“‘Why,’ said the doctor, ‘those days are years, according to all commentators; and those kingdoms are to continue 2300 years.’
“Mr. Miller then asked him to turn to the second chapter of Daniel, and to the seventh, all of which he explained the same as Mr. Miller. He was then asked if he knew when the 2300 days would end. He did not know, as he could not tell when they commenced.
“Mr. Miller told him to read the ninth of Daniel. He read down till he came to the 21st verse, when Daniel saw the man Gabriel, whom he had seen in the vision.
“‘In what vision?’ Mr. Miller inquired.
“‘Why,’ said the doctor, ‘in the vision of the eighth of Daniel.’
“‘Wherefore, understand the matter, and consider the vision. He had now come, then, to make him understand that vision, had he?’
“‘Yes,’ said the doctor.
“‘Well, seventy weeks are determined; what are these seventy weeks a part of?’
“‘Of the 2300 days.’
“‘Then do they begin with the 2300 days?’