Daniel 9:26 - Cyrus
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2019 1:40 am
All the translations exaggerate this verse, NIV "Anointed One will be put to death" to emphases the unrelated New Testament and Messiah is the special title given to King Cyrus in Isaiah 45:1.
1 Samuel 20:16
Jonathan [יהונתן] made a covenant [ויכרת] with [עם] house of David [בית דוד].
Daniel 9:26
Messiah [משיח] made a covenant [יכרת]
ויכרת translates into ἐξαρθῆναι 'to lift up, exalt', the adjective, ἐξαιρετός that is הבכרות means 'taken out, picked out, choice' (Jeremiah 24:2) and in Daniel 4:42, the word 'Decree' is גזרת from a root meaning 'to cut out', the Septuagint translates σύγκριμα from κρίνω 'to pick out' also roots the very word, 'Decree'. So words meaning 'to cut or pick out' in both Hebrew and Greek are words that root words for 'decree, covenant and treaty'. Daniel 9:27 reads והגביר ברית that is κέρεϊ ῥητήν.
Daniel 9:25 reads 'to restore and to build Jerusalem' which was done through a decree made by Cyrus in Ezra 1:2.
so the Messiah in Daniel 9:25 can only have being Cyrus. so named Messiah in Isaiah 45:1.
μωσικός/משיח
of persons, skilled in music, musical, generally, votary of the Muses, man of letters and accomplishments, scholar, of things, elegant, delicate.
1 Samuel 20:16
Jonathan [יהונתן] made a covenant [ויכרת] with [עם] house of David [בית דוד].
Daniel 9:26
Messiah [משיח] made a covenant [יכרת]
ויכרת translates into ἐξαρθῆναι 'to lift up, exalt', the adjective, ἐξαιρετός that is הבכרות means 'taken out, picked out, choice' (Jeremiah 24:2) and in Daniel 4:42, the word 'Decree' is גזרת from a root meaning 'to cut out', the Septuagint translates σύγκριμα from κρίνω 'to pick out' also roots the very word, 'Decree'. So words meaning 'to cut or pick out' in both Hebrew and Greek are words that root words for 'decree, covenant and treaty'. Daniel 9:27 reads והגביר ברית that is κέρεϊ ῥητήν.
Daniel 9:25 reads 'to restore and to build Jerusalem' which was done through a decree made by Cyrus in Ezra 1:2.
so the Messiah in Daniel 9:25 can only have being Cyrus. so named Messiah in Isaiah 45:1.
μωσικός/משיח
of persons, skilled in music, musical, generally, votary of the Muses, man of letters and accomplishments, scholar, of things, elegant, delicate.