I know of three rulers named Darius in Persian History, Darius I around 522 BC, Darius second that lived around 424 BC and Darius III that live around 380-330 BC. None of them are identified as Darius the son of Ahasuerus.
Now Daniel 9 identifies the period for the arival of the Annointed One as coming 69 (in one place)
25 "Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven 'sevens,' and sixty-two 'sevens.' It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. 26 After the sixty-two 'sevens,' the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing.
or 70 (in another place)
24 "Seventy 'sevens' [c] are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish [d] transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy. [e]
weeks afterwards.
Which of the Darius characters was the one that lived 69 or 70 weeks before Jesus?
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edited to fix subtitle.
This message has been edited by jar, 08-11-2005 04:33 PM
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