Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
by peace—by pretending "peace" and friendship; in the midst of security [GESENIUS], suddenly striking his blow (compare Note, see on Jeremiah 15:8). "A spoiler at noon-day."
also . . . against the Prince of princes—not merely against the Jews (Daniel 8:11; Daniel 11:36).
broken without hand—by God's special visitation. The stone "cut out of the mountain without hands," that is, Christ is to smite the world power image on his feet (Daniel 2:34), that is, in its last development (compare Daniel 7:11). Antiochus horrible death by worms and ulcers, when on his way to Judea, intending to take vengeance for the defeat of his armies by the Maccabees, was a primary fulfilment, foreshadowing God's judgment on the last enemy of the Jewish Church.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Daniel 8:25:
Ecclesiastes 1:17
Daniel 7:24
Daniel 8:9
Daniel 8:11
Daniel 8:24
Daniel 11:23
Daniel 11:36
Daniel 12:1
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