26And 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.
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He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-27)We have here the answer that was immediately sent to Daniel’s prayer, and it is a very memorable one, as it contains the most illustrious prediction of Christ and gospel-grace that is extant in all the Old Testament . If John Baptist was the morning-star, this was the day-break to the Sun of righteousness, the day-spring from on high . Here is, I. The time when this answer was given. 1. It was whi…
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