Representative source
The Seventy Weeks of Daniel 9
Aish.com representative Jewish explanation of Daniel 9 and the seventy weeks.
- Author
- Dovid Rosenfeld
- Publisher
- Aish.com
- Tradition
- Orthodox Judaism
- Accessed
- 2026-06-23
Citation
Dovid Rosenfeld, “The Seventy Weeks of Daniel 9,” Aish.com, accessed June 23, 2026.
Where this source is used
- The Messiah cannot die before reigningThe Tanakh and the rabbis both speak of an anointed one who suffers or is killed. The Christian claim joins suffering and reign in one person, and rests on the resurrection.
- Daniel 9 and the Messiah before the Temple's destructionDaniel 9 is difficult and its arithmetic is disputed, but its sequence is clear. An anointed one is cut off, and then the city and sanctuary are destroyed.