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Daniel 9

Daniel 9:24

Gabriel’s Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks · Daniel 9:20–27
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Translations

Modern
Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
Traditional
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Literal
Seventy sevens are determined for your people and for the city of your holiness, to finish the transgression, and to seal off sin, and to make atonement for iniquity, and to bring in righteousness everlasting, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Holy of Holies.
Latin
Septuaginta hebdomades abbreviatæ sunt super populum tuum et super urbem sanctam tuam, ut consummetur prævaricatio, et finem accipiat peccatum, et deleatur iniquitas, et adducatur justitia sempiterna, et impleatur visio et prophetia, et ungatur Sanctus sanctorum.

Interlinear

Hebrew
English
Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.

Notes

Daniel 9:24

  • Many people interpret the seventy sets of seven as seventy "weeks of years," meaning 490 years. However, the Hebrew text does not call them "years," making it hard to match this period to a historical 490 years. So, many believe these numbers symbolize time periods needed to fulfill the visions. Just as Jerusalem faced a long period of desolation (Daniel 9:2; see study note on Jeremiah 25:11), the city would also have many periods of restoration.

  • The time period was for the Jewish people and Jerusalem. The six purposes listed seem to focus on restoring the Jews and Jerusalem. Some think these purposes show God's work of redemption worldwide.

  • God would end the rebellion of the Israelites and also the rebellions of rulers who defy him and attack his people (Daniel 7:8, 22, 25–26; 8:13–14; 11:29–45).

  • To confirm the prophetic vision means to fulfill the answer to Daniel's prayer.

  • the Most Holy Place (or the Most Holy One; literally a most holy): Some think this refers to the restored Most Holy Place in the temple in 164 BC. Others believe it refers to the anointing of Christ and his church as God's temple (Matthew 12:6; Ephesians 2:19–22).

Daniel 9:24–27

Gabriel further explained the meaning of Daniel’s vision (Daniel 9:22–23). Since the vision in Daniel 8 ends with Antiochus IV (see Daniel 8:23–25; compare 11:21–39), many interpreters think this explanation also refers to Antiochus. Others believe it ends with the death of Christ, followed by the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 and the arrival of the antichrist.

Daniel 9:20–27

God answered Daniel's prayer right away by sending Gabriel, his messenger, to explain Daniel's vision. Gabriel's explanation included both the near and distant future of Daniel's people.

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Topics

Angel (A Spirit): Functions of Medium of Revelation to Prophets Anointing of Christ's Kingly and Priestly office Anointing of the Holy Spirit: That Christ should Receive: Foretold Atonement: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Day: Prophetic Jerusalem of the Destruction of Jesus, the Christ: Design of his Death Jesus, the Christ: Mission of Jesus, the Christ: Names, Appellations, and Titles of: Most Holy Jesus, the Christ: Prophecies Concerning the Coming of Prophecies Respecting Christ: His Coming at a Set Time Reconciliation with God: Predicted Reconciliation: Between God and Man Righteousness Imputed: Christ Brings in an Everlasting Righteousness Righteousness: Christ: Has Brought in Everlasting Seven: Weeks: Ten Times For Seventy: 70 Weeks in the Vision of Daniel The Atonement: Foretold The Great Tribulation Weeks: A Space of Seven Years Sometimes So Called