Sunday, November 17, 2019

A time and times, and half a time

Christ after His baptism preached for three years and a halfaccording to the ''common consent of divines'' (Cornelius A Lapide, in his commentary on the man languishing thirty-eight years: John 5 ; 1-15). 

Here are some other references in the Bible to this period of time, variously expressed. 

Luke 4:25 - 3 yrs & 6 months

[25] In veritate dico vobis, multae viduae erant in diebus Eliae in Israel, quando clausum est caelum annis tribus et mensibus sex, cum facta esset fames magna in omni terra :
In truth I say to you, there were many widows in the days of Elias in Israel, when heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there was a great famine throughout all the earth.


James 5:17 - 3 yrs & 6 months

[17] Elias homo erat similis nobis passibilis : et oratione oravit ut non pluret super terram, et non pluit annos tres, et menses sex.
Elias was a man passible like unto us: and with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon the earth, and it rained not for three years and six months.

Revelation 11:3 - 1260 days

[3] et dabo duobus testibus meis, et prophetabunt diebus mille ducentis sexaginta, amicti saccis.
And I will give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

Revelation 12:6 - 1260 days

[6] et mulier fugit in solitudinem ubi habebat locum paratum a Deo, ut ibi pascant eam diebus mille ducentis sexaginta.
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, that there they should feed her a thousand two hundred sixty days.

Revelation 11:2 - 42 months

[2] atrium autem, quod est foris templum, ejice foras, et ne metiaris illud : quoniam datum est gentibus, et civitatem sanctam calcabunt mensibus quadraginta duobus :
But the court, which is without the temple, cast out, and measure it not: because it is given unto the Gentiles, and the holy city they shall tread under foot two and forty months:

Revelation 13:5 - 42 months

[5] Et datum est ei os loquens magna et blasphemias : et data est ei potestas facere menses quadraginta duos.
And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things, and blasphemies: and power was given to him to do two and forty months.

Daniel 7:25 - a time and times and half a time

[25] Et sermones contra Excelsum loquetur, et sanctos Altissimi conteret : et putabit quod possit mutare tempora, et leges : et tradentur in manu ejus usque ad tempus, et tempora, et dimidium temporis.
And he shall speak words against the High One, and shall crush the saints of the most High: and he shall think himself able to change times and laws, and they shall be delivered into his hand until a time, and times, and half a time.

Daniel 12:7 - a time and times and half a time

[7] Et audivi virum qui indutus erat lineis, qui stabat super aquas fluminis, cum elevasset dexteram et sinistram suam in caelum, et jurasset per viventem in aeternum, quia in tempus, et tempora, et dimidium temporis. Et cum completa fuerit dispersio manus populi sancti, complebuntur universa haec.
And I heard the man that was clothed in linen, that stood upon the waters of the river: when he had lifted up his right hand, and his left hand to heaven, and had sworn, by him that liveth for ever, that it should be unto a time, and times, and half a time. And when the scattering of the band of the holy people shall be accomplished, all these things shall be finished.

Revelation 12:14 - a time and times and half a time


[14] et datae sunt mulieri alae duae aquilae magnae ut volaret in desertum in locum suum, ubi alitur per tempus et tempora, et dimidium temporis a facie serpentis.
And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the desert unto her place, where she is nourished for a time and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

Daniel 12:11 - 1290 days

[11] Et a tempore cum ablatum fuerit juge sacrificium, et posita fuerit abominatio in desolationem, dies mille ducenti nonaginta.
And from the time when the continual sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination unto desolation shall be set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred ninety days,


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