Daniel 9 (JND) - Bible Truth Library

Seventy weeks.That is, seventy weeks of years, or 490 years, which reckoned from the seventh year of Artaxerxes, coinciding with the 4,256th year of the Julian period, and in the month {Nisan,} in which Ezra was commissioned to restore the Jewish state and polity, (Ezr 7:9-26) will bring us to the month of Nisan of the 4,746th year of the same period, or A.D. 33, the very month and year in which our Lord suffered, and completed the work of our salvation.

Lev. 25:8• ⁸And thou shalt count seven sabbaths of years, seven times seven years; so that the days of the seven sabbaths of years be unto thee forty-nine years. (Lev. 25:8)

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finish.

or, restrain.

Matt. 1:21• ²¹And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for *he* shall save his people from their sins. (Matt. 1:21)

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1 John 3:8• ⁸He that practises sin is of the devil; for from the beginning the devil sins. To this end the Son of God has been manifested, that he might undo the works of the devil. (1 John 3:8)

and to.

Lam. 4:22• ²²The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity. He will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins. (Lam. 4:22)

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Col. 2:14• ¹⁴having effaced the handwriting in ordinances which stood out against us, which was contrary to us, he has taken it also out of the way, having nailed it to the cross; (Col. 2:14)

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Heb. 9:26• ²⁶since he had then been obliged often to suffer from the foundation of the world. But now once in the consummation of the ages he has been manifested for the putting away of sin by his sacrifice. (Heb. 9:26)

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Heb. 10:14• ¹⁴For by one offering he has perfected in perpetuity the sanctified. (Heb. 10:14)

make an end of.

or, seal up.

Ezek. 28:12• ¹²Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyre, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou, who sealest up the measure of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty, (Ezek. 28:12)

to make.

Lev. 8:15• ¹⁵and he slaughtered it, and Moses took the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and cleansed the altar from sin, and the blood he poured at the bottom of the altar, and hallowed it, making atonement for it. (Lev. 8:15)

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2 Chron. 29:24• ²⁴And the priests slaughtered them, and they made purification for sin with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel; because for all Israel, said the king, is the burnt-offering and the sin-offering. (2 Chron. 29:24)

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Isa. 53:10• ¹⁰Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath subjected him to suffering. When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see a seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand. (Isa. 53:10)

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Rom. 5:10• ¹⁰For if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much rather, having been reconciled, we shall be saved in the power of his life. (Rom. 5:10)

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2 Cor. 5:18‑20• ¹⁸and all things are of the God who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and given to us the ministry of that reconciliation:
¹⁹how that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their offences; and putting in us the word of that reconciliation.
²⁰We are ambassadors therefore for Christ, God as it were beseeching by us, we entreat for Christ, Be reconciled to God. (2 Cor. 5:18‑20)

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Col. 1:20• ²⁰and by him to reconcile all things to itself, having made peace by the blood of his cross--by him, whether the things on the earth or the things in the heavens. (Col. 1:20)

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Heb. 2:17• ¹⁷Wherefore it behoved him in all things to be made like to his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people; (Heb. 2:17)

to bring.

Isa. 51:6,8• ⁶Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
⁸For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. (Isa. 51:6,8)

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Isa. 53:11• ¹¹He shall see of the fruit of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant instruct many in righteousness; and *he* shall bear their iniquities. (Isa. 53:11)

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Isa. 56:1• ¹Thus saith Jehovah: Keep ye judgment and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. (Isa. 56:1)

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Jer. 23:5‑6• ⁵Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall reign as king, and act wisely, and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
⁶In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in safety; and this is his name whereby he shall be called, Jehovah our Righteousness. (Jer. 23:5‑6)

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Rom. 3:21‑22• ²¹But now without law righteousness of God is manifested, borne witness to by the law and the prophets;
²²righteousness of God by faith of Jesus Christ towards all, and upon all those who believe: for there is no difference; (Rom. 3:21‑22)

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1 Cor. 1:30• ³⁰But of him are *ye* in Christ Jesus, who has been made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness, and holiness, and redemption; (1 Cor. 1:30)

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2 Cor. 5:21• ²¹Him who knew not sin he has made sin for us, that *we* might become God's righteousness in him. (2 Cor. 5:21)

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Phil. 3:9• ⁹and that I may be found in him, not having my righteousness, which would be on the principle of law, but that which is by faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God through faith, (Phil. 3:9)

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Heb. 9:12‑14• ¹²nor by blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, has entered in once for all into the holy of holies, having found an eternal redemption.
¹³For if the blood of goats and bulls, and a heifer's ashes sprinkling the defiled, sanctifies for the purity of the flesh,
¹⁴how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to worship the living God? (Heb. 9:12‑14)

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2 Peter 1:1• ¹Simon Peter, bondman and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have received like precious faith with us through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ: (2 Peter 1:1)

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Rev. 14:6• ⁶And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven, having the everlasting glad tidings to announce to those settled on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people, (Rev. 14:6)

seal up.

Matt. 11:13• ¹³For all the prophets and the law have prophesied unto John. (Matt. 11:13)

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Luke 24:25‑27,44‑45• ²⁵And *he* said to them, O senseless and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
²⁶Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into his glory?
²⁷And having begun from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
⁴⁴And he said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all that is written concerning me in the law of Moses and prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.
⁴⁵Then he opened their understanding to understand the scriptures, (Luke 24:25‑27,44‑45)

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John 19:28‑30• ²⁸After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now finished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, says, I thirst.
²⁹There was a vessel therefore there full of vinegar, and having filled a sponge with vinegar, and putting hyssop round it, they put it up to his mouth.
³⁰When therefore Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished; and having bowed his head, he delivered up his spirit. (John 19:28‑30)

prophecy.

Heb. prophet.

Acts 3:22• ²²Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you out of your brethren like me: him shall ye hear in everything whatsoever he shall say to you. (Acts 3:22)

and to anoint.

Psa. 2:6• ⁶And *I* have anointed my king upon Zion, the hill of my holiness. (Psa. 2:6)

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Psa. 45:7• ⁷Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions. (Psa. 45:7)

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Isa. 61:1• ¹The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to announce glad tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and opening of the prison to them that are bound; (Isa. 61:1)

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Luke 4:18‑21• ¹⁸The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he has sent me to preach to captives deliverance, and to the blind sight, to send forth the crushed delivered,
¹⁹to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
²⁰And having rolled up the book, when he had delivered it up to the attendant, he sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed upon him.
²¹And he began to say to them, To-day this scripture is fulfilled in your ears. (Luke 4:18‑21)

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John 1:41• ⁴¹He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ). (John 1:41)

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John 3:34• ³⁴for he whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives not the Spirit by measure. (John 3:34)

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Heb. 1:8‑9• ⁸but as to the Son, Thy throne, O God, is to the age of the age, and a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
⁹Thou hast loved righteousness and hast hated lawlessness; therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with oil of gladness above thy companions. (Heb. 1:8‑9)

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Heb. 9:11• ¹¹But Christ being come high priest of the good things to come, by the better and more perfect tabernacle not made with hand, (Heb. 9:11)

the most.

Mark 1:24• ²⁴saying, Eh! what have we to do with thee, Jesus, Nazarene? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the holy one of God. (Mark 1:24)

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Luke 1:35• ³⁵And the angel answering said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of the Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of God. (Luke 1:35)

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Acts 3:14• ¹⁴But *ye* denied the holy and righteous one, and asked that a man that was a murderer should be granted to you; (Acts 3:14)

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Heb. 7:26• ²⁶For such a high priest became us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and become higher than the heavens: (Heb. 7:26)

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Rev. 3:7• ⁷And to the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: These things saith the holy, the true; he that has the key of David, he who opens and no one shall shut, and shuts and no one shall open: (Rev. 3:7)

• Daniel’s people are the Jews, and his city is the earthly Jerusalem. Remark also that, though Daniel had said to the Lord, “Thy people” and “Thy city” Jerusalem, Gabriel says to him, “thy people” and “thy city.” (Compare the intercession of Moses in Ex. 32-34.). (“Daniel 9” by E. Dennett)

• {weeks} “The word itself is strictly, something divided into, or consisting of, seven parts—a heptad, a hebdomad.” Again, “Daniel had made inquiry about seventy years of the captivity in Babylon. The answer speaks also of seventy periods, which in our English translation are called weeks. The word, however, does not necessarily mean seven days, but a period of seven parts; of course, it is much more often used in speaking of a week than anything else, because nothing is so often mentioned as a week which is similarly divided. The Hebrews, however, used a septenary scale as to time just as habitually as we should reckon by tens; the sabbatical years, the jubilees, all tended to give this thought a permanent place in their minds. The denomination is here to be taken from the subject of Daniel’s prayer. He prayed about years, he is answered about periods of seven years; that is, the recurrence of sabbatical years.” (S, P. Tregelles, LL.D). (“Daniel 9” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

Seventy weeks are apportioned out upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to closed the transgression, and to make an end ofe sins, and to make expiation forf iniquity, and to bring in the righteousness of the ages, and to seal the vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of holies.

JND Translation Notes

Or "to complete."

Or "to seal up."

Or "forgive," see Ps. 78.38.