Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Daniel 9:25-27
The 70 weeks are now broken up into three periods of 7, 62, and 1 week, respectively; and the events by which each of these periods is to be marked are signalized.
The 70 weeks are now broken up into three periods of 7, 62, and 1 week, respectively; and the events by which each of these periods is to be marked are signalized.
Verse Daniel 9:25. _FROM THE GOING FORTH OF THE COMMANDMENT TO RESTORE AND_ _TO BUILD JERUSALEM_] The foregoing events being all accomplished by Jesus Christ, they of course determine the prophecy to...
KNOW, THEREFORE, AND UNDERSTAND - Hengstenberg renders this, “and thou wilt know and understand;” and supposes that the design of Gabriel is to awaken the attention and interest of Daniel by the assur...
CHAPTER 9 THE PROPHECY OF THE SEVENTY WEEKS _ 1. The time and occasion of Daniel's prayer (Daniel 9:1)_ 2. The prayer (Daniel 9:3) 3. The answer and the prophecy of the seventy weeks (Daniel 9:20)...
The explanation of Jeremiah's prophecy. Daniel 9:21. being caused to fly swiftly: the meaning of the original is obscure; _mg_, gives an alternative rendering, being sore wearied, but neither transla...
KNOW THEREFORE AND UNDERSTAND. Note this second admonition, as shown in the Structure ("25-") above. FROM THE GOING FORTH, &C. : i.e. in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes (= the great king: i.e. Astyag...
UNTO THE MESSIAH THE PRINCE, &C.— That is, until the awful period when the business of his life was finished, until his hour was come, when he was to glorify his Father, or when he was to be cut off b...
c. REVELATION TEXT: Daniel 9:20-27 20 And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Jehovah my God for the holy...
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the stree...
9:25 build (g-16) Or 'build up,' or 're-build.' Messiah, (h-19) i.e. one anointed. Prince, (i-21) See 2 Samuel 7:8 ; Isaiah 55:4...
THE SEVENTY WEEKS In the first year of Darius the Mede, Daniel, studying the prophetical books, finds that Jeremiah has predicted that the desolation of Jerusalem will last for seventy years (Daniel 9...
THE GOING FORTH OF THE COMMANDMENT, etc.] Jeremiah's prophecy of restoration (Jeremiah 29:10; Jeremiah 31:38), viewed as delivered at the time of the captivity. THE MESSIAH, THE PRINCE] RV 'the anoint...
THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 9 V1 This is what happened in the first year that Darius ruled the country. He was the son of Xerxes and he came from the country call...
KNOW THEREFORE. — The difficulty of this verse is considerably increased by the principal accent in the Hebrew text being placed after the words “seven weeks.” According to the present punctuation, th...
וְ תֵדַ֨ע וְ תַשְׂכֵּ֜ל מִן ־מֹצָ֣א דָבָ֗ר
THE SEVENTY WEEKS THIS chapter is occupied with the prayer of Daniel, and with the famous vision of the seventy weeks which has led to such interminable controversies, but of which the interpretation...
RENEWED FAVOR IN GOD'S OWN TIME Daniel 9:16-27 Daniel 9:17-19 have in them a tone of anguish which reminds us of our Lord's words as to the violence which takes the kingdom of heaven by force. God l...
In the first year of the reign of Darius, Daniel, who was evidently not only a man of prayer, but a diligent student of the prophetic writings, became conscious that the seventy years of judgment on J...
Know therefore and understand, [that] from (s) the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince [shall be] seven (t) weeks, and (u) threescore and two w...
Word, &c. That is, from the twentieth year of king Artaxerxes, when, by his commandment, Nehemias rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem, 2 Esdras ii. From which time, according to the best chronology, there...
We have within the compass of these few verses one of the most illustrious prophecies of scripture: and blessed be our God, he who gave the prophecy, hath given to his Church to see the fulfillment of...
Daniel here repeats the divisions of time already mentioned. He had previously stated seventy weeks; but he now makes two portions, one of seven weeks, and the other of sixty-two. There is clearly ano...
Chapter 9 gives us a vision concerning the people and the holy city, consequent on Daniel's confession and intercession. It is, as has been remarked, in connection with the oppression of the western p...
KNOW, THEREFORE, AND UNDERSTAND,.... Take notice and observe, for the clearer understanding of these seventy weeks, and the events to be fulfilled in them, what will be further said concerning them, t...
Know therefore and understand, [that] from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince [shall be] seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the st...
_Know therefore and understand_ Learn therefore and retain; _from the going forth of the commandment_ From the publication of the edict by the Persian king; _to restore and to build Jerusalem_ Or, _to...
GABRIEL COMFORTS DANIEL BY THE PROPHECY OF THE SEVENTY WEEKS...
Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, from the time that the decree of Cyrus concerning the rebuilding of Jerusalem went forth,...
SHALL BE BUILT AGAIN: _ Heb._ shall return and be built WALL: Or, breach or ditch IN TROUBLOUS TIMES: _ Heb._ in strait of times...
20-27 An answer was immediately sent to Daniel's prayer, and it is a very memorable one. We cannot now expect that God should send answers to our prayers by angels, but if we pray with fervency for t...
KNOW THEREFORE AND UNDERSTAND, i.e. by deep consideration, upon a due search of reason, and comparing of things, and minding what the angel saith. SEVEN WEEKS from the publication of the edict, whethe...
Daniel 9:25 Know H3045 (H8799) understand H7919 (H8686) forth H4161 command H1697 restore H7725 (H8687) build...
“Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the command to restore and to build Jerusalem to the anointed one, the prince (nagid), will be seven sevens, and sixty two sevens. It will be...
FROM THE GOING FORTH OF THE COMMANDMENT Three decrees concerning Jerusalem are recorded, that of Cyrus, B.C. 536 (Ussher), for the restoration of the "house of the Lord God of Israel" (2 Chronicles 3...
CONTENTS: Vision of the seventy weeks. Daniel's prayer and confession. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Daniel, Jeremiah, Darius, Gabriel. CONCLUSION: God's Word is intended to encourage our prayers, and wh...
Daniel 9:1. _In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus._ He is also called Cyaxares, the son of Astyages. His father was called by the jews, Ahasuerus. See on Esther. Daniel 9:2. _I Daniel und...
_Even in troublous times._ THE WALL BUILT IN TROUBLOUS TIMES Jerusalem was a type of the Church of God; and as the former was built “in troublous times,” so is the latter. I. THIS IS TRUE OF INDIVID...
_Even the man Gabriel._ WORDS OF THE ANGEL Daniel’s history is in every way profoundly interesting, and stands in connection with spiritual phenomena most startling and sublime. These verses are the...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 9:1 While reading the book of Jeremiah 1:1 and realizing that the “seventy years” (v. Daniel 9:2) are al
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 9:20 The angel GABRIEL, first seen in ch. Daniel 8:1, appears to Daniel and reveals that there is more to come. This is clear proof that Daniel’s pray
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 9:24 There are many suggested interpretations of the SEVENTY WEEKS, but there are three main views: (1) the passage refers to events surrounding Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175–164 B...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 9:25 The promised restoration of God’s people and sanctuary will come in three stages. The first SEVEN periods of sevens will run from the issuing of the decree to restore and re...
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. XXXIII.—THE PROMISED MESSIAH (Chap. Daniel 9:24) We now come to that part of Daniel’s prophecies which perhaps more than any other distinguishes him as a prophet, and which was com...
EXPOSITION DANIEL 9:1 THE SEVENTY WEEKS. This is the chapter of Daniel which has occasioned most controversy. It was appealed to by Tertullian and the early Fathers as a demonstration of the correctn...
This time let's turn in our Bible to the book of Daniel, chapter 9. In the beginning of chapter 9, we have a very keen insight to this man Daniel. And we understand why God has declared of him that wa...
2 Samuel 15:25; Acts 3:15; Acts 5:31; Acts 8:30; Daniel 8:11;...
From the going forth — From the publication of the edict, whether of Cyrus or Darius, to restore and to build it....