Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help – by small additions to their forces. The armies of the Maccabees were nev…

Now when they shall fall—Referring to those who suffer during this persecution, to whichever class they belong. (See last…

With reference to the words, they mean, those who shall be taught among the people shall make many understand. Some take the first word of…

Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help

When the Jews shall be thus harassed and distres…

The remainder of this prophecy is very difficult, and commentators widely differ regarding it. From Antiochus, the account seems to pass to antichr…