Daniel 11:35

And some of them that be wise (Daniel 11:33) shall fall, to refine among them(among the people at large), and to cleanse, and to make white] The martyrdom of some of the godly leaders in the struggle would have the effect of testing the faith of the people at large, and of confirming and perfecting the character of those who were loyal. Cf. Daniel 12:10.

to refine] the word means properly to smeltgold or silver ore (or alloy), so as to free the noble metal from impurities; it is then often used figuratively, sometimes of testing, sometimes of purifying, by severe discipline: cf. Isaiah 1:25, -and smelt awayas with lye thy dross"; Jeremiah 6:29, -in vain the smelter smelteth, for the evil are not separated"; Daniel 9:6 -Behold, I will smeltthem, and try them"; Zechariah 13:9.

1. Silver Tetradrachm. Head of Antiochus, with diadem (in other coins of this type a staris seen distinctly on the forehead: Babelon, Les Rois de Syrie, xii. 3, 4).

Reverse: Apollo, seated on omphalos, holding arrow and bow. Inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΕ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ (-Of King Antiochus").

2. Silver Drachm. Head of Antiochus, radiate.

Reverse: Eagle, with closed wings, standing on thunderbolt. Inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ (-Of King Anthichus, God Manifest").

3. Silver Tetradrachm. Head of Anthiochus, as Zeus, with laurels.

Reverse: Zeus, wearing himation over shoulder, seated on throne: holds Nike (Victory), who crowns Inscription; and rests on sceptre. Inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ (-Of King Antiochus, God Manifest, Victory-bearer").

4. Copper Pentechalcon. Head of Zeus-Serapis, wearing laurel-wreath, ending above in cap of Osiris.

Reverse: Eagle, with closed wings, standing on thunderbolt. Inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ (-Of King Antiochus, God Manifest"). This coin was struck in Egypt, and illustrates Antiochus" conquest of that country (cf. Babelon, p. c).

(From casts taken from coins in the British Museum. The descriptions from Gardner's Coins of the Seleucid Kings of Syria, xi. 2, xii. 13, xi. 9, xii. 11.)

until the time of the end the fall of the maskîlîmwill continue till the final end of the present order of things (Daniel 8:17), which the author pictures as coinciding with the close of Antiochus" reign (Daniel 11:40).

for(it is) yet for the time appointed the end has not come yet; it has still to wait for the moment fixed in the counsels of God: cf. Daniel 11:27 end.