Daniel 9:27

"After the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One will be cut off, and will have nothing. The people of the prince who come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end will be with a flood, and war will be even to the end. Desolations are determined."

Key Reflection

Daniel 9:27 describes a significant period of six hundred ninety weeks, divided into three parts, leading to a pivotal moment in Jewish history. The first part, sixty-two weeks (438 years), ends with the "Anointed One," likely referring to Jesus Christ, being cut off or crucified, an event that leaves no inheritance behind. This prophecy aligns with the historical context of the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple by Roman forces in 70 CE, where the city and sanctuary were indeed destroyed amid war and desolation, reflecting a fulfillment of this biblical prediction.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And he shall confirm the covenant -literally, “he shall make strong” -והגבירvehı̂gebı̂yr. 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 promises to be their protector, etc., and the institutions which grow out of that relation.

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