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
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