every one that shall be found written in the book.
At the time of the siege all of the Christians escaped to the little town of Pella.
2. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
As to the righteous:—“the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose. And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.” Matt. XXVII. 52. As to the wicked:—Scripture is silent.
3. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Witness for instance the life of the Apostle Paul and the lives of a vast host of Christian saints.
4. But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
These words find special emphasis in the present century, noted for its railways, steam engines, automobiles, bicycles, telephones, wireless telegraphy, public libraries, books, photographs, microscopes, antitoxins, x-rays, etc.
5. Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.
In verses 4 and 5 of chapter X, Daniel beheld only one heavenly visitor, he now looks and discovers other two.