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Dan. 7:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

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he shall speak.In assuming infallibility, professing to forgive sins, and to open and shut heaven, thundering out bulls and anathemas, excommunicating princes, absolving subjects from their allegiance, and exacting obedience to his decrees in open violation of reason and Scripture.

Dan. 7:8,20• ⁸I considered the ten horns that were in its head, and behold there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and behold in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth that spake very great things,
²⁰{i}And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that{/i} had eyes{i},{/i} and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. (Dan. 7:8,20)

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Dan. 8:24‑25• ²⁴And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice and destroy the mighty and the holy people.
²⁵And 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. (Dan. 8:24‑25)

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Dan. 11:28,30‑31,36‑37• ²⁸Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.
³⁰For the ships of Chittim shall come against him. Therefore shall he be grieved, and return and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
³¹And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
³⁶{i}And{/i} the king shall do according to his own will; and he shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god; he shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods; he shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
³⁷Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women; {i}nor regard any god:{/i} for he shall magnify himself above all. (Dan. 11:28,30‑31,36‑37)

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Isa. 37:23• ²³Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy One of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high. (Isa. 37:23)

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2 Thess. 2:4• ⁴he that opposeth and exalteth himself exceedingly against every one called god, or object of veneration; so that he sitteth down in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. (2 Thess. 2:4)

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Rev. 13:5‑6,11• ⁵And there was given him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemy; and there was given him authority to work forty-two months.
⁶And he opened his mouth unto blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle [and] those that tabernacle in the heaven.
¹¹And I saw another beast rising up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. (Rev. 13:5‑6,11)

shall wear out.By wars, crusades, massacres, etc.

Rev. 6:9‑10• ⁹And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those slain because of the word of God and because of the testimony which they held.
¹⁰And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on those that dwell on the earth? (Rev. 6:9‑10)

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Rev. 11:7‑10• ⁷And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that riseth up out of the abyss shall make war with them and shall overcome them and shall kill them.
⁸And their dead body {i}shall be{/i} on the street of the great city which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
⁹And {i}some{/i} of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations see their dead body three days and a half, and do not suffer their dead bodies to be put into a sepulchre.
¹⁰And those that dwell on the earth rejoice over them and make merry and shall send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those that dwell on the earth. (Rev. 11:7‑10)

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Rev. 13:7‑10• ⁷And it was given him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them; and there was given him authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.
⁸And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, of whom the name is not written in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain, from {i}the{/i} world's foundation.
⁹If Anyone hath an ear, let him hear.
¹⁰If Anyone {i}is{/i} for captivity, into captivity he goeth; if Anyone will kill with sword, with sword must he be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. (Rev. 13:7‑10)

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Rev. 14:12• ¹²Here is the patience of the saints, that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. (Rev. 14:12)

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Rev. 16:6• ⁶For they shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou gavest them blood to drink: they are worthy. (Rev. 16:6)

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Rev. 17:6• ⁶And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus; and when I saw her, I wondered with great wonder. (Rev. 17:6)

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Rev. 18:24• ²⁴And in her the blood of prophets and of saints was found, and of all that were slain on the earth. (Rev. 18:24)

and think.Appointing feasts and fasts, canonizing saints, etc.

Dan. 2:21• ²¹{i}And it is he that{/i} changeth the times and seasons; He removeth kings and setteth up kings, He giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding. (Dan. 2:21)

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Dan. 11:31,36‑38• ³¹And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
³⁶{i}And{/i} the king shall do according to his own will; and he shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god; he shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods; he shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
³⁷Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women; {i}nor regard any god:{/i} for he shall magnify himself above all.
³⁸But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces; a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. (Dan. 11:31,36‑38)

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Dan. 12:11• ¹¹And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand, two hundred, and ninety days. (Dan. 12:11)

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1 Tim. 4:1‑3• ¹But the Spirit saith expressly that in latter times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,
²by hypocrisy of legendmongers, branded in their own conscience,
³forbidding to marry, [bidding] to abstain from meats which God created for reception with thanksgiving by those faithful and fully acquainted with the truth. (1 Tim. 4:1‑3)

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Rev. 13:15‑17• ¹⁵And it was given him to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause [that] as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
¹⁶And he causeth all, the little and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that they should give them a mark on their right hand, or upon their forehead,
¹⁷and that no one may be able to buy or sell, save he that hath the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name. (Rev. 13:15‑17)

a time.That is, three years and a half, or, reckoning thirty days to a month, 1,260 days, equal to the same number of years in prophetic language; which, dated from the decree of Phocas constituting him the supreme head of the church,

A.D. 606, terminated in 1866.

Dan. 4:25,32• ²⁵{i}They shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and{/i} they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven; and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.
³²{i}and they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will{/i}. (Dan. 4:25,32)

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Dan. 12:7,11‑12• ⁷{i}And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river; and he held up his right hand and his left hand unto the heavens, and swore by him that liveth forever that it is for a time, times, and a half; and when the scattering of the power of the holy people shall be accomplished, all these things shall be finished.{/i}
¹¹And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand, two hundred, and ninety days.
¹²Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the thousand, three hundred, and thirty-five days. (Dan. 12:7,11‑12)

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Rev. 11:2‑3• ²And the court that is without the temple cast out, and measure it not; for it was given to the nations: and the holy city shall they tread forty [and] two months.
³And I will give {i}efficacy{/i} to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred {i}and{/i} sixty days, clothed with sackcloth. (Rev. 11:2‑3)

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Rev. 12:6,14• ⁶And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that there they should nourish her a thousand two hundred {i}and{/i} sixty days.
¹⁴And there were given to the woman [the] two wings of the great eagle, that she should fly into the wilderness into her place, where she is nourished there a time and times and half a time from the serpent's face. (Rev. 12:6,14)

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Rev. 13:5,7• ⁵And there was given him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemy; and there was given him authority to work forty-two months.
⁷And it was given him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them; and there was given him authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation. (Rev. 13:5,7)

• In his mad impiety he also dares to take the ground of open defiance. (Compare Rev. 13:5-6). As a consequence—for he that hates God must also hate His people—he will “wear out the saints of the high places” (he “made war with the saints, and prevailed against them,” verse 21) in his presumptuous effort to destroy the name of God from off the face of the earth. (See Rev. 13:7; 14:12-13). (“Daniel 7” by E. Dennett)

• This little horn will “think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand.” At this period the Jewish temple will have been rebuilt, though in unbelief; and in connection with it the ordinances of the law and the various feasts will have been established. These are the “times and laws” which this king will think to change, that is, to abrogate, because their very existence. (“Daniel 7” by E. Dennett)

• He will succeed in their abolition; for they (not the saints, but the times and laws) “will be given into his hand.” (“Daniel 7” by E. Dennett)

• He who will allow His people to be cast into the burning fiery furnace of persecution, will determine the limit of the power of the enemy: it will only be for a time and times, and the dividing of time, the 1260 days, the forty-two months, the three years and a half of the book of Revelation. (“Daniel 7” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear outa the saints of the most high places, and think to change seasonsb and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and a half time.

JND Translation Notes

Or "destroy."

Or "appointed times," as ver. 22; ch. 2.21.

W. Kelly Translation

And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most Higha , and think to change times and laws; and they shall be given into his hands, until a time and times and the dividing of time.

WK Translation Notes

Referring to his persecutions.

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)