...came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great,....
Daniel 8:9
"The little horn, in comparison with the powers that preceded it, was exceeding great.
--Persia is simply called great, though it reigned over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces. Esther 1:1.
--Grecia, being more extensive still, is called very great.
--Now the little horn, which waxed exceeding great, must surpass them both.
How absurd, then, to apply this to Antiochus, who was obliged to abandon Egypt at the dictation of the Romans, to whom he paid enormous sums of money as tribute.
The Religious Encyclopedia gives us this item of his history:
"Finding his resources exhausted, he resolved to go into Persia to levy tribute, and collect large sums which he had agreed to pay to the Romans." It cannot take long for any one to decide the question which was the greater power,--the one which evacuated Egypt, or the one which commanded that evacuation; the one which exacted tribute, or the one which was compelled to pay it."
Daniel & Revelation, Chapter 8, Uriah Smith
Daniel 8:9
"The little horn, in comparison with the powers that preceded it, was exceeding great.
--Persia is simply called great, though it reigned over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces. Esther 1:1.
--Grecia, being more extensive still, is called very great.
--Now the little horn, which waxed exceeding great, must surpass them both.
How absurd, then, to apply this to Antiochus, who was obliged to abandon Egypt at the dictation of the Romans, to whom he paid enormous sums of money as tribute.
The Religious Encyclopedia gives us this item of his history:
Daniel & Revelation, Chapter 8, Uriah Smith