Daniel 12:2 (WEB)
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Catechism · 2
“One cannot but choose to die at the hands of men and to cherish the hope that God gives of being raised again by him.” — Catechism footnote: 2 Macc 7:14; cf. 7:29; Dan 12:1-13.
“All the dead will rise, "those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 5:29; cf. Dan 12:2.
Fathers and councils · 12
Origen
“And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and (those) of the many righteous as the stars for ever and ever,” etc. And hence Paul, too, when speaking of the resurrection, says: “And there are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial…” — editor's note: Cf. Dan. xii. 1, 2, 3.
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John Damascene
“And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and out of the multitude of the just shall shine like stars into the ages and beyond.” — editor's note: Dan. xii. 1, 2, 3.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Heed not those who say that this body is not raised; for it is raised: and Esaias is witness, when he says: The dead shall arise, and they that are in the tombs shall awake: and according to Daniel, Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall arise, some to everlasting life, and some to everlasting shame.” — editor's note: Dan. xii. 2.
Read the whole comment“…everlasting life, and same to shame and everlasting contempt; and they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and of the many righteous, as the stars for ever and ever.” — editor's note: Dan. xii. 1, 2: (R.V.) they that turn many to righteousness. Cyril follows the rendering of the Septuagint, ἀπὸ τῶν δικαίων τῶν πολλῶν, which gives no proper…
Read the whole comment“And Daniel says, Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall arise, some to everlasting life, and some to everlasting shame.” — editor's note: Dan. xii. 2.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
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“In proof of the resurrection there were many plainer passages which He might have cited; among others that of Isaiah, “The dead shall be raised; they that are in the tombs shall rise again:” [Isa 26:29, Septuagint] and in another place, “Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake.” [Dan 12:2]” — the author cites it
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Basil the Great
“We have learned this also in the case of the judgments, when “some” shall rise “to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.”” — editor's note: Dan. xii. 2.
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Ambrose of Milan
“And they that have understanding shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and of the just many shall be as the stars for ever.”” — editor's note: Dan. xii. 1, 2, 3.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and many of the just as the stars for ever.”” — editor's note: Dan. xii. 1–3.
Read the whole comment“And many of them that sleep in the dust” (or, as some interpret it, “in the mound”) “of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.”” — editor's note: Dan. xii. 1, 2.
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Jerome
“…and He shall command the fishes of the sea; and they shall give up the bones which they had eaten; and He shall bring joint to joint, and bone to bone; andthey who slept in the dust of the earth shall arise, some to life eternal, others to shame and everlasting confusion.” — editor's note: Dan. xii. 2.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“Moreover, concerning the resurrection and the kingdom of the saints, Daniel says, “And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall arise, some to everlasting life, (and some to shame and everlasting contempt).”” — editor's note: Dan. xii. 2.
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Cross-references · 23
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Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 22:23–33 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 22:23–33 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 22:23–33 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 22:23–33 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 22:23–33 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 22:23–33 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 22:23–33 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 22:23–33 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §998.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.10.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.10.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.10.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.10.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.10.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.10.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Parallel passages
Genesis 28:14 and Daniel 12:2 share the same wording (9 words).