Daniel 11
John Chrysostom · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Daniel 11:31
Daniel then went on to show that Antiochus destroyed the Jewish commonwealth and way of life when he said, And through him the sacrifice was disordered by transgression. — DISCOURSES AGAINST JUDAIZING CHRISTIANS 5:7.4
Daniel 11:32
He means the events in the time of the Maccabees: Judas, Simon and John. — DISCOURSES AGAINST JUDAIZING CHRISTIANS 5:7.5
Daniel 11:35
Daniel gave the reason why God permitted them to be involved in such trials. What is the reason? "To purge them, to choose them and to make them white until the time of the end" … so as to cleanse them and to show who among them was genuine and approved. — DISCOURSES AGAINST JUDAIZING CHRISTIANS 5:7.6