Daniel 9:25

Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Know	וְתֵדַ֨ע ve.te.Da'	H3045	to know (properly · conjunction + verb, qal, 2nd person masculine singular
understand	וְתַשְׂכֵּ֜ל ve.tas.Kel	H7919	to be (causatively · conjunction + verb, hiphil jussive, 2nd person masculine singular
forth	מֹצָ֣א mo.Tza'	H4161	a going forth · noun, common masculine singular construct
commandment	דָבָ֗ר da.Var	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine singular absolute
restore	לְהָשִׁיב֙ le.ha.Shiv	H7725	to turn back (hence · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
build	וְלִבְנ֤וֹת ve.liv.Not	H1129	to build (literally and figuratively) · conjunction + preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
Jerusalem	יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
Messiah	מָשִׁ֣יחַ ma.Shi.ach	H4899	anointed · noun, common masculine singular absolute
Prince	נָגִ֔יד na.Gid	H5057	a commander (as occupying the front) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
seven	שִׁבְעָ֑ה shiv.'Ah	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
weeks	שָׁבֻעִ֖ים sha.vu.'Im	H7620	literally · noun, common masculine plural absolute
threescore	שִׁשִּׁ֣ים shi.Shim	H8346	sixty · cardinal number, masculine plural absolute
two	וּשְׁנַ֗יִם u.she.Na.yim	H8147	two · conjunction + cardinal number, both genders dual absolute
weeks	וְשָׁבֻעִ֞ים ve.sha.vu.'Im	H7620	literally · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
street	רְח֣וֹב re.Chov	H7339	a width · noun, common feminine singular absolute
built	וְנִבְנְתָה֙ ve.niv.ne.Tah	H1129	to build (literally and figuratively) · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
again	תָּשׁוּב֙ ta.Shuv	H7725	to turn back (hence · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
wall	וְחָר֔וּץ ve.cha.Rutz	H2742	properly · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
troublous	וּבְצ֖וֹק uv.Tzok	H6695	a strait · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
times	הָעִתִּֽים ha.'i.Tim	H6256	time · definite article + noun, common both genders plural absolute

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Cross-references

Ezra 4:24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful,…
Isaiah 55:4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
John 1:41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
John 4:25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
Nehemiah 2:1-8 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and…
Nehemiah 3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doo…
Nehemiah 4:8 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 9:20–end

We have here the answer that was immediately sent to Daniel's prayer, and it is a very memorable one, as it contains the most illustrious prediction of Christ and gospel-grace that is extant in all the Old Testament. If John Baptist was the morning-star, this was the day-break to the Sun of righteousness, the day-spring from on high. Here is, I. The time when this answer was given. 1. It was while Daniel was at prayer. This he observed and laid a strong emphasis upon: While I was speaking (Dan 9:20), yea, while I was speaking in prayer (Dan 9:21), before he rose from his knees, and while there was yet more which he intended to say. (1.) He mentions the two heads he chiefly insisted upon in p…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 9:25

from the going forth of the commandment--namely the command from God, whence originated the command of the Persian king (Ezr 6:14). AUBERLEN remarks, there is but one Apocalypse in each Testament. Its purpose in each is to sum up all the preceding prophecies, previous to the "troublous times" of the Gentiles, in which there was to be no revelation. Daniel sums up all the previous Messianic prophecy, separating into its individual phases what the prophets had seen in one and the same perspective, the temporary deliverance from captivity and the antitypical final Messianic deliverance. The seventy weeks are separated (Dan 9:25-27) into three unequal parts, seven, sixty-two, one. The seventieth…

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Adam Clarke on Daniel 9:25

From the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem - The foregoing events being all accomplished by Jesus Christ, they of course determine the prophecy to him. And if we reckon back four hundred and ninety years, we shall find the time of the going forth of this command. Most learned men agree that the death of Christ happened at the passover in the month Nisan, in the four thousand seven hundred and forty-sixth year of the Julian period. Four hundred and ninety years, reckoned back from the above year, leads us directly to the month Nisan in the four thousand two hundred and fifty-sixth year of the same period; the very month and year in which Ezra had his commission…

The Church Fathers

Indeed it says, "and to return and a street and wall shall be built." [Daniel 9:25] And it really happened. For the people returned and built this city and temple and its wall in a circle.
— Hippolytus of Rome, Commentary on Daniel 4.35.1

This is Daniel who prophesied in Babylon and who was also privileged to utter predictions concerning the Lord Christ, and he speaks thus: And thou shalt know and discern that from the going forth of the commandment to the response and the building of Jerusalem, until the anointed one a prince, shall be seven weeks and three score and two weeks.
— Cosmas Indicopleustes, The Christian Topography, Book 5

Now, it gave Christ a second name as leader.… He is our leader in his humanity as "the firstborn of all creation," that is, a new creation: "If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation"24—and as firstborn from the dead, so as to have, as Paul says, "first place in everything." Hence holy Gabriel called him "Christ the leader." To him from the rebuilding of Jerusalem, therefore, are "seven weeks and sixty-two weeks."
— Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 9:25

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Dictionary and topics

Anoint — The practice of anointing with perfumed oil was common among the Hebrews. (1.) The act of anointing was significant of consecration to a holy or sacred use; hence the anointing of the high priest…
Anointing — in Holy Scripture, is either, I. Material—with oil—or II. Spiritual—with the Holy Ghost. I. MATERIAL.—
Daniel — God is my judge, or judge of God. (1.) David’s second son, “born unto him in Hebron, of Abigail the Carmelitess” (1 Chr. 3:1). He is called also Chileab (2 Sam. 3:3). (2.) One of the four great…
Gabriel — Champion of God, used as a proper name to designate the angel who was sent to Daniel (8:16) to explain the vision of the ram and the he-goat, and to communicate the prediction of the seventy weeks…
Governor — (1.) Heb. nagid, a prominent, conspicuous person, whatever his capacity: as, chief of the royal palace (2 Chr. 28:7; comp. 1 Kings 4:6), chief of the temple (1 Chr. 9:11; Jer. 20:1), the leader of…
Jerusalem — Called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of Judah” (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the…
Messiah — (Heb. mashiah), in all the thirty-nine instances of its occurring in the Old Testament, is rendered by the LXX. “Christos.” It means anointed. Thus priests (Ex. 28:41; 40:15; Num. 3:3), prophets (1…
Nativity of Christ — The birth of our Lord took place at the time and place predicted by the prophets (Gen. 49:10; Isa. 7:14; Jer. 31:15; Micah 5:2; Hag. 2:6-9; Dan. 9:24, 25). Joseph and Mary were providentially led to…
Week — From the beginning, time was divided into weeks, each consisting of six days of working and one of rest (Gen. 2:2, 3; 7:10; 8:10, 12; 29:28). The references to this division of days becomes…
Atonement, The · Foretold — Foretold

Daniel 9:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 9:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 9:25

Adam Clarke on Daniel 9:25

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Daniel 9:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 9:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 9:25

Adam Clarke on Daniel 9:25

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Daniel 9:25

John Calvin on Daniel 9:25

Keil & Delitzsch on Daniel 9:25

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Daniel 9:25

Rashi on Daniel 9:25