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Daniel in the Lions' Den, Peter Paul Rubens

Daniel 7:13

Peter Paul Rubens, Daniel in the Lions' Den, c. 1614–1616 · National Gallery of Art, Washington · CC0Peter Paul Rubens, Daniel in the Lions' Den, c. 1614–1616, National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Daniel 7:13 (WEB)

“I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like a son of man came with the clouds, and he came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought him near before him.

Catechism · 1

  • §440Article 2 · "And in Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord"Read at vatican.va

    “He unveiled the authentic content of his messianic kingship both in the transcendent identity of the Son of Man "who came down from heaven", and in his redemptive mission as the suffering Servant: "The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 3:13; Mt 20:28; cf. Jn 6:62; Dan 7:13; Is 53:10-12.

Fathers and councils · 25

Irenaeus of Lyons

  • “…and that He is the holy Lord, the Wonderful, the Counsellor, the Beautiful in appearance, and the Mighty God, coming on the clouds as the Judge of all men;—all these things did the Scriptures prophesy of Him.” — editor's note: Dan. vii. 13.

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  • “At another time [He is represented as] “a stone cut out of the mountain without hands,” and as smiting all temporal kingdoms, and as blowing them away (ventilans ea), and as Himself filling all the earth.” — editor's note: Dan. vii. 13, 14.

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  • “…His own dead ones who had formerly fallen asleep, and came down to them that He might deliver them: but the second in which He will come on the clouds, bringing on the day which burns as a furnace, and smiting the earth with the word of His mouth, and slaying the impious with the breath of His lips, and having…” — editor's note: Dan. vii. 13.

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Hippolytus of Rome

Tertullian

  • “And there was given Him royal power; and all nations of the earth, according to their race, and all glory, shall serve Him: and His power is eternal, which shall not be taken away, and His kingdom one which shall not be corrupted.”” — editor's note: See Dan. vii. 13, 14.

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  • “For it is of Him that Isaiah writes: “A man of suffering, and acquainted with the bearing of weakness;” and Jeremiah: “He is a man, and who hath known Him?” and Daniel: “Upon the clouds (He came) as the Son of man.”” — editor's note: Dan. vii. 13.

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  • “…remnant of Israel—He then goes on to proclaim, against this world and dispensation (even as Joel had done, and Daniel, and all the prophets with one consent), that “there should be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars, distress of nations with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring, men’s hearts…” — editor's note: Joel iii. 9–15; Dan. vii. 13, 14.

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  • “His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away; and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.”” — editor's note: Dan. vii. 13, 14.

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  • “For we shall, according to the apostle, be caught up into the clouds to meet the Lord (even the Son of man, who shall come in the clouds, according to Daniel) and so shall we ever be with the Lord, so long as He remains both on the earth and in heaven, who, against such as are thankless for both one promise and the…” — editor's note: Dan. vii. 13.

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  • “He also was revealed to Daniel himself expressly as “the Son of man, coming in the clouds of heaven” as a Judge, as also the Scripture shows.” — editor's note: Dan. vii. 13.

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  • “…the Lord, and of the glorious coming of the Son of man from heaven, of which Daniel wrote: “Behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven,” etc. “And there was given unto Him the kingly power,” which (in the parable) “He went away into a far country to receive for Himself,” leaving money to His…” — editor's note: Dan. vii. 13.

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  • “For it was on the authority of the prophecy of Daniel that He intimated to them that He was “the Son of man,” and of David’s Psalm, that He would “sit at the right hand of God.”” — editor's note: Dan. vii. 13.

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  • “Therefore, (as they further hold,) those other words, “Before the morning star did I beget thee from the womb,” are applicable to Hezekiah, and to the birth of Hezekiah.” — editor's note: Tertullian, as usual, argues from the Septuagint, which in the latter clause of Ps. cx. 3 has ἐκ γαστρὸς πρὸ ἑωσφόρου ἐγέννησά σε; and so the Vulgate version…

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Cyril of Jerusalem

Eusebius of Caesarea

Justin Martyr

Catena Aurea on Luke

John Chrysostom

  • ““For a cloud and darkness are round about Him;”and, “He sitteth on a light cloud;”and again, “Who maketh clouds His chariot;”and, “A cloud received Him out of their sight;”and, “As the Son of Man coming in the clouds.”” — editor's note: Dan. vii. 13.

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Augustine of Hippo

Aphrahat

Cyprian of Carthage

Cross-references · 14

  • Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 15.

  • Cited together in Eusebius of Caesarea on Luke 19:11–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).

  • Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 15.

  • Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.

  • Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.

  • Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.

  • Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.

  • Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.

  • Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.

  • Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.27.

  • Cited together in The City of God XVIII.34.

  • Cited together in The City of God XVIII.34.

  • Cited together in The City of God XVIII.34.

  • Cited together in The City of God XVIII.34.

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