Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Steve Miller" <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net>]

> From: K Randolph Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 10:16 AM
> 
> Steve:
> 
> On 9/22/06, Steve Miller <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> > [Steve Miller] Thanks Karl. So you are saying that M$YX NGYD in v25 is
> just
> > one person, and different from M$YX in v26. What then is the meaning of
> "and
> > 62 weeks" in v25? "From the going forth of the word to restore and to
> build
> > Jerusalem unto Messiah, the Prince, are seven weeks, and sixty-two
> weeks."
> > If maschiach nageed came at 7 weeks only, why does it say "and 62
> weeks"?
> >
> > Also, I know that you had already mentioned what you repeated above, but
> I
> > was asking you something a bit different - was maschiach nageed in v25
> one
> > person or 2 persons? But since you restated what you had said before, I
> > gather that your answer is "one person".
> >
> I misunderstood your question, I thought you were conflating the two
> uses of M$YX in verses 25 and 26 to mean one person or were there two
> different M$YX. I understand that there were two different
> individuals, the one in verse 25 M$YX NGYD and the one in verse 26
> referred to only a M$YX. The one in verse 25 is one individual.
> 
> As for the 62 sevens mentioned in verse 25, it is after mentioning the
> number of sevens to the first M$YX, namely M$YX NGYD, where the focus
> has returned to the city. Those 62 sevens have no relationship to M$YX
> NGYD. Look at the context.
> 

 [Steve Miller] Karl, just explain to me how you understand what Dan 9:25
means including the 62 sevens. Thanks.