Daniel 7:8 (WEB)
“I considered the horns, and behold, another horn came up among them, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots: and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
Fathers and councils · 4
Irenaeus of Lyons
“I was looking, and this horn made war against the saints, and prevailed against them, until the Ancient of days came and gave judgment to the saints of the most high God, and the time came, and the saints obtained the kingdom.”” — editor's note: Dan. vii. 8, etc.
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Jerome
“He that letteth is taken out of the way, and yet we do not realize that Antichrist is near.” — editor's note: Jerome follows Tertullian, Irenæus, and the majority of the fathers in supposing the apostle to allude to the Roman Empire. See Letter CXXI. § 11, Comm. in…
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Aphrahat
“The ram could not stand before the he-goat; how shall it stand before that terrible beast, whose mouth speaketh great things, and whatsoever it finds it couches over as a lion over his prey?” — editor's note: Dan. vii. 8.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“I considered its horns, and behold there came up among them another little horn, and before it there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots; and behold in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.”” — editor's note: Dan. vii. 2–8.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.