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

This chart illustrates the dispensationalist interpretation of Daniel's Seventy Weeks (Daniel 9:24–27) according to Harold Hoehner's chronological calculation, published in his 1978 work Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ. It is one of two sub-variants within the dispensationalist framework; the other is Anderson's variant.

Hoehner dates the starting decree to Nisan 1 (March 5), 444 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 Hoehner calculates to March 30, AD 33 — the date of the Triumphal Entry according to his chronology of Christ's life. Hoehner's revision corrected certain calendar issues in Anderson's original computation while preserving the same prophetic-year methodology. 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	444 BC — Artaxerxes' decree to Nehemiah (Neh 2:1)	Beginning of the prophetic clock.
7 weeks (49 years)	444–395 BC	Jerusalem rebuilt in troubled times.
62 weeks (434 years)	395 BC–AD 33	Waiting period until the Messiah.
End of 69 weeks	March 30, AD 33 — Triumphal Entry	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.