one saint speaking] Meaning that he heard one of the Angels asking this question of Christ, whom he calleth a certain one, or a secret one, or a marvellous one: for Angels desire to see into the mysteries of God, 1 Pet. 1. 12. that certain saint] Or, the numberer of secrets, or the wonderfull numberer. Heb. Palmoni. vision concerning the daily sacrifice] That is to say, the things signified by it. transgression] The idolatrie of Jupiter Olympius, which Antiochus had set up in the temple, in stead of Gods pure worship, 2Ma 6:1-2. which caused the extreame desolation of the people: in some spiritually, by apostasie, in other some bodily, by persecutions and torments, Daniel 11:31. &Daniel 12:11. of desolation] Or, making desolate.