Who Was "Darius the Mede?"

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Who Was "Darius the Mede?"

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One of the historical difficulties in the Book of Daniel is the figure known as "Darius the Mede". Who was this individual? Did he exist? Did he go by another name? Dr. Josh takes a look at various options and presents what he thinks is the most likely solution.
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@nj8542 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, was honestly recently just thinking about this, so this was a nice, quick, and broad video on the matter. Thank you.

@TheNewYorker7899 3 жыл бұрын

"Not this Steven Anderson" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@SamuelMattitjahu2013 6 ай бұрын

Darius the Mede was first of all a Mede! Thank you

@benjaminwheeldon9853 Жыл бұрын

A point of clarification: Darius was not the ruler of the Medes, he was a governor of the Babylonian province under the Meden ruler (say like Paul Bremer when he was put in charge of Iraq, but was not related to Saddam Hussein and is not a prime minister, he also set up Iraq in a form of democracy.) The fact that he sets Babylon up in harmony with the structure of the Medes, indicates that structure preceded him. He was not Persian in the case of Cyrus, who was the head of the Persian empire. Again he was a governor over the province of Babylon under the Medes emperor whomever that might be. Probably this Ahasueras referred to.

@freddiereadie30 4 жыл бұрын

Everytime i bring this issue up to religious people, they already stopped trying to argue about the veracity of the biblical stories. They tell me to just ignore all the discrepancies or authenticities, and just focus on the moral of the stories.

@ShawarMoni 4 жыл бұрын

תודה על הסרטון!

@allytime6644 4 жыл бұрын

First!! Also thank you so much for this educational video!

@JayReacio 9 ай бұрын

This is the problem with historians and archeology in general, they come millennia after the fact and look at minuscule remnants of evidence and then go about trying to correct ancient sources on the basis that it doesn’t fit within the spectrum of the tiny amount of fragments they’ve yet to uncover. Then one day after years of all the PhDs making claims of supreme knowledge in the field a discovery is made and all of them get left with egg on their face. Then they all rush back to their ivory towers to write a book explaining the new discovery and that becomes the new supreme truth, the new paradigm that must be defended.

@fourteenten6170 2 ай бұрын

Sounds very specific, like you should have an example or two to give. otherwise, you weren’t listening to the video, and are probably offended at the fact it is not just letting the blatant truth go. There’s mountains history that juxtapose the biblical writings and fiction.

@AA-kt8ei 10 ай бұрын

Here's the problem. The bible has been messed around with so much, that its almost impossible to know the absolute accurate original passage of Daniel.

@sbushido5547 4 жыл бұрын

But is it "duh-rye-us" or "dare-ee-us." Inquiring minds want to know.

@mjt532 4 жыл бұрын

Even more important, is it Gubaru or Ugbaru... or Electric Bugaloo.

@sunrisesolutionsK 3 жыл бұрын

It's Dara. His Median/Kurdish name.

@AJNpa80 3 жыл бұрын

Or Darr-ee-yus

@sunrisesolutionsK 3 жыл бұрын

@@AJNpa80 Dara. Names today are written in their original language, not in their English or Greek versions. He was a Kurd. Dara was his Kurdish name.

@LisaForTruth 4 жыл бұрын

I already know Steve Anderson is biased. However, for anyone who comes in here thinking that the book of Daniel was written by Daniel in the time period it purports to be written, I urge you to go to my channel. I'm actually doing a series analyzing the book at the moment. It should also be noted that the Jews themselves do NOT place Daniel with the prophets

@davidburroughs2244 3 жыл бұрын

And to think when I was a christian I simply accepted every bit of history in it as perfect, inspired and in capable of error.

@Man-lw1vp Жыл бұрын

Yes, well it is indeed infallible. Remember when scholars said that the Hittite’s didn’t exist?

@darrenrichards3100 Ай бұрын

Well there are facts outside the Bible to prove the Bible is real.

@user-re5xg4ds6u 4 жыл бұрын

Hi , Very Interesting , Thanks

@js1423 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, I’m curious if you guys take a look at Sentinel Apologetics and Michael Heiser

@leonaloves2lumin8 3 ай бұрын

He was Kurdish ✌️😊⛰️❤☀️💚

@tophers3756 4 жыл бұрын

I got a Jews for Jesus ad. 😳🤔🙄

@leepeel7129 4 жыл бұрын

Tel Aviv Televangelists? Lame

@mickmakle5698 3 жыл бұрын

He was cyaxares 2 king of medes

@honargulli1881 2 жыл бұрын

But medes didn't conquer babylon

@honargulli1881 2 жыл бұрын

@@Makaneek5060 why would they do that? Because they already conquered median empire before, if that's the case it means that Darius the great was mede not persian but they worked together for being stronger

@honargulli1881 2 жыл бұрын

@@Makaneek5060 what hard feelings? Medes joined Cyrus's army after Astyages *median King failed against his grandson Cyrus the great, there's still antique artifacts showing medes and persians together, but many scholars refuse it they say all kings were persians and that is totally unacceptable for Christians as it mentioned in bible that Darius was mede

@honargulli1881 2 жыл бұрын

@@Makaneek5060 sorry no, yeah and what I said is pretty much with bible but what historians and scholars said is totally different than what bible shows, either bible has been changed or there's a hidden story beyond this.

@adamelos 10 ай бұрын

The Bible itself is the evidence of Darius' existence. It is the source, that is apparently missing.

@DigitalHammurabi 10 ай бұрын

I’m can’t tell if you are kidding.

@nurseshaa6323 5 ай бұрын

My dad’s name is Darius and she’s a KZfaqr and she’s a police officer and he makes more money🎉🎉🎉

@BeenDownSoLong... 4 жыл бұрын

And that is how we know that.

@scapegoatiscariot2767 4 жыл бұрын

👍

@jeffczermanski2993 4 жыл бұрын

Even though it is not the super crazy Steven Anderson, I can't believe someone would/could write something like "God is the source, so it has to be correct" in an academic paper.

@scienceexplains302 4 жыл бұрын

I might have also had a timeline including most likely rulers,etc and point to where Daniel and apologists are trying to fit DtMede and the evidence for and against each placement. Thanks for another educational video.

@scienceexplains302 4 жыл бұрын

Goober Who?

@hop6965 2 жыл бұрын

King Cyrus was 61 years old when he took Babylon, the book of Daniel says Darius the Mede was 62 years when he took Babylon. It's obviously Cyrus.

@DigitalHammurabi 2 жыл бұрын

I’ll alert the press.

@hop6965 2 жыл бұрын

@@DigitalHammurabi What? Daniel 5:31, "And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old." King Cyrus was born in 600 BC, and became king of Babylon in 539 BC. 600-539=61.

@anieves6306 Жыл бұрын

but cyrus was a persian! daniel its still way off!

@danielgrotz6599 Жыл бұрын

Cyrus and Darius have different fathers