → Ἀνομήσουσιν ἄνομοι. Τὰ μὲν οὖν περὶ τοῦ χριστοῦ ἔσται ταῦτα· ἴσθι δὲ ὡς ἔσονταί τινες οἳ τότε πλείστην τὴν ἀσέβειαν ἐπιδείξονται· λέγει δὲ τοὺς περὶ τὸν φόνον τοῦ χριστοῦ σπεύσαντας· ἀορίστως δὲ λέγει, ταῦτά τε κἀκεῖνα παντάπασι κρύπτειν διεγνωκώς, ὡς ἔφην· τήν τε τῶν ἰουδαίων ἀποβολὴν τήν τε τῶν ἐθνῶν κλῆσιν..

Topics: Christology, The church and Israel

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.19 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.20Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26

Οὐ συνήσουσι πάντες ἄνομοι. Πολλοί φησιν οὐκ εἴσονται δεσπότην τὸν παραγινόμενον· αἰνίττεται δὲ ἰουδαίους καὶ τοὺς περὶ τὸν Ἡρώδην καὶ Πιλάτον· περὶ ὧν καὶ ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος λέγει, εἰ γὰρ ἔγνωσαν, οὐκ ἂν τὸν κύριον τῆς δόξης ἐσταύρωσαν.

Ou synēsousi pantes anomoi. Polloi phēsin ouk eisontai despotēn ton paraginomenon; ainittetai de ioudaious kai tous peri ton Hērōdēn kai Pilaton; peri hōn kai ho makarios Paulos legei, ei gar egnōsan, ouk an ton kyrion tēs doxēs estaurōsan.

"None of the lawless will understand." Many, he says, will not know the Master who comes; he hints at the Jews and those around Herod and Pilate, of whom the blessed Paul also says: "For if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory."

Dan 12:10 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 2:8 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Those who did not understand are those who crucified Christ.

Scholion on Dan 12:10; 1 Cor 2:8. Greek restored from the page image.

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 26): Οὐ συνήσουσι πάντες ἄνομοι. Πολλοί φησιν οὐκ εἴσονται δεσπότην τὸν σααῤαγινόμενον αἰνίττεται δὲ Ἰονδαίους καὶ vov περὶ τὸν "Houbws καὶ ILAaror stel ὧν καὶ ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος λέγει, εἶ γὰρ ἔγ- vud&v , οὐκ ὧν τὸν κύριον τὺς δόξης ἐσταύρωσαν. → Οὐ συνήσουσι πάντες ἄνομοι. Πολλοί φησιν οὐκ εἴσονται δεσπότην τὸν παραγινόμενον· αἰνίττεται δὲ ἰουδαίους καὶ τοὺς περὶ τὸν Ἡρώδην καὶ Πιλάτον· περὶ ὧν καὶ ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος λέγει, εἰ γὰρ ἔγνωσαν, οὐκ ἂν τὸν κύριον τῆς δόξης ἐσταύρωσαν..

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.20 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-20). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.21Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26

Οἱ νοήμονες συνήσουσι. Ἀλλὰ καὶ τούτων ταύτην ἐπιδειξαμένων τὴν γνώμην, οἱ περὶ τὴν εὐσέβειαν ὀρθοὶ πιστεύσουσι· τοῦτο μὲν ἀπὸ τῶν σημείων δυσωπούμενοι, τοῦτο δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν τοῦ χριστοῦ ὑπὸ τῶν προφητῶν προῤῥηθέντων τε καὶ ἐκβάντων.

Hoi noēmones synēsousi. Alla kai toutōn tautēn epideixamenōn tēn gnōmēn, hoi peri tēn eusebeian orthoi pisteusousi; touto men apo tōn sēmeiōn dysōpoumenoi, touto de apo tōn tou christou hypo tōn prophētōn prorrhēthentōn te kai ekbantōn.

"Those with insight will understand." But though these showed this attitude, those who are upright in godliness will believe, moved partly by the signs, partly by what the prophets foretold of Christ and what came to pass.

Dan 12:10 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The godly will believe from the signs and fulfilled prophecy.

Scholion on Dan 12:10. Greek restored from the page image.

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 26): Οἱ »ospesec- συνύόσουσι. ᾿Αλλαὶ καὶ τούτων fxw- τὴν ἐφιδειξαμένων τὴν pur , οἱ περὶ τὴν εὐσέβειαν de3oi. «ισνεύσουσι' τοῦτο μὲν dad τῶν σαμεν ων δϑωυσωπούμενοι, τοῦτῳ δὲ mé τῶν τοῦ χριστοῦ ὑπὸ τῶν τροφητῶν προῤῥηῚθέντων td καὶ ἐκβαντων, → Οἱ νοήμονες συνήσουσι. Ἀλλὰ καὶ τούτων ταύτην ἐπιδειξαμένων τὴν γνώμην, οἱ περὶ τὴν εὐσέβειαν ὀρθοὶ πιστεύσουσι· τοῦτο μὲν ἀπὸ τῶν σημείων δυσωπούμενοι, τοῦτο δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν τοῦ χριστοῦ ὑπὸ τῶν προφητῶν προῤῥηθέντων τε καὶ ἐκβάντων..

Topics: Prophecy and fulfilment

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.21 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-21). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.22Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26

Ἀπὸ καιροῦ παραλλάξεως τοῦ ἐνδελεχισμοῦ. Ἐνδελεχισμὸν μὲν οὖν καλεῖ τὴν καθημερινὴν θυσίαν· παράλλαξιν δὲ τὴν παρατροπήν, ἀπὸ τοῦ παραλλάττεσθαι καὶ εἰς τὸ ἐναντίον μεθίστασθαι.

Apo kairou parallaxeōs tou endelechismou. Endelechismon men oun kalei tēn kathēmerinēn thysian; parallaxin de tēn paratropēn, apo tou parallattesthai kai eis to enantion methistasthai.

"From the time of the change of the continual offering." By "continual offering" he means the daily sacrifice; by "change" the perversion, from being changed and turned into its opposite.

Dan 12:11 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The continual offering is the daily sacrifice.

Scholion on Dan 12:11. Greek restored from the page image.

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 26): ᾿Ατὸ καιροῦ παραλλαάξεως τοῦ ἐνδελεχισμοῦ. '᾿Ενδελεχισμὲν μὲν οὖν καλεῖ τῶν καθημερινήν $a ciar παράλλαξιν δὲ τὴν παρατροεὴν, ἀξ τοῦ παραλλάτεεσφαι καὶ εἷς τὸ ἐνανείον μεθίστασθαι, → Ἀπὸ καιροῦ παραλλάξεως τοῦ ἐνδελεχισμοῦ. Ἐνδελεχισμὸν μὲν οὖν καλεῖ τὴν καθημερινὴν θυσίαν· παράλλαξιν δὲ τὴν παρατροπήν, ἀπὸ τοῦ παραλλάττεσθαι καὶ εἰς τὸ ἐναντίον μεθίστασθαι..

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.22 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-22). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.23Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26

Τοῦ δοθῆναι τὸ βδέλυγμα. Τὸν βωμὸν ὃν ἐπὶ καθαιρέσει τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τιμῇ τοῦ ὀλυμπίου Διὸς ἔστησεν· βούλεται οὖν εἰπεῖν ὅτι μετὰ τὸ τὴν παράνομον θρησκείαν περὶ τὸν ναὸν τελεσθῆναι, καὶ δεινὰ τοὺς ὁμοφύλους τοὺς σοὺς παθεῖν ὡς εἴρηται, ἄρξεταί τις εἶναι μεταβολὴ τῆς ἐκείνων εὐημερίας.

Tou dothēnai to bdelygma. Ton bōmon hon epi kathairesei tou naou kai timę̄ tou olympiou Dios estēsen; bouletai oun eipein hoti meta to tēn paranomon thrēskeian peri ton naon telesthēnai, kai deina tous homophylous tous sous pathein hōs eirētai, arxetai tis einai metabolē tēs ekeinōn euēmerias.

"For the abomination to be set up." The altar which he set up for the overthrow of the temple and in honor of Olympian Zeus. He means, then, that after the lawless worship has been performed at the temple, and your kinsmen have suffered terribly, as has been said, some change in their prosperity will begin.

Dan 12:11 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The abomination is Antiochus's altar of Olympian Zeus.

Scholion on Dan 12:11; compare 2 Macc 6:2. The final clause is ambiguous in the Greek ("their" may mean the oppressors); translated literally. Greek restored from the page image.

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 26): Τοῦ δοϑῆναι τὸ βδέλυγμα. Τὸν βωμὸν ὃν ἐπὶ ne ϑαιρέσει τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τιμὴ τοῦ ὀλυμπίου Διὸς ἐσ- vwov βούλεται οὖν εἰπεῖν ὅτι μετὰ τὸ τὴν wapere" μὸν ϑρησπείαν «ερὶ τὸν ναόν τολεσϑῆναι,, καὶ δε» νὰ τοὺς ὁμοφύλους τοὺς σοὺς ποϑεῖν ὡς εἴρηται, ἀρξεταὶ τις εἶναι μεταβολὴ τῆς ὀχείνων εὐημιρίας, → Τοῦ δοθῆναι τὸ βδέλυγμα. Τὸν βωμὸν ὃν ἐπὶ καθαιρέσει τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τιμῇ τοῦ ὀλυμπίου Διὸς ἔστησεν· βούλεται οὖν εἰπεῖν ὅτι μετὰ τὸ τὴν παράνομον θρησκείαν περὶ τὸν ναὸν τελεσθῆναι, καὶ δεινὰ τοὺς ὁμοφύλους τοὺς σοὺς παθεῖν ὡς εἴρηται, ἄρξεταί τις εἶναι μεταβολὴ τῆς ἐκείνων εὐημερίας..

Extrabiblical texts: 2 Macc 6:2 (2 Maccabees [in RC, EO canons]; allusion)

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.23 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-23). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.24Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26

Ἡμέραι χίλιαι σϙʹ. Ἀπὸ τοίνυν ἐκείνου τοῦ καιροῦ καθ᾽ ὃν μετάπτωσίς τε ἔσται ἐπὶ τὸ ἐναντίον, τῶν ἐν δυσκολίαις μὲν ἐξεταζομένων, μελλόντων δὲ ἀπολαμβάνειν τὴν οἰκείαν κατάστασιν, ἔσονται ἡμέραι χίλιαι σϙʹ.

Hēmerai chiliai sϙʹ. Apo toinyn ekeinou tou kairou kath᾽ hon metaptōsis te estai epi to enantion, tōn en dyskoliais men exetazomenōn, mellontōn de apolambanein tēn oikeian katastasin, esontai hēmerai chiliai sϙʹ.

"One thousand two hundred and ninety days." From that time, then, at which there will be a turn to the opposite, when those who were tried in hardships are about to regain their own condition, there will be one thousand two hundred and ninety days.

Dan 12:11 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The 1,290 days run from the turn of fortune.

Scholion on Dan 12:11. The staged text broke this scholion at the column end; its continuation (staged as 12.25) is joined here and 12.25 is held. Greek restored from the page image.

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable and the scholion split at a column end; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 26): ἩΜέξαι χιλίαι etf, Asi τοίνον ἐκείνου τοῦ καὶ- QUU καϑ' ὃν μετάστωσίς τὰ ἧσται ἐπὶ τὸ ἐναντίον, → Ἡμέραι χίλιαι σϙʹ. Ἀπὸ τοίνυν ἐκείνου τοῦ καιροῦ καθ᾽ ὃν μετάπτωσίς τε ἔσται ἐπὶ τὸ ἐναντίον, τῶν ἐν δυσκολίαις μὲν ἐξεταζομένων, μελλόντων δὲ ἀπολαμβάνειν τὴν οἰκείαν κατάστασιν, ἔσονται ἡμέραι χίλιαι σϙʹ..

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.24 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-24). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.26Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26

Μακάριος ὁ ὑπομένων καὶ φθάσας εἰς ἡμέρας κτλ. Μακαρίζει τοίνυν τοὺς δεινοῖς ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐσεβείας ἐγκαρτερήσαντας, καὶ διηνυκότας τὸν πρότερον χρόνον, λέγω δὲ τῶν ‚ασϙʹ ἡμερῶν, ἐν αἷς ἔτ᾽ ἀμφίβολος ἦν ἡ τῶν εὐσεβῶν πρὸς τοὺς παρανόμους διαφορά· καὶ φθάσαντας εἰς τὸν χρόνον τῶν ‚ατλεʹ ἡμερῶν· ἐν αἷς λοιπὸν μετὰ τὴν κατὰ τοῦ Ἀντιόχου νίκην, λαμπρά τε τοῦ θεοῦ ἐδείκνυτο ἡ βοήθεια· καὶ μακαριστοὶ οἱ ἐπὶ τὸν θεὸν ἠλπικότες εὐφραίνοντο οὐκέτι ἐν λόγοις τὴν ἄνωθεν ἔχοντες ῥοπήν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ τῶν ἔργων δειχθέντες ἀμείνους τε τῶν παρανόμων καὶ θεῷ ἀνακείμενοι διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν· ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸ πρότερον μετεώρων ἔτι τῶν πραγμάτων κειμένων, καὶ τῆς συμφορᾶς ἐπηρτημένης τοῖς εὐσεβέσιν, ἐγκωμίων οἱ θεραπεύειν τὴν βασιλικὴν ἐξουσίαν βουλόμενοι, οὕτω μετὰ τὴν νίκην τῶν περὶ τὸν Ἰούδαν, οὗτοί τε μακαρισμοῦ ἄξιοι ἐφαίνοντο, κἀκεῖνοι σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ἀθλίους ἐνόμιζον.

Makarios ho hypomenōn kai phthasas eis hēmeras ktl. Makarizei toinyn tous deinois hyper tēs eusebeias enkarterēsantas, kai diēnykotas ton proteron chronon, legō de tōn ‚asϙʹ hēmerōn, en hais et᾽ amphibolos ēn hē tōn eusebōn pros tous paranomous diaphora; kai phthasantas eis ton chronon tōn ‚atleʹ hēmerōn; en hais loipon meta tēn kata tou Antiochou nikēn, lampra te tou theou edeiknyto hē boētheia; kai makaristoi hoi epi ton theon ēlpikotes euphrainonto ouketi en logois tēn anōthen echontes rhopēn, all᾽ epi tōn ergōn deichthentes ameinous te tōn paranomōn kai theǭ anakeimenoi dia tēn eusebeian; hōsper gar to proteron meteōrōn eti tōn pragmatōn keimenōn, kai tēs symphoras epērtēmenēs tois eusebesin, enkōmiōn hoi therapeuein tēn basilikēn exousian boulomenoi, houtō meta tēn nikēn tōn peri ton Ioudan, houtoi te makarismou axioi ephainonto, kakeinoi sphas autous athlious enomizon.

"Blessed is the one who endures and reaches the days," and so on. He calls blessed, then, those who persevered through terrible things for godliness and lived through the earlier time, I mean the 1,290 days, in which the difference between the godly and the lawless was still uncertain, and who reached the time of the 1,335 days, in which, after the victory over Antiochus, the help of God was shown brilliantly; and those who had hoped in God, deemed blessed, rejoiced, no longer having the help from above only in words, but shown in deeds to be better than the lawless and devoted to God for their godliness. For just as before, while affairs still hung in suspense and calamity threatened the godly, those who wished to court the royal power were thought worthy of praise, so after the victory of Judas and his men, these appeared worthy of being called blessed, and the others thought themselves wretched.

Dan 12:12 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The 1,335 days mark the vindication of the faithful after Judas Maccabee's victory.

Scholion on Dan 12:12; compare 1 Macc 4. In the sentence "those who wished to court the royal power [were thought worthy] of praise" the Greek has only the genitive "of praise"; the verb is supplied by sense. Greek restored from the page image.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 26): Μακαριος ὁ ὑπομόνων nai φϑώσως εἷς ἡμί.. [ας μτλι. Μαχαρίζει τοίνυν τοὺς δεινοῖς ὑσὲρ τῆς εὐσεβείας ἐγκαρτερήσανταξ, καὶ διηνωκότως τὸν σρύ. πτερὸν χρύνον, λέγω δὲ νῶν ασιί ἁμερῶν' ἐν οἷς it ἀμφίβολος ἣν αὶ τῶν εὐσεβῶν πρὸς τοὺς παρανόμους διαφορα καὶ φϑάσαντιες εἷς τὸν χρόνον τῶν ᾳτλὲ ἡμερῶν ἐν αἷς λοιπὸν μετὰ τὴν κατὰ τοῦ ᾿Αντιόχον γίκην, λαμωφεί τε τοῦ ϑιοῦ ἐδοίκνυτο καὶ βοήϑοια᾽ καὶ μακαριφτοὶ οἱ isi τὸν Suiv. drove εὐβραί- vovro οὐκέτι ἐν λόγοις, τὴν ἄνωθεν ἔχοντες ῥοπῆς, ἀλλ᾽ ἱπὶ τῶν ἔργων δειχϑέντες ἀμείνους ed τῶν wa βονόμων καί Seg doaxipuvot διαὶ τὴν εὐσέβειαν ὥσπερ ydp τὸ πρότερον μετεωρὼν ὅτι τῶν σρωγμώ. ἴων xapaver , xa] τῆς συμφοράς ἐπηρῤρτημέγης «τοὺς εὐσεβέσιν, ἐγαυρίων $1 ϑιρασεύοιν τὴν βασιλικήν ἐξουσίαν βουλόμενοι, οὕτω μετὰ τὴν νίκην τῶν σι" el τὸν ᾿ἰούδαν, οὗτοι τὸ μαχαρισμοῦ efi ἐξα. νοντφ, χῴάκχεῖνοι σφᾶς αὐτοὺς αϑλίους ἐνόμιζον, → Μακάριος ὁ ὑπομένων καὶ φθάσας εἰς ἡμέρας κτλ. Μακαρίζει τοίνυν τοὺς δεινοῖς ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐσεβείας ἐγκαρτερήσαντας, καὶ διηνυκότας τὸν πρότερον χρόνον, λέγω δὲ τῶν ‚ασϙʹ ἡμερῶν, ἐν αἷς ἔτ᾽ ἀμφίβολος ἦν ἡ τῶν εὐσεβῶν πρὸς τοὺς παρανόμους διαφορά· καὶ φθάσαντας εἰς τὸν χρόνον τῶν ‚ατλεʹ ἡμερῶν· ἐν αἷς λοιπὸν μετὰ τὴν κατὰ τοῦ Ἀντιόχου νίκην, λαμπρά τε τοῦ θεοῦ ἐδείκνυτο ἡ βοήθεια· καὶ μακαριστοὶ οἱ ἐπὶ τὸν θεὸν ἠλπικότες εὐφραίνοντο οὐκέτι ἐν λόγοις τὴν ἄνωθεν ἔχοντες ῥοπήν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ τῶν ἔργων δειχθέντες ἀμείνους τε τῶν παρανόμων καὶ θεῷ ἀνακείμενοι διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν· ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸ πρότερον μετεώρων ἔτι τῶν πραγμάτων κειμένων, καὶ τῆς συμφορᾶς ἐπηρτημένης τοῖς εὐσεβέσιν, ἐγκωμίων οἱ θεραπεύειν τὴν βασιλικὴν ἐξουσίαν βουλόμενοι, οὕτω μετὰ τὴν νίκην τῶν περὶ τὸν Ἰούδαν, οὗτοί τε μακαρισμοῦ ἄξιοι ἐφαίνοντο, κἀκεῖνοι σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ἀθλίους ἐνόμιζον..

Extrabiblical texts: 1 Macc 4 (1 Maccabees [in RC, EO canons]; allusion)

Topics: Persecution

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.26 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-26). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.27Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26

Σὺ δεῦρο καὶ ἀναπαύου. Τουτέστι ταῦτα ἐγνωκώς, ἀπαλλάγηθι τῆς φροντίδος, μηδὲν πλέον τῶν εἰρημένων πολυπραγμονῶν.

Sy deuro kai anapauou. Toutesti tauta egnōkōs, apallagēthi tēs phrontidos, mēden pleon tōn eirēmenōn polypragmonōn.

"But you, go and rest." That is, now that you know these things, be rid of anxiety, inquiring no further than what has been said.

Dan 12:13 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Daniel is told to rest content with what he knows.

Scholion on Dan 12:13. Greek restored from the page image.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 26): Σὺ δεῦρο καὶ ἀναααύου, Τουτῆστι ταῦτα ἐγνω- x96, ἀκαλλώγηλι τῆς φροντίξος, μηδὲν πλέον τῶν εἰρημένων πολυπρωγμονῶν. → Σὺ δεῦρο καὶ ἀναπαύου. Τουτέστι ταῦτα ἐγνωκώς, ἀπαλλάγηθι τῆς φροντίδος, μηδὲν πλέον τῶν εἰρημένων πολυπραγμονῶν..

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.27 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-27). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.28Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26

Ἔτι γὰρ ἡμέραι. Καὶ γὰρ χρόνοις ὕστερον ἔσται τὰ ῥηθέντα.

Eti gar hēmerai. Kai gar chronois hysteron estai ta rhēthenta.

"For there are still days." For indeed the things said will happen at later times.

Dan 12:13 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The fulfillment lies in the future.

Scholion on Dan 12:13. Greek restored from the page image.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 26): "En γέρ ἡμέραι, Καὶ γάρ χρόνοις ὕστερον ἧσται τὰ ῥηθέντα, → Ἔτι γὰρ ἡμέραι. Καὶ γὰρ χρόνοις ὕστερον ἔσται τὰ ῥηθέντα..

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.28 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-28). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.29Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26

Ἀναπαύσῃ. Ἀντὶ τοῦ, σὺ δὲ μεταλλάξεις τὸν βίον.

Anapausę̄. Anti tou, sy de metallaxeis ton bion.

"You will rest." Meaning, you will depart this life.

Dan 12:13 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: 'Rest' means Daniel's death.

Scholion on Dan 12:13. Greek restored from the page image.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 26): ᾿Αναπαύση. ᾿Αν»τὶ τοῦ, σὺ δὲ μεταλλάξεις τὸν βίον. → Ἀναπαύσῃ. Ἀντὶ τοῦ, σὺ δὲ μεταλλάξεις τὸν βίον..

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.29 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-29). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

12.30Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26

Ἀναστήσῃ εἰς τὸν κλῆρόν σου. Ἴσθι δέ φησιν, ὡς πᾶσα τοῦ βίου κατάστασις αὕτη παυθήσεται, καὶ ἔσται πάντων ἀνάστασις, ἐν ᾗ τῶν βεβιωμένων ἕκαστος ἕξει τὰς ἀμοιβάς· τὸ τηνικαῦτα δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς τῶν τῆς ἀρετῆς πόνων λήψῃ τὰ ἔπαθλα.

Anastēsę̄ eis ton klēron sou. Isthi de phēsin, hōs pasa tou biou katastasis hautē pauthēsetai, kai estai pantōn anastasis, en hę̄ tōn bebiōmenōn hekastos hexei tas amoibas; to tēnikauta de kai autos tōn tēs aretēs ponōn lēpsę̄ ta epathla.

"You will rise to your lot." Know, he says, that this whole condition of life will cease, and there will be a resurrection of all, in which each will receive the recompense for the life he has lived; and at that time you too will receive the prizes for your labors of virtue.

Dan 12:13 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Daniel will share in the general resurrection and receive his reward.

Scholion on Dan 12:13. Here Polychronius speaks plainly of the general resurrection (compare his historical reading of Dan 12:2 in 12.5). Greek restored from the page image.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 26): ᾿λναστήσᾳ εἷς τὸν χλύρον δον. Ἷσϑε δὲ φησιν, a πάσα τοῦ βίου κατώστασις a€TW παυϑήσιται, καὶ ἶσται πώντων ὠνώστῳσι(, ἐν ἦ τῶν βεβιωμένων ἕκαστος ὄξει τὶς ὡμοιβώς, τὸ τηνικαῦτα δὲ καὶ αὐ" τὸς τῶν τὴς dopsrh; πόνων Aden τὸ ὅπαϑλα. → Ἀναστήσῃ εἰς τὸν κλῆρόν σου. Ἴσθι δέ φησιν, ὡς πᾶσα τοῦ βίου κατάστασις αὕτη παυθήσεται, καὶ ἔσται πάντων ἀνάστασις, ἐν ᾗ τῶν βεβιωμένων ἕκαστος ἕξει τὰς ἀμοιβάς· τὸ τηνικαῦτα δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς τῶν τῆς ἀρετῆς πόνων λήψῃ τὰ ἔπαθλα..

Topics: Eschatology, Resurrection of the body

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 12.30 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/12-30). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

Chapter 13

13.1Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26-27

Ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἀστυάγης. Ὑποπτεύσειεν ἄν τις ἐκ τῶν κειμένων τὸν Ἀστυάγην μῆδον βεβασιλευκέναι μετὰ τὸν Δαρεῖον· ἔχει δὲ οὐχ οὕτως· ἢ γὰρ ἂν ὁ προφήτης ἐμνημόνευσεν ἐν ποίᾳ τινὶ καταστάσει ἐν τοῖς τούτου γέγονε χρόνοις, ὃ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν λοιπῶν φαίνεται πεποιηκώς· εὕροι τοίνυν ἄν τις τοῦτο ἀποδεδωκότα τὸν προφήτην τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν εἰρημένοις· φήσας γὰρ ἐν τῇ ἑρμηνείᾳ τῆς γραφῆς τῆς ἐπὶ τοῦ Βαλτάσαρ ἐπὶ τοῦ τοίχου δειχθείσης, ὡς παραλήψονται μῆδοι τὴν βασιλείαν καὶ πέρσαι, ὡς κατὰ ταύτην μὲν ἀρξάντων Δαρείου τε τοῦ μήδου καὶ Κύρου τοῦ πέρσου, μεταστησομένης δὲ ὅσον οὐδέπω τῆς ἀρχῆς εἰς πέρσας ὡς ἐν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν εἴρηται· μνημονεύσας τοίνυν τοῦ Δαρείου, ὡς διαδεξαμένου τὸν Βαλτάσαρ, ἐν αὐτῇ γάρ φησι τῇ νυκτὶ ἀνῃρέθη Βαλτάσαρ ὁ βασιλεύς, καὶ παρέλαβε Δαρεῖος ὁ μῆδος τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ εὐθὺς ἐπισυνάψας τὰς ὀπτασίας ἑαυτοῦ, ἅς ἔν τε τῷ πρώτῳ ἔτει τοῦ Βαλτάσαρ ἐθεάσατο, καὶ ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ, καὶ μὴν ἃς εἶδεν αὐτοῦ βεβασιλευκότος Δαρείου, καὶ ἃς εἶδεν ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ ἔτει Κύρου τοῦ βασιλέως· ἐπειδὴ τὴν ἀρχὴν αὐτοῦ τοῦ Κύρου οὐκ ἔφη, ἀλλ᾽ ἁπλῶς ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ ἔτει εἶδε τὰ καὶ τά, τὸ ἐλλεῖπον τῇ γραφῇ ἀποδιδούς, ἔφη τὸν μὲν Ἀστυάγην τετελευτηκέναι, βεβασιλευκέναι δὲ τὸν Κῦρον· ἦν δὲ οὗτος ὁ Ἀστυάγης βασιλεὺς μὲν περσῶν, πάππος δὲ τοῦ Κύρου, ὡς αἱ ἑλληνικαὶ διδάσκουσι γραφαί, ὃς τεχθέντα ἀνελεῖν ἐβουλήθη· ὁ δὲ Κῦρος σωθεὶς προνοίᾳ θείᾳ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἐπελάβετο, καθελὼν τὸν Ἀστυάγην. Νῦν οὖν τὴν μὲν Ἀστυάγους τελευτὴν ἔφη· τοῦ δὲ Κύρου τὴν ἀρχὴν δεικνὺς τὴν ἀληθῆ γραφήν, τὴν ἐπὶ Βαλτάσαρ δειχθεῖσαν, ἣν αὐτὸς ἡρμήνευσε· καὶ ὅτι ὁ θεὸς κηδόμενος τοῦ λαοῦ, σώζειν αὐτὸν διέγνω· τήν τε αὐτοῦ πρόῤῥησιν εἰς πέρας ἄγων, καὶ τῷ πλήθει κατὰ τὰς ὑποσχέσεις τὴν ἄνοδον χαριζόμενος· εἰ δὲ ἡ γραφὴ μετὰ τὸν Δαρεῖον τὸν Κῦρον ἔφη βεβασιλευκέναι, οὐ ξενιστέον· εὔδηλον γὰρ ὡς τὸ τηνικαῦτα τοπαρχίαι αἱ βασιλεῖαι ἐτύγχανον· καὶ ἡ τῶν περσῶν βασιλεία πολλῶν ἐθνῶν ἄρχουσα, διαφόρους ἔχει κατὰ τὸ παλαιὸν τοὺς βασιλεύοντας· ἄλλη γὰρ ἦν ἡ ἀσσυρίων βασιλεία, καὶ ἑτέρα ἡ μήδων, καὶ ἄλλη βαβυλωνίων, καὶ ἑτέρα ἡ περσῶν· εἰκὸς οὖν τὸν μὲν Δαρεῖον, μήδων ἄρξαι· ὁμόρου δὲ ἔθνους τὸν Ἀστυάγην, καὶ δεξάμενον τὴν Δαρείου ἀρχὴν Κῦρον, ὡς φρονοῦντα κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ καθελεῖν τὸν Ἀστυάγην. Τοῦτο γὰρ συλλογίσαιτό τις ἔκ τε τῶν ἐν τῇ θείᾳ φερομένων γραφῇ, καὶ ἐξ ὧν ἐκ τῶν ἑλληνικῶν ἱστοριῶν διδασκόμεθα.

Ho basileus Astyagēs. Hypopteuseien an tis ek tōn keimenōn ton Astyagēn mēdon bebasileukenai meta ton Dareion; echei de ouch houtōs; ē gar an ho prophētēs emnēmoneusen en poią tini katastasei en tois toutou gegone chronois, ho kai epi tōn loipōn phainetai pepoiēkōs; heuroi toinyn an tis touto apodedōkota ton prophētēn tois emprosthen eirēmenois; phēsas gar en tę̄ hermēneią tēs graphēs tēs epi tou Baltasar epi tou toichou deichtheisēs, hōs paralēpsontai mēdoi tēn basileian kai persai, hōs kata tautēn men arxantōn Dareiou te tou mēdou kai Kyrou tou persou, metastēsomenēs de hoson oudepō tēs archēs eis persas hōs en tois emprosthen eirētai; mnēmoneusas toinyn tou Dareiou, hōs diadexamenou ton Baltasar, en autę̄ gar phēsi tę̄ nykti anę̄rethē Baltasar ho basileus, kai parelabe Dareios ho mēdos tēn basileian autou, kai euthys episynapsas tas optasias heautou, has en te tǭ prōtǭ etei tou Baltasar etheasato, kai en tǭ tritǭ, kai mēn has eiden autou bebasileukotos Dareiou, kai has eiden en tǭ prōtǭ etei Kyrou tou basileōs; epeidē tēn archēn autou tou Kyrou ouk ephē, all᾽ haplōs en tǭ prōtǭ etei eide ta kai ta, to elleipon tę̄ graphę̄ apodidous, ephē ton men Astyagēn teteleutēkenai, bebasileukenai de ton Kyron; ēn de houtos ho Astyagēs basileus men persōn, pappos de tou Kyrou, hōs hai hellēnikai didaskousi graphai, hos techthenta anelein eboulēthē; ho de Kyros sōtheis pronoią theią tēs archēs epelabeto, kathelōn ton Astyagēn. Nyn oun tēn men Astyagous teleutēn ephē; tou de Kyrou tēn archēn deiknys tēn alēthē graphēn, tēn epi Baltasar deichtheisan, hēn autos hērmēneuse; kai hoti ho theos kēdomenos tou laou, sōzein auton diegnō; tēn te autou prorrhēsin eis peras agōn, kai tǭ plēthei kata tas hyposcheseis tēn anodon charizomenos; ei de hē graphē meta ton Dareion ton Kyron ephē bebasileukenai, ou xenisteon; eudēlon gar hōs to tēnikauta toparchiai hai basileiai etynchanon; kai hē tōn persōn basileia pollōn ethnōn archousa, diaphorous echei kata to palaion tous basileuontas; allē gar ēn hē assyriōn basileia, kai hetera hē mēdōn, kai allē babylōniōn, kai hetera hē persōn; eikos oun ton men Dareion, mēdōn arxai; homorou de ethnous ton Astyagēn, kai dexamenon tēn Dareiou archēn Kyron, hōs phronounta kat᾽ autou kathelein ton Astyagēn. Touto gar syllogisaito tis ek te tōn en tę̄ theią pheromenōn graphę̄, kai ex hōn ek tōn hellēnikōn historiōn didaskometha.

"King Astyages." One might suspect from the text that Astyages the Mede reigned after Darius; but it is not so. For otherwise the prophet would have recorded in what condition he was during his times, as he evidently did in the other cases. One would find, then, that the prophet has accounted for this in what was said earlier. For he said, in the interpretation of the writing shown on the wall under Belshazzar, that the Medes and Persians would take over the kingdom, since under it Darius the Mede and Cyrus the Persian would rule, and the rule would very soon pass to the Persians, as was said earlier. Having mentioned Darius, then, as succeeding Belshazzar (for he says, "That very night Belshazzar the king was killed, and Darius the Mede received his kingdom"), and having at once added his own visions, which he saw in the first year of Belshazzar and in the third, and those he saw when Darius was reigning, and those he saw in the first year of King Cyrus; since he did not state the beginning of Cyrus's reign, but simply said that in the first year he saw such and such things, he now supplies what was lacking in the writing and says that Astyages had died and Cyrus had become king. This Astyages was king of the Persians and grandfather of Cyrus, as the Greek writings teach, who wished to kill him at birth; but Cyrus, saved by divine providence, seized the rule and overthrew Astyages. Now, then, he stated the death of Astyages and, showing the beginning of Cyrus's reign, showed the writing shown under Belshazzar, which he himself had interpreted, to be true, and that God, caring for the people, resolved to save them, bringing his own prediction to fulfillment and granting the multitude the return according to his promises. If Scripture said that Cyrus reigned after Darius, it is no cause for surprise; for clearly the kingdoms at that time were local principalities, and the kingdom of the Persians, ruling many nations, had different rulers in ancient times; for the kingdom of the Assyrians was one, that of the Medes another, that of the Babylonians another, and that of the Persians another. It is likely, then, that Darius ruled the Medes, Astyages a neighboring nation, and that Cyrus, having received Darius's rule, overthrew Astyages as one who plotted against him. One may infer this both from what is contained in divine Scripture and from what we are taught by the Greek histories.

Dan 5:30–31 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Polychronius reconciles Astyages, Darius, and Cyrus in the opening of Bel and the Dragon.

Scholion on Bel 1 (Theodotion), which Mai prints as chapter 13 of Daniel; Dan 5:30–31. Mai's text calls Astyages "king of the Persians" (Astyages was king of the Medes); printed so, translated as printed. The sentence "and that God, caring for the people, resolved to save them" is loosely attached in the Greek; translated by sense. The staged text broke this scholion at the page end; its continuation (staged as 13.3) is joined here, and 13.2 (a stray heading fragment) and 13.3 are held. Greek restored from the page images (pp. 26–27).

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Extrabiblical texts: Bel 1 (Bel and the Dragon [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; quotation)

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 13.1 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):26-27; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/13-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.

13.4Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):27

Ἦν Δανιὴλ συμβιωτὴς τοῦ βασιλέως. Τουτέστιν ὡς ἐπὶ Δαρείου καὶ Κύρου παραλαβόντος τὴν ἐκείνου ἀρχήν. — Ἔνδοξος ὑπὲρ πάντας τοὺς φίλους αὐτοῦ. Πανταχοῦ φαίνεται τὴν τοῦ προφήτου τιμὴν διδάσκων ὁ συγγραφεύς, μεγίστην τὴν περὶ αὐτοῦ πρόνοιαν τοῦ θεοῦ δι᾽ ὅλου δεῖξαι φιλοτιμούμενος· τοῦτο γὰρ ὁμοῦ λαμπρὸν ἐδείκνυ τὸν προφήτην, καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς προτροπὴ μεγίστη εἰς ἀρετὴν καθίστατο πρὸς τὴν τῶν ἀνθρώπων φαντασίαν κεχηνόσιν.

Ēn Daniēl symbiōtēs tou basileōs. Toutestin hōs epi Dareiou kai Kyrou paralabontos tēn ekeinou archēn. — Endoxos hyper pantas tous philous autou. Pantachou phainetai tēn tou prophētou timēn didaskōn ho syngrapheus, megistēn tēn peri autou pronoian tou theou di᾽ holou deixai philotimoumenos; touto gar homou lampron edeikny ton prophētēn, kai tois loipois protropē megistē eis aretēn kathistato pros tēn tōn anthrōpōn phantasian kechēnosin.

"Daniel was a companion of the king." That is, as under Darius, and under Cyrus who took over his rule. — "Honored above all his friends." Everywhere the writer is seen teaching the prophet's honor, striving throughout to show God's very great providence for him; for this at once showed the prophet illustrious, and became the greatest incentive to virtue for the rest, who gape at what impresses men.

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Summary: Daniel's honor at court displays God's care for him.

Scholion on Bel 2 (Theodotion). Greek restored from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 27.

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Digital text corrected (Tesseract OCR unusable; text read afresh from the page image of Mai 1831, p. 27): "ν Auris), συμβιωτής τοὺ βασιλέως. Τουτίστι εἷς ἐπὶ Δαρείου καὶ Κύρου πωραλαβόντος τὴν ἐκείνον B. "Ἔνδοζος ὑπὶρ πάντας τοὺς φίλους αὐτοῦ, Π α»- φαχοῦ φωΐνιται τὴν τοῦ προξζητον τιμήν διδώσχων ὁ συγγαξεύς μεγίστην τὴν περὶ αὐτοῦ πρόνοιαν τοῦ ϑεοῦ δι' ὅλου δεῖξαι φιλοτιμούμενος" τοῦτο γὰρ ὁμοῦ λαμσρὸν ἐδείκνυ τὸν ψροφήτην, καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς σρο- fpord μεγίστῳ εἰς ὠρετήν καθίστατο αρὸς τὴν τῶν dsSpsmu» φαντασίαν κυχονόσιν. → Ἦν Δανιὴλ συμβιωτὴς τοῦ βασιλέως. Τουτέστιν ὡς ἐπὶ Δαρείου καὶ Κύρου παραλαβόντος τὴν ἐκείνου ἀρχήν. — Ἔνδοξος ὑπὲρ πάντας τοὺς φίλους αὐτοῦ. Πανταχοῦ φαίνεται τὴν τοῦ προφήτου τιμὴν διδάσκων ὁ συγγραφεύς, μεγίστην τὴν περὶ αὐτοῦ πρόνοιαν τοῦ θεοῦ δι᾽ ὅλου δεῖξαι φιλοτιμούμενος· τοῦτο γὰρ ὁμοῦ λαμπρὸν ἐδείκνυ τὸν προφήτην, καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς προτροπὴ μεγίστη εἰς ἀρετὴν καθίστατο πρὸς τὴν τῶν ἀνθρώπων φαντασίαν κεχηνόσιν..

Extrabiblical texts: Bel 2 (Bel and the Dragon [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; quotation)

Topics: Providence

Cite (SBL): Polychronius, Comm. Dan. 13.4 (Mai Script. vet. nova coll. 1 (1831):27; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/polychronius-fragmenta/13-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek scholia printed by Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio 1 (1831), read from the page images (the OCR was used only as a guide; corrections logged). No public-domain or FOTC English exists; re-read against the Greek.