Daniel 9:24

Seventy weeks. Seventy sevens: i.e. of years. Not on any "yearday" theory. If "days" had been intended, it would be so expressed, as in Daniel 10:3 (compare Leviticus 25:8). Moreover, "years" had been the subject of Daniel's prayer (Daniel 9:2). The last "seven" is "one", and it is divided in half in Daniel 9:27, and the half is three and. half years (Daniel 7:25. Compare Daniel 8:11; Daniel 11:33). In Revelation 11:2 this half is expressed by "forty-two months"; and in the next verse as" 1,260 days". See App-90. The whole period is therefore 490 years.

determined. cut off: i.e. divided off from all other years. The verb is in the singular to indicate the unity of the whole period, however it may be divided up. Hebrew. hathak. Occurs only here.

thy People: i.e. Daniel's People, Israel, with which alone the prophecy is concerned.

thy holy city: i.e. Jerusalem (verses: Daniel 9:2; Daniel 9:7; Daniel 9:16).

finish. put an end to.

transgression. Hebrew. pasha '(with Art.) App-44. Compare Daniel 8:12; Daniel 8:23.

make an end of. Hebrew. hatham, as below ("to seal up").

sins. Hebrew. chata'. App-44. Hebrew margin, with four early printed editions, some codices, and Vulgate, read "sin" (singular)

make reconciliation. make expiation or atonement.

iniquity. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44.

seal up, &c. = make an end of by fulfilling all that has been the subject of prophecy.

prophecy. prophet.

the most Holy. a Holy of Holies. Never used of. person. This answers to the cleansing of the sanctuary (Daniel 8:14) which immediately precedes "the end". See App-89.