Daniel 9:1
DARIUS] see on Daniel 5:31. CHALDEANS] Here in the national sense.... [ Continue Reading ]
DARIUS] see on Daniel 5:31. CHALDEANS] Here in the national sense.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 9:1). He prays, confessing the great sin of Israel, and entreating God to have mercy on His people (D... [ Continue Reading ]
BOOKS] RV 'the books,' evidently referring to a collection of sacred writings. The Canon of the Prophets was not completed at the time assigned to Daniel. 4-19. The prayer of Daniel contains many expressions found elsewhere in the OT., which may be traced by the aid of a reference Bible.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEING CAUSED TO FLY SWIFTLY] RM 'being sore wearied.' For Gabriel see Daniel 8:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEVENTY WEEKS] or, 'sevens'—490 years. The expressions that follow certainly form a true description of the results of the sacrifice of Christ, but their terms are general, and they contain nothing that is not included in the pictures of the Messianic salvation which all the prophets connected with... [ Continue Reading ]
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 anointed one, the prince.' Probably Cyrus, who is called God's anointed in Isaiah 45:1. Possibly Joshua th... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER THREESCORE, ETC.] RV 'after the threescore,' etc. MESSIAH] RV 'the' (better, 'an') 'anointed one.' A different person from the 'anointed one' of Daniel 9:25 is evidently meant. The one appears at the end of 7, and the other at the end of 69 'weeks.' The reference is probably to the high priest... [ Continue Reading ]
CONFIRM THE COVENANT] RV 'make a firm covenant.' There was a party among the Jews which supported the heathenising policy of Antiochus: see 1Ma 1:11-15. ONE WEEK] The last seven years of the reign of Antiochus (171-164 b.c.). In the midst (RV 'for the half) OF THE WEEK] The same period of 3½ years e... [ Continue Reading ]