unto the Messiah] The eternall Word is by an Angel named Messiah, that is in Greeke, Christ, and the time of his death being told in vers. 24. to be after seven seventies, in this verse, those sevens are divided into three parts, first into seven: secondly, sixtie two: thirdly, one seven. And he joyneth proper stories to the first and last part of the division. shall be seven weeks] Of years, which are nine and fortie years from Cyrus his decree, untill such time as the wals of Jerusalem were finished by Nehemiah. In which time the citie and Temple were built. That was 46 from Cyrus third, when Daniel mourned for the hinderance of it. Daniel 10:1-2. To which time we may referre that 46 years, John 2:20. Doctor Willet on Daniel 9. quest. 59. threescore and two weeks] These 62. sevens, which make 434 years from the restauration of Jerusalem, are parcelled alone only, that the last seven may be handled alone, for our Lords storie. the street shall be built again] Heb. shall return and be built. When was this performed? This belongeth to the first partition, and was accomplished within the first seven sevens, that is, by the 49 yeare after the grant by Cyrus for Israels return to build the house of God and the Citie. wall] Or, breach, or ditch. even in troublous times] Heb. in strait of times. See Ezra and Nehemiah for the troubles of this time.