“And those among the people who are wise shall make many understand, though they shall fall by sword and flame, by captivity and plunder, for some days. When they shall fall, they shall receive a little help.” The logical connection between these two passages indicates that the three and one-half times of persecution referred to in Daniel 12:7 are described in more detail in 11:32–34, but without the more specific time element found in 12:7. The three and one-half times of 12:7 gives the length of