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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 9:26-27

The close of the Jewish economy. "And after three score and two weeks," etc. ( Daniel 9:26 , Daniel 9:27 ). The angel passed from the restoration of the city to the coming of Messiah and the close of the Judaic dispensation. This is the manner of prophecy to seize on the great epochs in the history el the Divine dealings with man. I. THE DEATH OF THE CHRIST . 1 . It was to be violent. "Messiah was to be cut off ." An ominous and portentous phrase to every Jewish... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 9:27

And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. The verse in the Septuagint corresponding to this is evidently mixed up with confluent readings and notes as to earlier verses, "And the covenant shall be strong upon many, and again he shall turn... read more

Albert Barnes

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

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... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 9:27

And he shall confirm the covenant - literally, “he shall make strong” - והגביר vehı̂gebı̂yr. The idea is that of giving strength, or stability; of making firm and sure. The Hebrew word here evidently refers to the “covenant” which God is said to establish with his people - so often referred to in the Scriptures as expressing the relation between Him and them, and hence used, in general, to denote the laws and institutions of the true religion - the laws which God has made for his church; his... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 9:26

Daniel 9:26. 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 hundred and thirty- four years; ending with the sixty-ninth [prophetic] week, and with the commencing of our Lord’s ministry. No prophetic characters are here given of the long interval; but they are supplied from other predictions of this great prophet, which respect the Roman people and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 9:27

Daniel 9:27. And he shall confirm the covenant with many “The covenant to be confirmed by the Messiah is not a civil, but a religious compact, as such, styled by Daniel himself, the holy covenant, Daniel 11:28; Daniel 11:30; Daniel 11:32, the covenant of grace; which, after the infraction of the first divine law of strict obedience, was, of mere clemency, granted to all mankind by the mediation of Christ. He not only expiated the sins of the world by his death, which was the chief article... read more

E.W. Bullinger

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

E.W. Bullinger

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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

26. after threescore and two weeks—rather, the threescore and two weeks. In this verse, and in Daniel 9:27, Messiah is made the prominent subject, while the fate of the city and sanctuary are secondary, being mentioned only in the second halves of the verses. Messiah appears in a twofold aspect, salvation to believers, judgment on unbelievers (Daniel 9:27- :; compare Malachi 3:1-6; Malachi 4:1-3). He repeatedly, in Passion week, connects His being "cut off" with the destruction of the city, as... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 9:27

27. he shall confirm the covenant—Christ. The confirmation of the covenant is assigned to Him also elsewhere. Isaiah 42:6, "I will give thee for a covenant of the people" (that is, He in whom the covenant between Israel and God is personally expressed); compare Isaiah 42:6- :, "The new testament in My blood"; Isaiah 42:6- :, "the angel of the covenant"; Isaiah 42:6- :, describes the Messianic covenant in full. Contrast Daniel 11:30; Daniel 11:32, "forsake the covenant," "do wickedly against the... read more

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