The 2300 Days

The 2300 days

From the decree of 457 BC to the cleansing of the sanctuary in 1844, with the 70 weeks cut off for Daniel’s people.

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The 2300 day-year prophecy from 457 BC to AD 1844: the 483 years to Messiah in AD 27, the cross in AD 31, the end of the 70 weeks in AD 34, the 1260 years ending in 1798, and the investigative judgment beginning in 1844.

457 BC · the decreeAD 1844 · the sanctuary cleansed

Counting across BC and AD

457 BC → 1 BC	457 yrs
AD 1 → AD 34	33 yrs
The 70 weeks	490 yrs

There is no year zero, so one year is lost crossing from BC to AD.

The 2300 in two parts

457 BC → AD 34	490 yrs
AD 34 → AD 1844	1810 yrs
Daniel 8:14	2300 yrs

Inside the 70 weeks

7 + 62 weeks → AD 27	483 yrs
Midst of the week → AD 31	3½ yrs
End of the week → AD 34	3½ yrs

Scripture from the King James Version. This page follows the historicist, day-for-a-year reading held by Seventh-day Adventists. Years after creation follow the Years From Creation chronology (457 BC is year 3491).