Daniel 9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 9:21

Gabriel . See note on Daniel 8:16 . This prophecy is not given by a "prophet", but by an angel or hierophant (who shows sacred things) to a prophet. It is therefore a most transcendent prophecy. about the time, &c . Compare similar important occasions: David (2 Samuel 24:15 , note); Elijah (1 Kings 18:29 ); Ezra (Ezra 9:5 ). oblation = gift or donation offering. Hebrew. minchah. App-43 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 9:22

And he informed me . The Syriac reads "Yea, he came". to give thee skill, &c . = to teach thee understanding, or to make thee wise as to, &c. Note the special emphasis as to the admonition for ourselves in the Structures below. It is not a vision that requires interpretati o n , but a direct prophecy given in simple words by the angel Gabriel, sent by God for the express purpose of making everything clear, and solving the most weighty problems that perplex the human mind. There is... read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 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 a half years (Daniel 7:25 ; Compare Daniel 8:11-14 ; Daniel 11:33 ). In Revelation 11:2 this half is expressed by "forty-two months"; and in the next... read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 9:25

Know therefore and understand. Note this second admonition, as shown in the Structure ("25-") above. from the going forth, &c. : i.e. in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes (= the great king: i.e. Astyages), 454 B.C. See notes on Nehemiah 2:1 , Nehemiah 5:14 , Nehemiah 13:4 . Also App-50 and App-58 . commandment = word. Hebrew. dabar. App-73 . Referring to the Divine word rather than to a royal decree. Jerusalem . Not the Temple (as in Ezra), but the city (as in Nehemiah), which was the... read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 9:26

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 19:41-44 ("this thy day"). threescore and... read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 9:27

he shall confirm the covenant = make a firm covenant: i.e. the little horn will do this at the beginning of the last seven years. See note below on "one week". It may even be the beginning of the 2,300 days of Daniel 8:14 . Compare Daniel 11:21-24 . the covenant = a covenant. many = the many. one week . This is the last seven years which completes the "seventy" of Daniel 9:24 ; the time when action commences in connection with Daniel's "city" and "People" (i.e. Jerusalem and Israel). These... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Daniel 9:1

This chapter recounts the prophecy of the seventy weeks, probably the most debated portion of the whole prophecy. The chapter has four divisions: (1) Daniel comes to understand that the "seventy years" of Israel's captivity are about to end (Daniel 9:1-2); (2) his fervent prayer that God will indeed bless and restore Israel to Palestine (Daniel 9:3-19); (3) Gabriel interrupts his prayer in order to show Daniel things to come (Daniel 9:10-23); and (4) the prophecy of the seventy weeks (Daniel... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Daniel 9:3

"And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. And I prayed unto Jehovah my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from thy precepts and from thine ordinances; neither have we hearkened unto thy servants... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Daniel 9:7

"O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of face, so at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are afar off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. To the Lord our God belongeth mercies... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Daniel 9:12

"And he has confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil; for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come upon us; yet have we not entreated the favor of Jehovah our God, that we should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in thy truth. Therefore hath Jehovah watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 9:21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 9:22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 9:24

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 9:25

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 9:26

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 9:27

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Daniel 9:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Daniel 9:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Daniel 9:7

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Daniel 9:12

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