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 can we know WHEN Jesus became "Messiah the Prince" as per Dan, 9:25. Was it at his baptism; arrival on a donkey; or at his death?
Messiah/Christ means "Annointed One/Chosen One". In Dan 9:23, NASB, The angel Gabriel tells Daniel that he needs to ... give heed to the message and gain understanding of the vision. And ...
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Did Daniel & his friends submit to King Nebuchadnezzar because of Jeremiah prophecy in Jer 27?
Serving your enemy King is like a traitor’s action. Why didn’t Daniel & his friends refused to serve King Nebuchadnezzar? They could have chose to die in war with honour rather than to submit.
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Why is the prophecy of the end times given to Daniel instructed to be sealed, while the one given to John is not?
But you, Daniel, roll up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.” (Daniel 12:4 NIV)
Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words ...
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Daniel’s use of עָמַד and קוּם
Daniel 7:24 KJV
[24] And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise (קוּם): and another shall rise (קוּם) after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue ...
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An anointed one vs The anointed one?
Throughout the Hebrew Bible, many individuals are described as ‘anointed’, typically with the task of carrying out God’s will.
As many understand, ‘anointed’ translates to ‘Messiah’. The concept of ...
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Daniel 7:14 douleuō vs. latreuō?
I have found two different renderings of פְלַח (pelach) at Daniel 7:14 in the LXX. One is δουλεύω (douleuō) and the other is λατρεύω (latreuō)
Are Blueletterbible and Biblehub citing different source ...
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Daniel 11: 36-37 and henotheism
Daniel 11:36-37 KJV
And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall ...
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Was the author of Daniel 7-11 a traditionalist?
According to the Maccabean Hypothesis, the author of the apocalyptic half of the book of Daniel, 7-12, was written during the Maccabean Revolt (c.165 BC) as a way to either encourage the Jews to keep ...
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Is this interpretation of Daniel's 70 weeks bulletproof? Dating "Nisan 20th year of Artaxerxes to March 4, 444 BC
The paper The Prophecy of Prophecies: Correcting Harold Hoehner Interpretation of Daniel’s 70 Weeks has been catching my eye. The view presented hinges on a few things described by the author that I ...
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Who are Revelation 18's Seven kings? Are they related to the 7 heads of Daniel's Four Beasts?
The relevant Verses are these:
10 ...They[the Beast's Heads] are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little while. ...
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Are the seven heads and ten horns in Daniel the same as the seven heads and ten horns in Revelation?
In Daniel 7, the fourth beast had ten horns, but then an 11th horn came up and uprooted three of the other horns, leaving 8 horns.
In Revelation, there are three beasts with seven heads and ten horns ...
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Does Daniel 7:27 counter the christological interpretation of the Son of Man?
In Daniel 7, we have reference to a divine Son of Man figure:
““I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days ...
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Is the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 one of the beasts or horns in Daniel 7?
There are strong links between the sea beast of Revelation 13 and the beasts of Daniel 7:
The beasts in Daniel 7 also come out of the sea (Dan 7:3).
The sea beast has the same number of heads and ...
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Daniel 9:25 - what is endpoint of 69 weeks?
So you are to know and understand that from the issuing of a decree to
restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until Messiah the Prince, there will be
seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, ...
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Was Daniel a part of Israelite Royalty?
In the opening of the book of Daniel it alludes to that fact that the Hebrew boys were part of Royalty and nobility can anyone else confirm this?
Dan 1:3, 4 - Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the ...
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Daniel 9:27 - how to compute "half the week"?
And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for
half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on
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Daniel 12:12 - Is it A) At the 1,335th day or B) after 1,335 days
11And from the time that the regular burnt offering is taken away and
the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290
days. 12Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days.
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Daniel 12:11-12 Do the 1,290 and 1,335 periods start at the same time?
11And from the time that the regular burnt offering is taken away and
the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290
days. 12Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days.
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Daniel 12:11: one or two events? regular burnt offering is taken away AND the abomination that makes desolate is set up
regular burnt offering is taken away AND the abomination that makes
desolate is set up
In Greek, is there any indication whether this is meant to be read as:
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Reason there is an 80 year gap between Cyrus decree to release Jews from Babylon and Artaxerxes decree to restore and build
The 70 year period the Jews would be in Babylon would come to an end in 537/6 BC when Cyrus would issue his decree allowing them to return to Jerusalem.
The next important time element occurs on 457 ...
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What could the future significance of the 2300 evenings and mornings, mentioned in Dan, 8, represent? Antiochus' later persecution of the Jews aside
Besides there being a general consensus of opinion (see Biblehub.com/commentaries on Dan, 8:14, 8:26) that Daniel in his vision is previewing Antiochus Epiphanes' persecution of the Jews, in the 2nd ...
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Did scholars doubt Belshazzar's existence before 1854?
I realise this isn't entirely related to hermeneutics, but anyway I was doing some research on people's views on King Belshazzar mentioned in Daniel 5. All the Christian apologists who defend the book ...
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Is the god in Daniel 11:38 a god of "Fortresses" or of "Egypt"?
מִצְרַ֖יִם (miṣ·ra·yim) is the original Hebrew name for Egypt. Mizraim is the dual form of matzor, meaning a "mound" or "fortress".
מָֽעֻזִּ֔ים (mā·‘uz·zîm) is the name of the god ...
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Was Jesus referring to Dan. 9:24 in Matt. 18:21, 22?
In Matt. 18:21,22 we read:
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven ...
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Daniel Chapter 3- Why Do Some Translations have More Verses?
I have noticed that some versions of Daniel 3 end at verse 30, while other versions continue after that point for many more verses.
Which version is correct?
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Akkadian Prophecies and Daniel [closed]
There are currently five Babylonian cuneiform “ex eventu” texts known as the Akkadian Prophecies. They are dated as old as 1st millennium BC (I think) but the youngest one dates to the early 3rd ...
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Evidence for the unity of Daniel
I understand that the book of Daniel is comprised of two languages: Aramaic from chapter 2:4 to 7:25, the narrative part, and Hebrew in chapters 8 to 12, the prophetic and apocalyptic part. I ...
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The Humanization of G'd, how does it happen, is He a Person?
I came with a very interesting point that said the prophet Daniel:
Daniel 7:9
I was looking until thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days sat; His raiment was as white as snow, and the hair of ...
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When were portions of Aramaic Book of Daniel translated into Hebrew?
John Collins writes in his 3rd option: "The whole book [of Daniel] was written in Aramaic, with portions supplanted, for whatever reason, by their Hebrew translation."
Is it plausible to ...
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How are we to understand the meaning, not to mention the length, of the 'Times of the Gentiles', which likely began with Nebuchadnezzar? [closed]
The "Times of the Gentiles" started with the deposing of the last king of Judah, i.e. King Zedekiah, the last king to sit on Jehovah's earthly throne, which happened with the overthrow and ...
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How can we reconcile Matthew 7:14's "few" and Daniel 12:10's "many"?
Matthew 7:14 KJV
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Matthew 20:16 KJV
16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: ...
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Is Revelation 10:5-7 restating that which is found in Daniel 12:7?
In the Book of Daniel we read a curious passage:
Daniel 12:7: "I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, as he raised his right hand and his left toward heaven, ...
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Many will go here and there to? increase knowledge
Daniel 12:4b
New International Version
Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.
King James Bible
many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Which is more faithful to ...
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Does Revelation 13:5 allude to Daniel 9:27?
Daniel 9:27
He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple he will set up an abomination that ...
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Daniel and King Cyrus
Did King Cyrus know about what God had anointed him to do? If so, who told King Cyrus about what God had determined the king would do?
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Daniel 11:30 - Romans?
I am reading through A New English Translation of the Septuagint, currently in the Book of Daniel, where two different versions, the Old Greek and Theodotion, are given.
The Old Greek NETS version of ...
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Analysis of Daniel 9:26
A question for those with ability with Hebrew .. Daniel 9:26
DANIEL 9:26 And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall ...
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Has Daniel 11:20 onwards happened already or yet to happen?
The abomination of desolation spoken of by Yeshua was referenced in a future context. Daniel 8:23 also refers to it as the latter. The early part of Daniel 11 refers to Antiochus during Maccabees (...
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Could the book of Daniel have been deliberately archaised
There is this book Dating the Old Testament by NASA contractor Craig Davis, that goes through each book of the Old Testament to look at the the evidence of when each book was written. For Daniel he ...
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When did the 7 + 62 (69) weeks (483 years, in fact) start and then end, which then heralded "Messiah the Prince", as portrayed in Dan 9:25 [NASB]?
This much written about and endlessly debated time period, in my opinion, has to be understood before we can even think about ascertaining when the "70th week" of Daniel's famed prophecy ...
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Why is Michael called "your prince"?
But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
But I will shew thee that which is noted in the ...
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What is the clay in the vision of the statue in Daniel 2?
In the vision of the statue in Daniel 2 we are told the statue's feet "are part of iron and part of clay" (2:33). Then the rock struck the statue at the feet of iron and clay and broke them ...
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Are the passages from Daniel 9:27, 12:7-10, and Matthew 24:15-21 not describing the same "abominable" force of "desolation"?
First, from the Book of Daniel we have:
Daniel 9:27: “And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; ...
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Is the scroll/book revealed in Revelation 5:8-9 the same scroll/book that was sealed in Daniel 12:4, 9?
There seems to be strong parallels between the events that transpire with the scroll/book in the O/T Book of Daniel and that of the N/T Book of Revelation. For example, we read very similar language ...
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Why might John not be allowed to write the prophecy of "the seven peals of thunder" (Rev. 10:4)?
In the Book of Revelation, a mighty angel calls out with a loud voice like a roaring lion. At that time, there were seven thunders which seem similar to the seven seals and seven trumpets, all ...
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Did Daniel receive (worship) what God reserves only for Himself? Daniel 2:46
Daniel 2:46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him. KJB.
Why did Daniel not correct the king'...
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3½, 42 & 1260 one and the same time or not?
In Charles Ellicott's, ellicott's commentary he state that it's not necessarily the same period!
[...] But there is a limit to this desecration: forty and two months it is to last. The same length of ...
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How is Daniel 4:17 to be reconciled with Luke 4:5-6?
In the Book of Daniel the text states that God gives the kingdoms of men to whomever He chooses:
Daniel 4:17: "This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers And the decision is a ...
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When was “the Most Holy Place” anointed, as foretold at Daniel 9:24?
Daniel 9:24 NASB
24 “Seventy [a]weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy
city, to [b]finish the wrongdoing, to [c]make an end of sin, to make
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Was there a recognized canon at Daniel's time?
Daniel 9:2
Berean Study Bible
in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem ...
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