Daniel 8: 14 Commentary
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Loading ...And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
15 Bible Commentaries on Daniel 8: 14
Now that the manifestation of Christ has been proved by the prophecies of Daniel, let us prove the manifestations of Bahá’u'lláh and of the Báb. Up to the present we have only mentioned rational proofs; now we shall speak of traditional proofs.
In the eighth chapter of the Book of Daniel, verse thirteen, it is said: “Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?” Then he answered (v. 14): “Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed”; (v. 17) “But he said unto me … at the time of the end shall be the vision.” That is to say, how long will this misfortune, this ruin, this abasement and degradation last? meaning, when will be the dawn of the Manifestation? Then he answered, “Two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.” Briefly, the purport of this passage is that he appoints two thousand three hundred years, for in the text of the Bible each day is a year. Then from the date of the issuing of the edict of Artaxerxes to rebuild Jerusalem until the day of the birth of Christ there are 456 years, and from the birth of Christ until the day of the manifestation of the Báb there are 1844 years. When you add 456 years to this number it makes 2300 years. That is to say, the fulfillment of the vision of Daniel took place in the year A.D. 1844, and this is the year of the BÁB’S manifestation according to the actual text of the Book of Daniel. Consider how clearly he determines the year of manifestation; there could be no clearer prophecy for a manifestation than this.
In Matthew, chapter 24, verse 3, Christ clearly says that what Daniel meant by this prophecy was the date of the manifestation, and this is the verse: “As He sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world?” One of the explanations He gave them in reply was this (v. 15): “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand).” In this answer He referred them to the eighth chapter of the Book of Daniel, saying that everyone who reads it will understand that it is this time that is spoken of. Consider how clearly the manifestation of the Báb is spoken of in the Old Testament and in the Gospel.
(Abdu’l-Baha, Some Answered Questions, p. 41)
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V. James
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6/4/2011 00:14 am 
Actually 2300 years from B.C.334 brings us to A.D.1967!There is no zero year.Please see comments of Adam Clarke for Dan.12:12.He did not mention about A.D.1947 in Dan.8:14.He has mentioned it in connection with Dan.12:12.
Was the Sanctuary cleansed in 1947? Certainly not, as we know. In fact, Israel got hold of Jerusalem in 1967! Alex is just giving some flashes from the Commentary from Dr. ADam Clarke. It’s difficult to get what he wants to convey.
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Jayant Christian
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4/30/2009 19:13 pm 
interestingly,writing commentary for Daniel in 1825 A.D. Dr.Adam Clarke furnished the year of A.D.1947 in Daniel 12:12 as an important year with a prophetic outlook.
“out of one of them came a little horn”-In the commentary for Dan.8:9,Adam Clarke has stated that Bp.Newton contends that it is the Roman government that is intended.
Alexander,the Greek King did not demolish the sanctuary(Refer commentary in Post#5)
Please read the commentary by Adam Clarke for the entire Chapter of Daniel 8.
How was the prohesy of 2300years fulfilled in 1966? Did Alexzander demolish the sanctuary, took awau the daily sacrifice(8:11)? Was the sanctuary been cleased in 1966?
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Jayant Christian
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4/28/2009 17:08 pm
It is interesting to note that the famous Bible Commentator Adam Clarke
(1760-1832)had mentioned in his commentary for Daniel 8:14 that the starting point of the prophetic years as B.C.334(Alexander’s invading Asia);2300 years from that year will reach A.D.1966.
If we see the intepretation of the vision given in Daniel chapter 8, it is clearly metioned that it pertains to the time of the end.( Daniel 8:17,19 and 26)Daniel was asked to shut up the vision ( Daniel 8:26. The time of the end is also mentioned in Chapter 12 and Daniel was asked to shut up that vision as well. The critical period of the great tribulation is for three years and a half. This seems to have reference to the end time war with Satan as described in Rev. 12. So when the vision of 2300 days is to fulfilled in the time of the end, it is quite natural therefore that a link to some past event could not be firmly established.
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Jayant Christian
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3/31/2009 16:10 pm
The question that is asked in Dan 8:13 is:
“How long the vision the daily and the transgression of desolation?”
The answer to this question must indicate the end of these things whatever they are, or the question would not be answered satisfactorily.
If the answer in verse 14 is that “the sanctuary shall be cleansed” then the cleansing must indicate the end of the transgression of desolation.
What transgression of desolation ended in 1844 or on any other date for that matter? this prophesy can not be figured out because the transgression of desolation that is supposed to end with the 2300 days has not yet been setup.
The inquisition ended many years before that and it may have been a prelude of what is to come, but the final workings of antichrist are yet to be seen, let alone the
end of it.
Here is a piece of information:
[Jaddua , the high Priest when Alexander the Great visited Jerusalem,332 B.C, and died about the same time as Alexander,323 B.C.(Neh.12:11;Jos. Antiq.xi.8,
4,5 and 7.)
Jeddua, A high priest,son of Jonathan and the 5th in descent from the high priest Jeshua,who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon.(Neh.12:11,22).
-The West Minister Dictionary of the Bible.]
It was said when Alexander the Great visited Jerusalem,the high priest Jeddua showed him the reference in Daniel in which the Greek king was mentioned and he was touched by that and he did not destroy Jerusalem.Instead he went into the Temple and worshiped God.
Dear V-a_USA,
I think that if we consider 2300 days in Daniel 8:14 as 2300 years,then the starting point of those prophetic years has definitely connected with Alexander the Great,the first King of the Greek Empire.Daniel 8:5,21.
With regards,
Alex
ereb boqer indeed is “evening-morning” in it’s literal sense. But it’s meaning is consistent with “days” = evening and morning - an expression comparable with the description of creation, “the evening and morning were the first day” Gen. 1:5. etc. The LXX has the word “days” following the expression “evening and morning.”
In an attempt to make this period roughly conformto the three years of the devastation of the Temple by Antiochus IV, some like Isaac (above) have ingeniously assigned to the expression “2300 evening morning” only 1150 literal days.
Concerning this, Keil has remarked that the prophetic period of the 2300 evening-mornings cannot be understood as “2300 half days or 1150 whole days, because evening and morning at creation constituted not the half but the whole day.” After quoting the foregoing statement, Edward Young says, “Hence, we must understand the phrase s meaning 2300 days” (The Prophecy of Daniel p. 174).
Commentators have tried, but without success, to find some event in history that would fit a period of 2300 literal days. As Wright observes, “All efforts, however, to harmonise the period, whether expounded as 2300 days or as 1150 days, with any precise historical epoch mentioned in the Books of the Maccabees or in Josephus have proved futile . . . Professor Driver is justified in stating, “It seems impossible to find two events separated by 2300 days (=6 years and 4 months) which would correspond with the description’” (Charles H. H. Wright, Daniel and His Prophecies, 1906, pp. 186, 187). The only way that consistency can be given to these “days” is to apply them in a prophetic sense by the application of the year-day principle.
The time here involved is specific and definite, but in ch. 8 no date is indicated for its beginning. However, in ch. 9 such a date is specifically mentioned (see on v. 25). This will be shown to be 457 B.C. From this date as a beginning, the 2300 prophetic days, designating as many solar years reach to the year A.D. 1844. For a consideration of constextual evidence that ch. 9:24-27 provides an explanation of the vision of ch. 8:13, 14 and thus locates the starting point of the 2300 days or years.
Right, evening-morning (ereb-boqer) is the inspired one, not days. King James Version did mistake for which Adventists are misled. verse 26 confirms it, Bless you and yours.
Out of this, Hanukkah began since 165 BC which Jesus of Nazareth too was there on its 195th anniversary as we found in John 10. The hand-built temple was rededicated, but we have Jesus the temple made without hands, Antiochus IV Epiphanes was, but we have Jesus made manifest, Hanukkah is with lights, but we have light of the world. Macabbeans fought back for three years, but we have the true temple after 3 days and 3 nights entombment. I love your website.
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Isaac Hnamte
(wrote 1 Bible Commentary - permalink to this Commentary)Posted on:
9/25/2008 18:27 pm 
From long Bible studies I have found this to be a glitch in the King James Bible.
It has been causing much confusion for those that follow Bible Prophecy.
This should read “evenings and mornings” not “days” as it does.
It is only in the KJV that it has this glitch.
even if we got to verse 26 and it conferms ther is something wrong with it
saying “days” for there is no other visoins with the 2300 evenings and morning to go back to see what verse 26 is talking about.
With it reading “evenings and morning we then are able to place the prophecy in it’s proper place in History, that being in the prophecy of the
70 weeks of years and the clensing of that sanctuary, not some non existant
santuary way beyond the scope of the prophecy it should be in.
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Often Misty
(wrote 2 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)Posted on:
6/3/2007 08:23 am 
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1. Scholars are split on whether this means 2300 days
a. Or 2300 days and mornings (or 1150 days)
2. If the meaning is 2300 days
a. Then it refers from when Antiochus‘
b. Persecution started in earnest (171 BC)
c. Until the Temple was finally cleansed
d. On December 25, 165 BC
3. This is the Jewish festival of lights
a. Known as Hanukkah
b. Which Jesus attended (John 10:22)
4. If the meaning is 1150 days
a. As there were 2 sacrifices (morning and evening (Ex 29:38-43))
b. Then this refers to slightly over 3 years
c. During the Maccabean tribulation (168-165 BC)
5. Be very CAREFUL with numbers in the Bible
a. William Miller used 2300 days to refer to years
i. And predicted Jesus‘ 2nd coming in 1844
ii. 2300 years after Cyrus issued a decree
iii. To rebuild the Temple (456 BC)
b. His movement (Millerites) led to groups
i. Such as the Seventh-Day Adventists
ii. Jehovah‘s Witnesses and others
6. HISTORICISTS also employ this method
a. Called the “Year-Day” principle meaning
b. That in prophetic language
c. A day of symbolic time represents
d. A year of actual, historic time
e. Such as 1260 days = equals 1260 years (Rev 12:6)
7. Persecution of the Jews seems to always lead to a Jewish feast (Campbell, pp 96)
a. A persecutor of the Jews in Russia asked a Jew what he thought the outcome would be if the wave of persecutions continued. The Jew answered, ‘The result will be a feast! Pharaoh tried to destroy the Jews, but the result was the Passover. Haman attempted to destroy the Jews, but the result was the Feast of Purim. Antiochus Epiphanes tried to destroy the Jews, but the result was the Feast of Dedication
b. Campbell, Donald K. Daniel: Decoder of Dreams. Wheaton: Scripture Press Publications, Victor Books, 1977.