Basil of Seleucia : Since there is much testimony from the writings of the Law and the Prophets concerning the coming of the Savior, so that the Jews cannot deny it, the more thoughtful among them admit that he will come but say that he has not yet come. We have deemed it fitting, therefore, to offer this proof from the discourse of the archangel Gabriel as he spoke precisely of the times to the prophet Daniel in the vision that came to him.… When the times were fulfilled in the days of Augustus, the foretold Christ came to his people, was crucified and fulfilled all the things written about him through the holy angels and prophets. Thus, even if they do not blush on hearing the testimony of the archangel, let them cease from their vain waiting for the Messiah. Since the prophet Daniel was one of those longing to see the coming of the Messiah, our Lord himself says about him and the others, "Many prophets and just people longed to see those things that you see, but they did not see them, and to hear those things that you hear but did not hear them." — HOMILY 38:1 Cosmas Indicopleustes : This is Daniel who prophesied in Babylon and who was also privileged to utter predictions concerning the Lord Christ, and he speaks thus: And thou shalt know and discern that from the going forth of the commandment to the response and the building of Jerusalem, until the anointed one a prince, shall be seven weeks and three score and two weeks. — The Christian Topography, Book 5 Hippolytus of Rome : Indeed it says, "and to return and a street and wall shall be built." [Daniel 9:25] And it really happened. For the people returned and built this city and temple and its wall in a circle. — Commentary on Daniel 4.35.1 Theodoret of Cyrus : Now, it gave Christ a second name as leader.… He is our leader in his humanity as "the firstborn of all creation," that is, a new creation: "If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation"24—and as firstborn from the dead, so as to have, as Paul says, "first place in everything." Hence holy Gabriel called him "Christ the leader." To him from the rebuilding of Jerusalem, therefore, are "seven weeks and sixty-two weeks." — COMMENTARY ON Daniel 9:25