Daniel 9:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• Daniel 9:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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 t...

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• Daniel 9:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And after threescore and two (x) weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but (y) not for himself: and the people of the (z) prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereo...

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• Daniel 9:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 tr...

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• Daniel 9:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  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...

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• Daniel 9:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  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 neg...

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• Daniel 9:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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...

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• Daniel 9:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Daniel 9:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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 ( Dan...

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• Daniel 9:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  After threescore and two weeks. — These words can only mean that in the seventieth week the Anointed one shall be cut off. Observe the care with which the seventy weeks are arranged in a series of...

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• Daniel 9:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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 interpretat...

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• Daniel 9:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• Daniel 9:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Daniel 9:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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 o...

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• Daniel 9:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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 o...

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• Daniel 9:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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]...

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• Daniel 9:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  After threescore and two weeks (counting from the expiration of the first interval) shall Messiah be cut off “This long interval extends from the 93d Olympiad to the 202d Olympiad, or four hundre...

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• Daniel 9:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Daniel's Prayer Answered; The Answer to Daniel's Prayer; The Coming of the Messiah; Destruction of Jerusalem Foretold. B. C.  538....

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• Daniel 9:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  OLBHeb; After the threescore and two weeks. i.e. after the seven before, and after the sixty-two that followed them, which all make up sixty-nine, referring the angel's seventy weeks, which is not...

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• Daniel 9:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  “And after the sixty two sevens the anointed one will be cut off, and will have nothing, and the people of the coming prince will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And their end will be with a floo...

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• Daniel 9:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  HOMILETICS SECT. XXXIII.—THE PROMISED MESSIAH (Chap. Daniel 9:24-27 ) We now come to that part of Daniel’s prophecies which perhaps more than any other distinguishes him as a prophet, and which...

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• Daniel 9:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 Dani...

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• Daniel 9:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• Daniel 9:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Daniel 9:1-27 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 demonstrat...

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• Daniel 9:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Gabriel Comforts Daniel by the Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks

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• Daniel 9:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Peter 2:21 ; 1 Peter 2:24 ; 1 Peter 3:18 ; 2 Corinthians 5:21 ; Acts 6:13 ; Acts 6:14 ; Amos 8:8 ; Amos 9:5 ; Daniel 11:10 ; Daniel 11:17 ; Galatians 3:13 ; Hosea 1:9 ; Isaiah 53:8 ;...

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• Daniel 9:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And after — After the seven and the sixty two that followed them. Not for himself — But for our sakes, and for our salvation. And the people — The Romans under the conduct of Titus. Determined — Go...

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