Reading Scripture: Types and Figures
Hippolytus, Commentary on Daniel fragment (from Anastasius Sinaita)
The iron horns now trample the very tracks of the feet and the toes that have taken their place in line with the sign of the terrifying beast, just as was indicated in former times. From the heavens a stone will come to strike the image and crush it; it will remove every kingdom and give the kingdom to the saints of the Most High. This stone has become a great boundary and has filled the earth. Scripture speaks of it: “I was watching in a vision of the night, and behold, one like a son of man was coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. To him were given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not pass away, and his kingdom shall not be destroyed” (Daniel 7:13-14).
Greek
Τῶν γὰρ σιδηρῶν κνημῶν τῶν νῦν ἐπικρωτουσῶν ἐπὶ τὼ ἴχνη τῶν ποδῶν καὶ τοὺς δακτύλους χωρησάντων κατὼ τὴν τοῦ φοβεροῦ θηρίου δεῖξζιν, καθὼς ἐν τοῖς ἔμ.- προσθεν καιροῖς σεσήμανται, ἥξει ἀπ᾿ οὐρανῶν ὁ λίθος ὁ πατάξας τὴν εἰκόνα καὶ συντρίψας αὐτὴν καὶ μεταστήσει πάσας τὰς βασιλείας καὶ δώσει τὴν βασιλείαν ἁγίοις ὑψίστου. οὗτος ὁ γενηθεὶς ὅρος μέγα καὶ πληρώσας τὴν γῆν, περὶ οὗ εἴρηται “ ἐθεώρουν ἐν ὁραΐ-- ματι τῆς νυκτὸς καὶ ἰδοὺ μετὰ τῶν νεφελῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐρχό-- μενος ὡς υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου καὶ ἕως τοῦ παλαιοῦ τῶν ἡμερῶν ἔφθα-- σεν καὶ αὐτῷ ἐδύθη ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ ἡ τιμὴ καὶ ἡ βασιλεία καὶ πάν- τες λαοί, φυλαὶ καὶ γλῶσσαι δουλεύσουσιν αὐτῷ. ἐξουσία αὐτοῦ ἐξουσία αἰώνιος ἥτις οὐ παρελεύσεται καὶ βασιλεία αὐτοῦ οὐ διαφθαρήσεται."