Daniel 9:1-24

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 9:1-27

Daniel 9:1 . In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus. He is also called Cyaxares, the son of Astyages. His father was called by the jews, Ahasuerus. See on Esther. Daniel 9:2 . I Daniel understood by books, by Jeremiah, and confirmed by Ezekiel, that the seventy years of the captivity were accomplished. This passage proves how prophecies, even in those irreligious times, were valued by good men, and how widely the writings of the prophets were circulated. Why then should Rome... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Daniel 9:3

Daniel 9:3And I met my face unto the Lord God.Setting the Face unto the LordDaniel, when he would seek God, “set his face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer.” He was an eminently holy man, and far advanced in piety. His example cannot be an unfitting one to follow. 1. There must be great difficulties to the proper and effectual seeking after God. Some things we do without difficulty; our mind goes naturally and easily to their performance. Before man’s fall, his mind would as naturally turn... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Daniel 9:6

Daniel 9:6Neither have we harkened unto thy servants the prophets.The Prophetic MinistryIt was the design of Daniel, in this sentence, to look back upon the whole course of the prophetic ministry that people had enjoyed from the time of its establishment to the time of their humiliation. We now consider the period from the death of Samuel to the close of the Babylonish captivity, a period of more than five hundred years. I. SOME FACTS CONNECTED WITH THE PROPHETICAL ORDER. It was a class... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Daniel 9:8-10

Daniel 9:8-10Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.Estimating our Own CharacterWe take the words of the text in their more general reference. They are such as we ought all to use. Glory is ascribed to God; a proper view and estimate of our own character is taken. I. GOD HAS SPOKEN TO US. Daniel speaks of “the voice of the Lord our God.” So Paul--“God, who spake in time past unto the fathers,” etc., “hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son.” And he exhorts us not to... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Daniel 9:17-19

Daniel 9:17-19Cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate.The Christian’s Duty to the Church in the Present TimesI. THE STATE OF THE CHURCH WHEN DANIEL WROTE WAS ONE OF RUIN AND DESOLATION. Jerusalem, the city of God was desolate and without inhabitant, and the temple, which was the dwelling-place of the mysterious glory, was desolate. The whole nation and the whole church had gone into captivity. But does God ever forsake His people, or desert His church? The promise of God, on... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Daniel 9:20-23

Daniel 9:20-23O Lord, hear.Answer to Daniel’s PrayerA believer might say to one who questioned the value of prayer, that God has authourised and commanded him to pray, with the express promise that the prayer of faith, offered up in the name of Christ, shall be heard and answered, and that he can safely leave it with God himself to provide fur the fulfilment of His promise, in perfect consistency with the immutability of His counsels. He is warranted also to maintain that prayer is most deeply... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Daniel 9:21-27

Daniel 9:21-27Even the man Gabriel.Words of the AngelDaniel’s history is in every way profoundly interesting, and stands in connection with spiritual phenomena most startling and sublime. These verses are the words of an angel, whose name was Gabriel (the strength of God). Gabriel furnishes this intelligence in obedience to the command of another intelligence of the celestial order, one perhaps of a still higher rank in the angelic hierarchy. Daniel had seen this angel before (Daniel 8:15-27).... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Daniel 9:23

Daniel 9:23At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth.The Dawn of Revival, or Prayer Speedily AnsweredPrayer is useful in a thousand ways. It is spiritually what the old physicians sought after naturally, namely, a catholicon--a remedy of universal application. There is no case of need, distress, or dilemma, in which prayer will not be found to be a very present help. In the case before us Daniel had been studying the book of Jeremiah, and had learned that God would... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Daniel 9:24

Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people.Shutting, Sealing, and Covering: or, Messiah’s Glorious WorkThe Lord God appointed a set time for the coming of His Son into the world; nothing was left to chance. Infinite wisdom dictated the hour at which the Messiah should be born, and the moment at which he should be cut off. Note, again, that the Lord told His people somewhat darkly, but still with a fair measure of clearness, when the Christ would come. Thus he cheered them when the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 9:1

Dan 9:1 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; Ver. 1. In the first year of Darius, ] i.e., Of Darius Priseus, who, together with Cyrus the Persian, took Babylon, and with it the kingdom or monarchy of the Chaldeans, Dan 5:31 by the consent of Cyrus, who married his daughter, and had the kingdom of Media with her for a dowry, after Darius’ death, as Xenophon a testifieth. The son of Ahasuerus. ]... read more

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