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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 12– Closing Scenes
Whiting; namely, “And many of them that

sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,

these to everlasting life, and those to shame

and everlasting contempt.” It will be noticed,

first of all, that this translation (which is not

by any means above criticism) proves nothing

till the evident ellipsis is supplied. This ellipsis

some therefore undertake to supply as

follows: “And many of them that sleep in the

dust of the earth shall awake, these [the

awakened ones] to everlasting life, and those

[the unawakened ones] to shame and

everlasting contempt.” It will be noticed,

again, that this does not supply the ellipses,

but only adds a comment, which is a very

different thing. To supply the ellipsis is simply

to insert those words which are necessary to

complete the sentence. “Many of them that

sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,” is a