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<center><small>''Daniel prays for forgiveness and the salvation of his people Israel.<br/>Gabriel informs Daniel of the seventy weeks.<br/>538 B.C. (?)''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]]</ref><br/><span style="color:#800000">''539 B.C.''</span><ref>According to current historical and archaeological research.</ref></small></center>

<center><small>''Daniel prays for forgiveness and the salvation of his people Israel.<br/>Gabriel informs Daniel of the seventy weeks.<br/>538 B.C. (?)''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]]</ref><br/><span style="color:#800000">''539 B.C.''</span><ref>According to current historical and archaeological research.</ref></small></center>

'''1'''  In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

'''1'''  In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

'''23'''  At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew ''thee''; for thou ''art'' greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.

'''23'''  At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew ''thee''; for thou ''art'' greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.

'''24'''  Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

'''24'''  Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.<ref>These verses, 24-27, are known as the seventy weeks prophecy of Jesus's arrival, baptism, ministry, and [[Crucifixion]].</ref>

'''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.

'''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.

'''26'''  And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof ''shall be'' with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

'''26'''  And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself:<ref>This is considered a [[prophesy]] of the [[Crucifixion]].</ref> and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof ''shall be'' with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

'''27'''  And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make ''it'' desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

'''27'''  And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make ''it'' desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

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