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Pentecost Season · Proper 28 · Year B

Daniel 12:1-3

The End Times

November 14, 2027

The Resurrection of the Flesh, Luca Signorelli
The Resurrection of the Flesh, Luca Signorelli, 1499–1502San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral, Orvieto
In the San Brizio chapel at Orvieto. The dead climb out of a flat bare ground, some still skeletons, some already fully fleshed, with two angels sounding trumpets overhead.There shall be a time of anguish, such as has never occurred since nations first came into existence. Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.Luca SignorelliAn Umbrian painter obsessed with the nude figure in violent motion, whose Orvieto frescoes Michelangelo studied closely.San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral, OrvietoA chapel in the cathedral of Orvieto, frescoed by Fra Angelico and then, fifty years later, finished by Signorelli.San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral, Orvieto
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMark 13:1-8Mk 13:1-8
EpistleHeb. 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25Heb 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25
Old Testament1 Sam. 1:4-201 Sm 1:4-20Alt. OTDan. 12:1-3Dn 12:1-3
Psalter1 Sam. 2:1-101 Sm 2:1-10Alt. PsalmPs. 16Ps 16

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

Working Preacher (Year B, Ordinary 33) Working Preacher

Commentary on this exact Year B alternate first reading.

Enduring Word: Daniel 12Enduring Word: Dn 12 Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse by verse study of the time of the end.

BibleHub Commentaries: Daniel 12BibleHub Commentaries: Dn 12 BibleHub

Classic commentators gathered on the chapter.

Precept Austin: Daniel 12Precept Austin: Dn 12 Precept Austin

Detailed study notes on the resurrection text.

Barnes Notes: Daniel 12Barnes Notes: Dn 12 StudyLight

A historic commentary on the passage.

Background & Word Study

Sefaria: Daniel 12 (Hebrew)Sefaria: Dn 12 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew and Aramaic text with Jewish commentary.

BibleHub Interlinear: Daniel 12:1BibleHub Interlinear: Dn 12:1 BibleHub

Original text with parsing for word study.

BibleProject: Daniel OverviewBibleProject: Dn Overview BibleProject

Visual overview of Daniel's structure and themes.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Daniel 12Catena: Dn 12 Catena

Patristic comment gathered verse by verse.

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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