Cyril of Jerusalem : "Blessed is he that waits." … That is why we are to go into hiding and take to flight. For quite likely "we shall not have gone over the cities of Israel till the Son of man comes." Who are the "blessed" that bear witness devoutly for Christ? I tell you that those who are martyrs at that time take precedence over all other martyrs. For … the martyrs under antichrist do battle with Satan in his own person.… [The antichrist will] show illusory signs and wonders.… May it not enter into anyone's heart to ask, "What did Christ do greater than this? For what power enables this man to do such deeds? Unless God willed it, he would not have allowed it." — Catechetical Lecture 15:16-17 Hippolytus of Rome : 44. And that divisions will arise when the falling away takes place, is without doubt. And when divisions arise, love is chilled. The words, "Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days," have also their value, as the Lord said: "But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." Wherefore let us by no means admit the falling away, lest iniquity abound, and the abomination of desolation-that is, the adversary-overtake us. And He said to him, "unto evening"-that is, unto the consummation" and morning." What is "morning? "The day of resurrection. For that is the beginning of another age, as the morning is the beginning of the day. And the thousand and four hundred days are the light of the world. For on the appearing of the light in the world (as He says, "I am the light of the world"), the sanctuary shall be purged, as he said, (of) the adversary. For it cannot by any means be purged but by his destruction. — Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments - Of the visions of Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar Hippolytus of Rome : This one being proclaimed by them as king and being glorified by them and becoming the abomination of desolation to the world, he shall rule one thousand two hundred ninety days. As Daniel also says, "And they will give the abomination of desolation one thousand two hundred ninety days. Blessed is he who endures and reaches the one thousand three hundred thirty-five days." [Daniel 12:11-12] For when the abomination is present and wages war against the saints, whenever his days have passed, and it draws near to the forty-five other days which approach the fiftieth day, it reaches to the kingdom of heavens. For the Antichrist comes to the portion on the fiftieth day as about to inherit the kingdom together with Christ. And on account of this Isaiah says, "Let the impious be killed, so that he may not see the glory of the Lord." [Isaiah 26:10] And Paul says to the Thessalonians, "Whom the Lord Jesus shall kill with the spirit of his mouth and shall abolish him with the manifestation of his advent," [2 Thessalonians 2:8] but the saints are destined to inherit the kingdom with Christ. — Commentary on Daniel 4.54.1-5 Ishodad of Merv : Blessed are those who will go through the days mentioned before and will exceed them by 45 days; that is, When the evils are completed, there will be rest for the people and the end of their afflictions. According to others: 1, days, that is, "Jesus Christ, Great Savior"—if you count the letters of these four words, they give the name cited above; that is, [Daniel] has received the revelation that he will encounter and see Jesus, etc. Severus says, "Happy are those who persevere" in order to see the days in which his economy is fulfilled, after his baptism to his ascension, and in which he has been pleased with his aspect and miracles, [days] that will make 1,335. Theodoret asserts that these three years and a half constitute the time when the antichrist will reign at the end, and the 45 days the time beginning from the moment in which "the son of perdition" will be condemned, and Elijah will triumph and will drive all people away from the [antichrist], will admonish the Jews and will pray our Lord until he appears from heaven. — COMMENTARY ON Daniel 12:12 Jerome : Verse 12. "Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh unto a thousand three hundred and thirty-five days." He means that he is blessed who waits for forty-five days beyond the predetermined number, for it is within that period that our Lord and Savior is to come in His glory. But the reason for the forty-five days of inaction after the slaying of the Antichrist is a matter which rests in the knowledge of God; unless, of course, we say that the rule of the saints is delayed in order that their patience may be tested. Porphyry explains this passage in the following way, that the forty-five days beyond the one thousand two hundred and ninety signify the interval of victory over the generals of Antiochus, or the period when Judas Maccabaeus fought with bravery and cleansed the Temple and broke the idol to pieces, offering blood-sacrifices in the Temple of God. He might have been correct in this statement if the Book of Maccabees had recorded that the Temple was polluted over a period of three and a half years instead of just three years (I Mac. 4). — St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER TWELVE John Chrysostom : The conflict lasted a month and a half, and in that time the victory became complete, as did also the deliverance of the Jews from the evils that weighed heavy on them. And when he said, "Blessed is the one who stands firm 1, days," he revealed their deliverance. He did not simply say, "the one who attains," but "the one who stands firm and attains." The reason for this is that many of the unholy ones saw the change, but he does not call them happy; he calls blessed only those who gave witness during the time of troubles, who did not desert their religion and who then found abatement of their ills. — DISCOURSES AGAINST JUDAIZING CHRISTIANS 5:8.4 Theodoret of Cyrus : He suggests and indicates that when this person sustains a divine blow, the great Elijah will continue preaching the remaining forty-five days when the Lord will appear, borne on the clouds of heaven, and will crown those who kept inviolate their treasure acquired by patience. Also the Lord says this in the holy Gospels: "Whoever endures to the end will be saved." — COMMENTARY ON Daniel 12:12