...carried on with a rapidity, shall be desolations. " But he shall confirm a covenant (or make a firm covenant) with many for one week ; and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and meat-offering to cease; and the abomination of desolation shall be upon the border ; (that is, encompassing...

...covenant with many for one week. Christ came in the midst of this week of years, as Daniel foretold : And in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease. John the Baptist's ministry consisted principally in preaching the law, to awaken and convince men...

...already considered. The prophecy of Daniel which he conceives to predict the same number is ch. ix. 2/. " He shall confirm the covenant with many for one week,...shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease." The half week here spoken of he considers to be a prediction of the duration of our Lord's ministry,...

...and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many, for one...midst of the week, he sha.ll cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease ; and for the overspreading of abominations, he shall make it desolate, even until...

...the end thereof shall be with " a flood ; and unto the end of the war desolations are de" termined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many " for...the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the over spreading of abominations, he shall make it des late, even " unto the consummation, and that determined...

...unto the end of the war, it shall be cut off with desolations." — V. 27. " And he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week ; and in the midst...cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and upon * The reader who desires to examine this more critically, may refer to Mr. Faber's Dissertation...

...unto the end of the war, it shall be cut off with desolations." — V. 27. " And he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week ; and in the midst...cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and upon * The reader who desires to examine this more critically, may refer to Mr. Faber-s Dissertation...

...middle of the next verse, he says, " And for (or on account of) the overspread" ing of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until " the consummation,...that determined shall be " poured upon the desolate." The intelligent reader can here interpret for himself; after what has been said, this needs no comment...

...dividing of the week, he shall cause the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of Abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation,...that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. The 70 weeks make 490 days : by centuries, a double jubilee of the Jewish and Gentile church united,...

...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...the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading1 of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation and that determined...