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NASB | Daniel 9:24 ¶ "Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Daniel 9:24 ¶ "Seventy weeks [of years, or 490 years] have been decreed for your people and for your holy city (Jerusalem), to finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, to make atonement (reconciliation) for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness (right-standing with God), to seal up vision and prophecy and prophet, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. |
Bible Question:
I am really confused about the whole "70th Week of Daniel" thing. And I am sure many others are too, as it is a very controversial and rather esoteric passage. Many people promote the idea of a gap between the 69th and the 70th weeks. I just can't get the text to support that. I understand there are many interpretations and I would like to hear from everyone their "take" on this verse and its relevance to the return of Christ... |
Bible Answer: Amber, just to add a necessary footnote. The erroneous concept about the Jews returning to their “homeland” also is unfounded. EVERY “returning” was written before they already returned. Jesus NEVER said they would come back. None of His disciples said they would come back after the Gentiles drove them out. Nowhere does Scripture say they will return after that final destruction of their nation and their society. EVERY single “promise” of their “future” return had already taken place BEFORE Jesus prophesied their fleeing, which happened in A.D. 70. The Jewish members of my family will tell you the same things, because they also know what the Old and New Testaments say about this topic. Respectfully, Taleb |