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Hawker's Poor man's commentary

Daniel 12:2,3

Those who believe in the doctrine of the Millennium, take the first of these sweet verses for one, among the evidences of it. And others refer it wholly to the Lord's judgment at the last day. In either sense, or in both, the thought is pleasing to the faithful in Christ Jesus, and tremendous to unbelievers. See Isaiah 26:19. The blessed account of those who are wise to win souls, is very graciously expressed. Jesus takes account now of all that is done upon earth in love to Him, and his gospel. And though not on the score of merit, yet on the score of love, all will be recompensed. Hebrews 6:10.

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See also Daniel 12:2,3 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Daniel 12:2. _MANY OF THEM THAT SLEEP IN THE DUST OF THE EARTH_] This prophecy has been referred to the future _restoration of the Jews_. It will be also true of the state of mankind at the gene...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND MANY OF THEM - The natural and obvious meaning of the word “many” (רבים _rabı̂ym_) here is, that a large portion of the persons referred to would thus awake, but not all. So we should understand i...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 12 THE GREAT TRIBULATION AND ISRAEL'S DELIVERANCE “ And at that time.” What time? The time of the end, the time of trouble such as never was before; the same time to which our Lord refers in...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DANIEL 12. follows immediately upon the preceding paragraph, and there should be no break between the two Chapter s. 1- 3 forms the ending of the revelation which the angel makes to Daniel, and descri...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    OF THEM. from among them. SLEEP, &C. An inspired revelation as to death. EARTH. ground. SHALL AWAKE. This is bodily resurrection. SOME. these (the former). EVERLASTING LIFE. John 5:28; John 5:29;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Daniel 12:1-3. There should be no break here: Daniel 12:1-4 forms the concluding part of the angel's revelation to Daniel; and what is described in Daniel 12:1 forms the immediate sequel of the fall o...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    ( 2) Daniel 11:2 to Daniel 12:4. The revelation given to Daniel. This consists of a survey of the history from the beginning of the Persian period down to the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, followed by...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The resurrection. The doctrine of a future life is not fully developed in the O.T.; it is _nascent_; and the stages in its growth are clearly distinguishable. The idea of a resurrection appears first,...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1141 DIFFERENT STATES OF MEN IN THE LAST JUDGMENT Daniel 12:2. _And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlastin...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    MANY—THAT SLEEP—SHALL AWAKE— Though this verse, without all question, primarily refers to some great and future restoration of the Jewish people; yet in a secondary sense, it may well be understood of...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER TWELVE VI. EPILOGUEDaniel 12:1-13 a. TRIBULATION TEXT: Daniel 12:1-4 1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who standeth for the children of thy people; and there shal...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. MANY OF THEM THAT SLEEP - translate as the Hebrew, 'many fro...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    12:2 contempt. (a-25) Or 'abhorrence.' as Isaiah 66:24 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    MANY] The resurrection contemplated is not universal, though it will include both the righteous and the wicked. YET THREE KINGS] in succession to Cyrus who is already reigning (Daniel 10:1). The three...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FINAL VISION These chs, form a connected whole, with three sub-divisions. Daniel 10:1 to Daniel 11:1 are introductory; Daniel 11:2 to Daniel 12:4 co

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 12 V1 ‘At that time Michael will come’, continued the man. ‘He is the great *angel who looks after your people. There will be a time o...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    MANY... THAT SLEEP IN THE DUST. — Literally, _Many sleepers in the land of dust._ The word “sleep” is applied to death (Jeremiah 51:39; comp. 1 Thessalonians 4:14); while “dust” is used for the grave...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ רַבִּ֕ים מִ יְּשֵׁנֵ֥י אַדְמַת ־עָפָ֖ר יָק

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE EPILOGUE (Daniel 12:1) THE twelfth chapter of the Book of Daniel serves as a general epilogue to the Book, and is as little free from difficulties in the interpretation of the details as are the...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT Daniel 12:1-13 Michael was the guardian spirit of the Jewish people. When the time of trouble has reached its climax, whether in national or individual life, help is near....

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The last things are then foretold. Michael, the great prince, would stand up for the children of God's people, and there would ensue a time of trouble such as never had been. Beyond that there would b...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And many (b) of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt. (b) Meaning all will rise at the general resurrection, wh...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Many. This shews the great number. All shall rise again. In a figurative sense, the Jews who seemed buried shall appear and fight. --- To see. Hebrew: "everlasting." (Calmet) --- St. Jerome has not se...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    As to the translation of the first words, it is literally, _many who sleep in the earth of dust_, or _who are in earth and dust_; for the genitive is used as an epithet, though it may be read as if in...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 12 gives us more of Israel's own history. In the midst of all these events Michael, the archangel, stands up in behalf of the people of Daniel. There is a time of trouble, such as never has be...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND MANY OF THEM THAT SLEEP IN THE DUST OF THE EARTH SHALL AWAKE,.... Which is not to be understood in a figurative and metaphorical, sense, as by R. Jeshuah the Jew, Porphyry the Heathen, and by some...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt. Ver. 2. _And many of them that sleep in the dust._] "Many" fo...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And many that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake_ This may be understood, 1st, Of those saints who rose from the dead immediately upon the resurrection of Christ, spoken of Matthew 27:52, whe...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE DELIVERANCE OF THE LORD'S PEOPLE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, literally, "many, a great multitude of those who sleep in the dust-land, shall awake," shall return to life in the final resurrection,...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    So enamoured are some of their notions, though found false and ill-grounded, that they will pertinaciously hold them, and seek still to prove one absurdity from another, as Grotius doth here, still ex...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 12:2 many H7227 sleep H3463 dust H6083 earth H127 awake H6974 (H8686) everlasting H5769 life H2416 shame...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And many of those who sleep in the ground of dust will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.' This occurs ‘at that time'. While this clearly teaches bodily resu...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Daniel 12 We have in this chapter: I. The hope of the suffering saint. "Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting conte...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The great tribulation of the last days, and the resurrection foretold. The last message to Daniel. CHARACTERS: God, Daniel, Michael. CONCLUSION: The present age is to close in a time of tr...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Daniel 12:1. _At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince._ In the time of Antiochus, Michael the archangel did nothing for the Jews, but leave them in Roman bondage. Therefore under this na...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Some to everlasting life, and some to shame._ UNTO LIFE OR DEATH--WHICH? Death is not annihilation; the grave is not the end of man. Two facts are indisputable among those who receive the Scripture...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And at that time shall Michael stand up._ THE GREAT CONSUMMATION It is a little unfortunate that this chapter has been severed from what immediately precedes it. Here we learn: 1. That the time of...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 12:1 A TIME OF TROUBLE unlike any other is a desperate time. Sometime afterward there will be a resurrection of the dead. Those who were faithful in life, everyone whose name sha...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _HOMILETICS_ SECT. XLVI.—THE RESURRECTION. (Chap. Daniel 12:2.) We come to a most precious and important part of the angel’s communication. It is that in which he declares more distinctly than had ev...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION DANIEL 12:1 THE LAST THINGS. DANIEL 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standsth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble,

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now it is during the time of this great Battle of Armageddon that Jesus will return. And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which stands for the children of thy people: and there sh...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 15:20; 1 Corinthians 15:51; 1 Thessalonians 4:14; Acts 24:15;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE TIME OF THE END Daniel 12:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is most interesting to discover the far-flung visions of prophecy, as told by the Spirit through the Prophets. These men of old, searched dilige...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Will the resurrection be partial or universal? PROBLEM: Some Scriptures leave the impression that only some will be raised from the dead. Daniel says “many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth...

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