Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
they that understand—who know and keep the truth of God (Isaiah 11:2).
instruct many—in their duty to God and the law, not to apostatize.
yet they shall fall—as Eleazar (2 Maccabees 6:18, etc.). They shall be sorely persecuted, even to death (Hebrews 11:35-37; 2 Maccabees 6, 7). Their enemies took advantage of the Sabbath to slay them on the day when they would not fight. TREGELLES thinks, from comparison with Daniel 11:35, it is the people who "fall," not those of understanding. But Daniel 11:35 makes the latter "fall," not an unmeaning repetition; in Daniel 11:33 they fall (die) by persecution; in Daniel 11:35 they fall (spiritually) for a time by their own weakness.
flame—in caves, whither they had retired to keep the Sabbath. Antiochus caused some to be roasted alive (2 Maccabees 7:3-5).
many days—rather, "certain days," as in Daniel 8:27. JOSEPHUS [Antiquities, 12:7.6,7] tells us the persecution lasted for three years (1 Maccabees 1:59; 4:54; 2 Maccabees 10:1-7).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Daniel 11:33:
Isaiah 13:9
Ezekiel 37:28
Daniel 9:27
Daniel 11:23
Daniel 11:33
Daniel 12:3
Daniel 12:10
Zechariah 11:17
2 Thessalonians 2:7
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