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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 11 – A Literal Prophecy
Micenum, where, on the 16th of March, 37,

he sunk into a lethargy, in which he appeared

dead; and Caligula was preparing with a

numerous escort to take possession of the

empire, when his sudden revival threw them

into consternation. At this critical instant,

Macro, the pretorian prefect, caused him to be

suffocated with pillows. Thus expired the

emperor Tiberius, in the seventy-eighth year

of his age, and twenty-third of his reign,

universally execrated.”

“The prince of the covenant” unquestionably

refers to Jesus Christ, “the Messiah the Prince,”

who was to “confirm the covenant” one week

with his people. Daniel 9:25-27. The prophet,

having taken us down to the death of Tiberius,

now mentions incidentally an event to

transpire in his reign, so important that it