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Daniel 7:26

Western Saints

Jerome

Verse 26. "And the court will sit in judgment, that [Antichrist's] power may be taken away and be crushed in pieces and utterly perish even unto the end." This refers to Antichrist, that is, to the little horn which uttered the lofty words, for his kingdom is to be permanently destroyed.

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER SEVEN ↗

Hippolytus of Rome

For he says, "It was given into his hand for time and times and half a time," [Daniel 7:25] which signals three-and-a-half years, and after these things the coming judgment, for he says, "thrones were set and the judgment sat and the kingdom was … the beast was given to the burning of fire." [Daniel 7:9-11, 26-27] For, "the time approached," [Daniel 7:22] that is, all at once the time was fulfilled and the saints possessed the kingdom, when the Judge of judges and the King of kings in the future comes from heaven, who shall remove …

Commentary on Daniel 4.14.2-3 ↗