His views are cited by both Eusebius and Jerome, which indicates the esteem with which he was regarded.27 Julius held to the view that the entire seventy weeks would be completely fulfilled by the time of the first advent of Christ. Of significance is the fact that he rejected the decree of Cyrus as the terminus a quo in favor of the decree of Artaxerxes in the twentieth year of his reign (since the city and its walls were never built in the era following Cyrus’s decree). He stated, It [the city]