Questions tagged [daniel]
Questions regarding the book of Daniel or the prophet. The book has both Aramaic and Hebrew sections and takes place at the beginning of the Babylonian Exile.
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How many people knew this about Daniel 11: 36-45? It was Nero [closed]
I asked Chat GPT who Daniel 11: 36-45 was ending 70 AD at the latest. To my surprise it told me Nero with all the details, and why in detail it was not Antiochus 4 (mentioned just before verse 36), ...
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How do the Hebrew grammar and timed structure of Daniel 9:27 shape its prophetic meaning? [closed]
Daniel 9:27
“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 ...
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How should Daniel 9:26’s וְאֵין לוֹ be translated regarding the Messiah being “cut off”?
In Daniel 9:26, the Hebrew reads:
וּשְׁנַיִם וּשִׁשִּׁים שָׁבוּע��ים אַחֲרֵי יִכָּרֵת מָשִׁיחַ וְאֵין לוֹ וְעַם‑נָגִיד יָבוֹא בַּשֶּׁטֶף וְהָעִיר וְהַקֹּדֶשׁ יִשָּׁחְתּוּ
The verse speaks of the ...
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How should Daniel 9:25 be translated to preserve coordinated Hebrew infinitives and numerical phrases accurately?
Daniel 9:25 (KJV):
"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 ...
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In Daniel 9:24 can we understand "make an end of sins" as "make an end of sin offerings"?
I have heard it taught (and have repeated what I heard) that "make an end of sins" should rather be understood as "make an end of sin offerings. The logic, as I remember, was that the ...
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What is the correct meaning of the word "before" in Daniel 7:7?
Daniel 7:7 says:
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and ...
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Why does Daniel 9:25 reverse the normal Hebrew order (“weeks 60 and 2”) compared to 9:26 (“after the 60 and 2 weeks”)?
Why does the phrasing in Daniel 9:25 appear inverted—saying “weeks two and sixty”—while Daniel 9:26 preserves the more expected order, “after the two and sixty weeks”? This difference is not merely ...
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Does the Hebrew grammar of Daniel 9:24–27 support Christian Widener’s “double seventy-weeks” interpretation? [closed]
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Christian Widener contends that Daniel 9:24-27 outlines two distinct seventy-week (490-year) timelines—one fulfilled in Israel’s ancient restoration (Ezra/Nehemiah → Messiah), and a second ...
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What is the difference between "the daughters of Israel" and "a daughter of Judah" in Daniel 13:57?
Daniel seems to draw a distinction between how the two false witnesses consorted with "the daughters of Israel" but were rejected by "a daughter of Judah." Is he referring to ...
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Daniel 11 - king of the south and king of the north
In the first 4 verses of chapter 11 in the book of Daniel, he tells us there will be 4 more kings that shall arise in Persia with the fourth being richer, stronger, than the others. He will go up ...
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How to understand Daniel's different forms of identifying God in the two visions?
Daniel has two great visions of the future; both are placed in the Aramaic portion. First, God gives Daniel Nebuchadnezzar's vision. Then God gives him his own. In comparing the two, I notice ...
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What is the significance of 70 years in God's judgement?
Jeremiah 29:10
For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
Why did God ...
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Does Daniel's interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's image imply the pre-existence of Christ?
34 As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold,...
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Why is the proper understanding of רְעַע in Daniel 2:40?
"And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, [that kingdom] will break in pieces and crush all the ...
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Is there additional meaning to the Son of God, Son of Man visions?
He answered and said, "But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods."
(Daniel 3:25 ESV)
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