I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
⛓ Read Daniel 12 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.
Allusion2
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
The figure who raises his hand(s) to heaven and swears by the one who lives forever is the dominant template; Rev compresses Daniel's two hands to one but keeps the gesture, the oath formula, and the eschatological 'time' question. Very high verbal volume and recurrence.
High confidence'a time, times, and a half' — the man clothed in linen swears the duration of the shattering of the holy people; reinforces and confirms the Danielic time-period applied to the woman's protection.
High confidenceEcho5
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
'A time, times, and half a time' for the shattering of the holy people — the parallel Danielic statement of the 3.5-year limit underlying the forty-two months. Slightly fainter than 7:25 as the verbal source but thematically twinned.
Medium confidence'Living and abiding word of God' resonates with oaths by 'him who lives forever'; faint, the enduring/living quality is better anchored in the Isaiah 40 citation that follows.
Low confidenceThe withholding of the precise time even from heavenly beings, known only to God, resonates with Daniel sealing the appointed time until the end, knowledge reserved to God alone.
Low confidenceThe man clothed in linen swears 'by him who lives forever' that it shall be for a time, times, and half a time 'when the shattering... is finished (syntelesthesetai)' - pairs the linen-clad figure, the 'lives forever' oath, and judgment 'finished' (cf. 'until the seven plagues... finished'). Multiple faint contacts.
Low confidenceOath 'by him that liveth for ever' (eis ton aiōna) — the 'forever and ever' eternity formula has Danielic resonance, though it is a stock LXX/Rev liturgical phrase.
Low confidence