Trinity/After Pentecost · The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Trinity
Daniel 12:5-13
The End Times
November 22, 2026
Overview & Insights
“Go your way till the end… you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.” (Daniel 12:13)
See the unit on 10:1–11:1 for a discussion of the larger context, structure, and comparisons of chapters 10–12, including its fourfold division. Against this backdrop, 11:40–12:13 completes the last section of Daniel’s final appearance vision (chaps. 10–12), the book’s two Hebrew sections (chaps. 1 and 8–12), the book’s four apocalyptic visions (chaps. 7–12), and, of course, the book of Daniel as a whole. Daniel 11:40–12:13 divides easily into two sections: 11:40–12:4 completes the vision proper (contained in 11:2–12:4) and 12:5–13 concludes this larger vision in general, paralleling its introduction (10:1–11:1).
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Commentary
Enduring Word Bible Commentary Daniel Chapter 12 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik works through the sealing of the words, the time of the end, and Daniel's own promised rest.
Daniel 12:5 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic and modern commentary voices on the question how long and the sealing of the scroll until the end.
Daniel 12 Commentary (Precept Austin) Precept Austin
Verse-by-verse evangelical study of the end-time vision and Daniel's final charge to go his way.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: Daniel Enter the Bible
Background on Daniel's setting, its two languages, and its apocalyptic visions.
BibleProject: Overview of Daniel BibleProject
An animated overview of Daniel that places the closing vision of chapter 12 in context.
Daniel 12:5 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew word-by-word text with parsing for the language of time, sealing, and the end.
Sefaria: Daniel 12 Sefaria
The Hebrew text with Jewish commentary and translations for the chapter.
The Church Fathers
Questions preachers ask
How does Daniel end?
By the river Daniel is told the words are sealed till the time of the end, when many shall be purified; he is promised rest and a place at the end of the days (Daniel 12:5–13).
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