Jerome : Verse 32. "And ungodly men shall deceitfully dissemble against the covenant. But the people who know their God shall prevail and succeed." And in Maccabees we read that there were some who, to be sure, pretended that they were custodians of God's law, and later they came to terms with the Gentiles; yet the others adhered to their religion. But in my opinion this will take place in the time of the Antichrist, when the love of many shall wax cold. It is concerning these people that our Lord says in the Gospel, "Dost thou think that the Son of man, when He comes, will find faith upon the earth?" (Luke 18:8). — St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER ELEVEN John Chrysostom : He means the events in the time of the Maccabees: Judas, Simon and John. — DISCOURSES AGAINST JUDAIZING CHRISTIANS 5:7.5 Theodoret of Cyrus : He speaks enigmatically here about those around the blessed Mattathias, who was the first to oppose the decrees of Antiochus and to seek solitude with his sons; he took the field with few soldiers and prevailed against Antiochus's generals. — COMMENTARY ON Daniel 11:32