Daniel 2:44 (WEB)
“In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.
Fathers and councils · 5
Irenaeus of Lyons
“As thou sawest that the stone was cut without hands from the mountain, and brake in pieces the baked clay, the iron, the brass, the silver, and the gold, God has pointed out to the king what shall come to pass after these things; and the dream is true, and the interpretation trustworthy.”” — editor's note: Dan. ii. 44, 45.
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Tertullian
“…of Jacob, the second; that is, of our “people,” whose “mount” is Christ, “præcised without concisors’ hands, filling every land,” shown in the book of Daniel.” — editor's note: See Dan. ii. 34, 35, 44, 45. See c. xiv. below.
Read the whole comment“…consummation, and that “rock”—so we must admit—which is read of in Daniel as forecut from a mount, which shall crush and crumble the image of secular kingdoms.” — editor's note: Or, “worldly kingdoms.” See Dan. ii. 34, 35, 44, 45.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“…in the days of those kingdoms the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed, and His kingdom shall not be left to another people.” — editor's note: Dan. ii. 44.
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Aphrahat
“And he showed that in the days of those kings, who shall arise in the kingdom, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall not be destroyed and shall not pass away for ever.” — editor's note: Dan. ii. 44.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together with
Cited together in Against Heresies V.26.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.26.
Parallel passages
Jeremiah 51:22 and Daniel 2:44 share the same wording (16 words).
Jeremiah 51:23 and Daniel 2:44 share the same wording (12 words).
