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Daniel 12:8

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And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
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  1. Acts 1:7Rank 1 from verse 8
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    7And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

  2. 1 Peter 1:11Rank 2 from verse 8
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    11Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

  3. Daniel 10:14Rank 3 from verse 8
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    14Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.

  4. Daniel 12:6Rank 4 from verse 8
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    6And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

  5. John 12:16Rank 5 from verse 8
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    16These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.

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Daniel 12:8

COMBINED MEANING

heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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end

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Sense 1: The last or concluding part, termination, or limit. Sense 2: A purpose or intended result. Sense 3: As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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12:5¶ Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.

12:6And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

12:7And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

12:8And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?

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12:9And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

12:10Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

12:11And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

12:12Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

12:13But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

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