Daniel's Seventy Weeks — Dispensationalist View (Anderson's Variant)

This chart illustrates the dispensationalist interpretation of Daniel's Seventy Weeks (Daniel 9:24–27) according to Sir Robert Anderson's chronological calculation, published in his 1895 work The Coming Prince. It is one of two sub-variants within the dispensationalist framework; the other is Hoehner's variant.

Anderson dates the starting decree to Nisan 1 (March 14), 445 BC — the decree of Artaxerxes I to Nehemiah (Neh 2:1–8). Using the 360-day prophetic year, 69 weeks of years equal exactly 173,880 days, which Anderson calculates to April 6, AD 32 — the day of Jesus' Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday). After the 69th week, a gap (the Church Age) intervenes before the future 70th week of tribulation.

For a full comparison of all eight views, see The Eight Views of Daniel's Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks.

Text equivalent of the chart (for accessibility)

Segment	Approximate span	Notes
Start	445 BC — Artaxerxes' decree to Nehemiah (Neh 2:1)	Beginning of the prophetic clock.
7 weeks (49 years)	445–396 BC	Jerusalem rebuilt in troubled times.
62 weeks (434 years)	396 BC–AD 32	Waiting period until the Messiah.
End of 69 weeks	April 6, AD 32 — Triumphal Entry (Palm Sunday)	173,880 days fulfilled.
Gap	Church Age (~2,000 years to the present)	The parenthesis — not counted in the seventy weeks.
70th week	Future — 7 years of tribulation	Antichrist's covenant, abomination of desolation, Second Coming.