In the eighth chapter of Daniel, under the vision of the ram, the goat, and the “little horn that waxed exceeding great,” the prophet is again carried down to the end of time. In verses 13 , 14 his attention is called to a period of time—2300 days—extending to the judgment. A long stretch of time was this, and so the prophet understood it; for the angel informed him that the vision was yet for many days. As yet no date had been given for the beginning of the days, and so he closes the chapter by saying, “I was astonished at the vision; but none understood it.” GSAM 55.1