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the fourth: i.e. Rome (Luke 2 and Luke 3). Observe that it does not say there were "four, and no more", as alleged; but "the fourth". An ordinal number, not cardinal. The Chaldee is rebi aya' (text), or rebi a'ah (margin) = fourth, as in Dan_3:25; Dan_7:7, Dan_7:19, Dan_7:23. Not 'arba', which = four. The fifth is revealed in verses: Dan_2:41-43. The power which was to succeed Rome in the possession of Jerusalem was to be the Mohammedan power, which was still future when our Lord referred to it in Luk_21:24; but the Lord does not name it, because the condition of Act_3:18-26 could not be anticipated, assumed, or forestalled.
strong = hard. This was the character of Rome, both royal, imperial, and republican.
subdueth = crusheth.
breaketh = dasheth, or bringeth to ruin. Chaldee. re'a'. Not the same word as in verses: Dan_2:1, Dan_2:34, Dan_2:35, Dan_1:42, Dan_1:44, Dan_1:45.
bruise = bring to ruin. Chaldee. re'a'. App-44. The same word as "breaketh" earlier in the verse.