Some of those who are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the time appointed.
⛓ Read Daniel 11 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion1
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
The Spirit's prediction that 'in later times some will fall away from the faith' draws on Danielic apocalyptic, where a refining apostasy precedes 'the time of the end' (Dan 11:35; 12:1, 4). The pattern of a foretold falling-away in the last days shapes the Pastoral's eschatological framing.
Medium confidenceEcho4
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
"Some of the wise shall stumble, to refine and purify them and to make them white (LXX leukanai), until the time of the end" — companion to Dan 12:10; the wise are whitened/refined through persecution. Reinforces the tribulation-purification reading of the white-robed multitude. Cited alongside 12:10 as the Danielic whitening pair.
Medium confidenceDaniel's testing 'until the time of the end, for it is yet for the appointed time' parallels the idea that the revelation of the lawless one waits for its set season.
Low confidenceThe wise who 'stumble' so as to be refined 'until the time of the end' (Dan 11:35) stands behind 'many will stumble' under persecution before the end comes.
Low confidenceThe deceivers leading astray 'even the chosen ones, if possible' parallels Daniel's wise being tested and some falling away amid the deceits of the end-time tribulation.
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