Maybe a thirteen-cycle period of time might explain the first part of verse 25. In all the commentaries of Daniel 9, few address it: '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.' Clearly this indicates the Messiah comes after just seven 'weeks,' but then later in verse 26, it indicates he was 'cut off' after the sixty-ninth week. Many have ignored the first part of Daniel 9:25 because it would seem it's talking about two different comings of the Messiah. The span of time between the first week and the sixty-ninth week is thought to be too great to reference the same Messiah.
( William Struse )
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