Daniel 9:26

And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. AFTER THREESCORE AND TWO WEEKS SHALL MESSIAH BE CUT OFF - rather, after the threescore and two years. In this verse and Messiah is made the prominent subject, while the fate of the city and sanctuary is secondary, being mentioned only in the second halves of the verses. Messiah appears in a two-fold aspect, bringing salvation to believers, judgment on unbelievers (: cf. Malachi 3:1;...

Here Daniel treats of the sixty-two weeks which elapsed between the sixth year of Darius and the baptism of Christ, when the Gospel began to be promulgated, but at the same time he does not neglect the seven weeks of which he had been speaking. For they comprehend the space of time which intervened between the Persian monarchy and the second edict which again granted liberty to the people after the death of Cambyses. _After the sixty-two weeks _which should succeed the seven former ones, _Messiah shall be cut off, _says he. Here the angel predicts the death of Christ. The Jews refer this to Agrippa, but this, as we have already observed, is utterly nugatory and foolish. Eusebius and others refer it to Aristobulus, but this is equally destitute of reason. Therefore the angel speaks of the only Mediator, as in the former verse he had said, _until Christ the Leader _The extension of this to...

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 that which God has promised, we may by faith take the promise as an immediate answer to the prayer; for He is faithful that has promised. Daniel had a far greater and more glorious redemption discovered to him, which God would work out for his church in the latter days. Those who would be acquainted with Christ and his grace, must be much in prayer. The evening offering was a type of the great sacrifice Christ was to offer in the evening of the world: in virtue of that sacrifice Daniel's prayer was accepted; and for the sake of that, this glorious discovery of redeeming love was made to him. We have, in verses Daniel 9:24, one of the most remarkable prophecies of Christ, of his coming and his...

Verse Daniel 9:26. _AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PRINCE THAT SHALL COME SHALL_ _DESTROY THE CITY AND THE SANCTUARY_] By the "prince" _Titus_, the son of _Vespasian_, is plainly intended; and "the people of that prince" are no other than the _Romans_, who, according to the prophecy, _destroyed the sanctuary_, הקדש hakkodesh, the _holy place_ or temple, and, as a _flood_, swept away all, till the total destruction of that obstinate people finished the war....

AND AFTER THREESCORE AND TWO WEEKS - After the completion of the last period of four hundred and thirty-four years. The angel had shown in the previous verse what would be the characteristic of the first period of “seven weeks” - that during that time the wall and the street would be built in circumstances of general distress and anxiety, and he now proceeds to state what would occur in relation to the remaining sixty-two weeks. The particular thing which would characterize that period would be, that the Messiah would be cut off, and that the series of events would commence which would terminate in the destruction of the city and the temple. He does not say that this would be immediately on the termination of the sixty-two weeks, but he says that it would be “after” אחרי _'achărēy_ - “subsequent” to the close of that period. The word does not mean necessarily immediately, but it denote...

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 correctness of our Lord's claims to Messiahship. It is now received by critical commentators that to our Lord this prophecy cannot refer. Many treatises have been written on the "seventy weeks" of Daniel, and none of them have entirely cleared up the difficulties; indeed, it may be doubted whether all together they have illuminated the subject very much. DANIEL 9:1, DANIEL 9:2 In the first ye

AND AFTER THREESCORE AND TWO WEEKS,.... To be reckoned from the end of the seven weeks, or forty nine years, which, added to them, make four hundred and eighty three years: SHALL MESSIAH BE CUT OFF, BUT NOT FOR HIMSELF; by whom is designed the same with Messiah the Prince in Daniel 9:25, not Onias the high priest, as a late writer g would have it, an upright person, and of great holiness, taken off by an unjust death; since he was dead many years before the expiration of these weeks; nor Hyrcanus the high priest, slain by Herod, as Eusebius h thinks; in whom the succession of the ancient priests terminated, and with whom the priestly unction perished; which indeed bids fairer than the former; but he was not a person of so much note as to be pointed at in such a prophecy; besides, the priesthood continued much longer: nor is King Agrippa intended, as Jarchi and Abarbinel, who

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) Daniel 9:1. It was in the first year of Darius, of the seed of the Medes, that Daniel understood by the sacred writings of his people, especially by the prophecy of Jeremiah, that the end of the years of the captivity was at hand. The promises in the Word of God led him at once to seek the face of the Lord and he poured out a wonderful prayer in His presence....

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 translation is satisfactory. If fly swiftly is correct, this is the earliest reference to the later popular conception that angels possess wings. Daniel 9:24. seventy weeks: this _phrase gives_ the new principle upon which Jeremiah's prophecy is to be reinterpreted. The 70 years are to be regarded as 70 weeks of years, _i.e._ 490 years. This verse describes in general terms what is to happen during this period. SEAL UP: confirm or ratify. ANOINT THE MOST HOLY: it is doubtful whether this phrase is masculine or neuter (_cf. mg.)._ Driver thinks that it refers to the Temple

AFTER THREESCORE AND TWO WEEKS. The definite Article here marks this period, as the one just mentioned in Daniel 9:24, i.e. after the 483 years. How long "after" is not stated; but it must surely be either immediately or very soon after the Messiah was thus presented and proclaimed in and to Jerusalem as the Prince. The decree was issued in the month of Nisan, the same month as the events in Matthew 21:1 Matthew 26:61. Compare Zechariah 9:9; Luke 19:41 ("this thy day"). THREESCORE AND TWO: i.e. the sixty-two sevens (= 434 years). See note on...