Daniel 9: 25 is one of the most remarkable prophesies in the Bible, dating the coming of the Messiah to Passover A.D. 32. Let me quote the verse for you:
Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks (Daniel 9: 25).
In Hebrew, the phrase “Anointed One” is messiah, and the word “week” refers to a collection of seven years, as in Genesis 29: 26-27. Thus, “from the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the ruler, comes, there will be seven weeks (7 x 7 = 49 years) and sixty-two weeks (62 x 7 = 434 years),” or a total of 483 years (49 + 434 = 483 years).
The Persian king, Artaxerxes, issues the decree that permits Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem in “the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes” (Nehemiah 2: 1). Since Artaxerxes reigns from 464-423 B.C., his decree is issued March/April 445 B.C. Furthermore, since the new moon regulating the Passover occurs on March 13, 445 B.C., the 1st of Nisan is March 14, 445 B.C. This becomes the starting date for the prophecy of Daniel 9: 25.
We can then measure out “seven weeks” and “sixty-two weeks” (or 49 + 434 = 483 years). In the Bible, such “prophetic years” are rounded to 360 days, or 12 months of 30 days; this is clear from Revelation 11: 1-3, where the midpoint of the seventieth week mentioned in Daniel 9 is said to be 42 months, or 1,260 days (30 days x 12 months x 7 years = 2,520 days; 2,520 days/2 = 1,260 days). If we use this 360 day “prophetic year,” then 483 years = 173,880 days (483 years x 360 days). Starting from March 14, 445 B.C. and counting out 173,880 days, brings us to April 6, A.D. 32 as the date when Daniel 9: 25 predicts the “Messiah, the ruler, comes.”
The date correlates perfectly with Scripture. Jesus goes up to Jerusalem “six days before the Passover,” arriving at the home of Mary and Martha in Bethany (John 12: 1). If the Passover is eaten on Thursday evening as the Gospels say, then Jesus arrives in Bethany on the Sabbath, the 8th of Nisan; on Saturday evening, the 9th of Nisan, after the Sabbath ends, Mary and Martha have their dinner party, mentioned in John 12: 1-2. The following day, Sunday, the 10th of Nisan, Jesus enters Jerusalem. The Julian date of the 10th of Nisan is Sunday, April 6, A.D. 32. The interval between March 14, 445 B.C. and April 6, A.D. 32 is exactly 173,880 days, or the 483 years of Daniel 9: 25.
Thus, Jesus enters Jerusalem on precisely the day that Daniel 9: 25 says he will—which goes a long way toward explaining the enormous messianic expectations that people had during Jesus’ day.
Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks (Daniel 9: 25).
In Hebrew, the phrase “Anointed One” is messiah, and the word “week” refers to a collection of seven years, as in Genesis 29: 26-27. Thus, “from the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the ruler, comes, there will be seven weeks (7 x 7 = 49 years) and sixty-two weeks (62 x 7 = 434 years),” or a total of 483 years (49 + 434 = 483 years).
The Persian king, Artaxerxes, issues the decree that permits Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem in “the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes” (Nehemiah 2: 1). Since Artaxerxes reigns from 464-423 B.C., his decree is issued March/April 445 B.C. Furthermore, since the new moon regulating the Passover occurs on March 13, 445 B.C., the 1st of Nisan is March 14, 445 B.C. This becomes the starting date for the prophecy of Daniel 9: 25.
We can then measure out “seven weeks” and “sixty-two weeks” (or 49 + 434 = 483 years). In the Bible, such “prophetic years” are rounded to 360 days, or 12 months of 30 days; this is clear from Revelation 11: 1-3, where the midpoint of the seventieth week mentioned in Daniel 9 is said to be 42 months, or 1,260 days (30 days x 12 months x 7 years = 2,520 days; 2,520 days/2 = 1,260 days). If we use this 360 day “prophetic year,” then 483 years = 173,880 days (483 years x 360 days). Starting from March 14, 445 B.C. and counting out 173,880 days, brings us to April 6, A.D. 32 as the date when Daniel 9: 25 predicts the “Messiah, the ruler, comes.”
The date correlates perfectly with Scripture. Jesus goes up to Jerusalem “six days before the Passover,” arriving at the home of Mary and Martha in Bethany (John 12: 1). If the Passover is eaten on Thursday evening as the Gospels say, then Jesus arrives in Bethany on the Sabbath, the 8th of Nisan; on Saturday evening, the 9th of Nisan, after the Sabbath ends, Mary and Martha have their dinner party, mentioned in John 12: 1-2. The following day, Sunday, the 10th of Nisan, Jesus enters Jerusalem. The Julian date of the 10th of Nisan is Sunday, April 6, A.D. 32. The interval between March 14, 445 B.C. and April 6, A.D. 32 is exactly 173,880 days, or the 483 years of Daniel 9: 25.
Thus, Jesus enters Jerusalem on precisely the day that Daniel 9: 25 says he will—which goes a long way toward explaining the enormous messianic expectations that people had during Jesus’ day.
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