For any lurkers or those doing research, these charts may help you with how many people tried and failed at reading into numbers in the bible
| TABLE 1: THE MULTIPLE, SHIFTING APPLICATIONS OF THE 1,260 YEARS | |||
| Expositor | Publication | Application | Remarks date (all dates C.E.) |
| Joachim of Floris | 1195 | 1–1260 | |
| Arnold of Villanova | 1300 c. | 74–1364 | Gentile Times=1290 years |
| Walter Brute | 1393 | 134–1394 | |
| Martin Luther | 1530 | 38–1328 | Gentile times =1290 years |
| A. Osiander | 1545 | 412–1672 | |
| J.Funck | 1558 | 261–1521 | |
| G. Nigrinus | 1570 | 441–1701 | |
| Aretius | 1573 | 312–1572 | |
| John Napier | 1593 | 316–1576 | |
| D. Pareus | 1618 | 606–1866 | |
| J. Tillinghast | 1655 | 396–1656 | |
| J. Artopaeus | 1665 | 260–1520 | |
| Cocceius | 1669 | 292–1552 | |
| T. Beverley | 1684 | 437–1697 | |
| P. Jurieu | 1687 | 454–1714 | |
| R. Fleming, Jr. | 1701 | 552–1794 | 1260 years of 360 days |
| "" | 1701 | 606–1848 | = 1242 Julian years |
| William Whiston | 1706 | 606–1866 | |
| Daubuz | 1720 | 476–1736 | |
| J. Ph. Petri | 1768 | 587–1847 | |
| Lowman | 1770 | 756–2016 | |
| John Gill | 1776 | 606–1866 | |
| Hans Wood | 1787 | 620–1880 | |
| J. Bicheno | 1793 | 593–1789 | |
| A. Fraser | 1795 | 756–1998 | 1242 Julian years |
| George Bell | 1796 | 537–1797 | |
| "" | 1796 | 553–1813 | |
| Edward King | 1798 | 538–1798 | |
| Galloway | 1802 | 606–1849 | 1242 Julian years |
| W. Hales | 1803 | 620–1880 | |
| G. S. Faber | 1806 | 606–1866 | |
| W. Cuninghame | 1813 | 533–1792 | |
| J. H. Frere | 1815 | 533–1792 | |
| Lewis Way | 1818 | 531–1791 | |
| W. C. Davis | 1818 | 588–1848 | |
| J. Bayford | 1820 | 529–1789 | |
| John Fry | 1822 | 537–1797 | |
| John Aquila Brown | 1823 | 622–1844 | 1260 lunar years |
The table shows a sample of the many different applications of the 1,260 and 1,290 “year-days” from Joachim of Floris in 1195 to John Aquila Brown in 1823. It would have been easy to extend the table to include expositors after Brown. However, the table ends with him because at this time another interpretation of the Gentile times began to surface, in which the 1,260 years were doubled to 2,520 years.
TABLE 2: APPLICATIONS OF THE 2,520 (OR 2,450) YEAR
| Expositor | Date | Publication | Application BCE–CE | Comments |
| John Aquila Brown | 1823 | The Even-Tide . . . | 604–1917 | = “Seven times” of Daniel 4 |
| William Cuninghame | 1827 | Dialogues on Prophecy, Vol.1 | 728–1792 | Report of the prophetic conferences |
| Henry Drummond | 1827 | ” ” ” | 722–1798 | at Albury Park |
| S. Faber | 1828 | The Sacred Calendar of Prophecy | 657–1864 | |
| Alfred Addis | 1829 | Heaven Opened | 680–1840 | |
| William Digby | 1831 | A Treatise on the 1260 Days | 723–1793 | |
| W. A, Holmes | 1833 | The Time of the End | 685–1835 | |
| Matthew Habershon | 1834 | A Dissertation . . . | 677–1843 | |
| John Fry | 1835 | Unfulfilled Prophecies . . . | 677–1843 | |
| William W. Pym | 1835 | A Word of Warning . . . | 673–1847 | |
| William Miller | 1842 | The First Report . . . | 677–1843 | |
| Th. R. Birks | 1843 | First Elements of Sacred Prophecy | 606–1843 | Gentile times = 2,450 years |
| B. Elliott | 1844 | Horae Apocalypticae, Vol. 111 | 727–1793 | |
| ” ” ” | 1844 | ” ” ” | 606–1914 | A second alternative |
| Matthew Habershon | 1844 | An Historical Exposition | 676–1844 | |
| ” ” ” | 1844 | ” ” ” | 601–1919 | A second alternative |
| William Cuninghame | 1847 | The Fulfilling . . . | 606–1847 | Gentile times = 2,452 years |
| James Halley Frere | 1848 | The Great Continental Revolution | 603–1847 | Gentile times = 2,450 years |
| Robert Seeley | 1849 | An Atlas of Prophecy | 606–1914 | Counted from “606 or 607” |
| ” ” ” | 1849 | ” ” ” | 570–1950 | A second alternative |
| ” ” ” | 1849 | ” ” ” | 728–1792 | A third alternative |
| Edward Bickersteth | 1850 | A Scripture Help | 727–1793 | Another of his calculations |
| ” ” ” | 1850 | ” ” ” | 602–1918 | was 677-1843 |
| Anonymous | 1856 | The Watch Tower | 727 –1793 | A pamphlet |
| Richard C. Shimeall | 1859 | Our Bible Chronology | 652–1868 | |
| J. S. Phillips | 1865 | The Rainbow, March 1, | 652–1867 | A London periodical edited |
| ”J. M. N.” | 1865 | ” ” April 1, | 658/47–1862/73 | by William Leask |
| Frederick W. Farrar | 1865 | ” ” November 1 | 654–1866 | |
| Anonymous | 1870 | The Prophetic Times, December, | 715–1805 | A periodical edited by Joseph A. |
| ” | 1870 | ” ” ” ” | 698–822 | Seiss et al. These are some |
| ” | 1870 | ” ” ” ” | 643–1877 | examples; the writer gives twelve |
| ” | 1870 | ” ” ” ” | 606–1914 | different alternatives! |
| ” | 1870 | ” ” ” ” | 598–1922 | |
| Joseph Baylee | 1871 | The Times of the Gentiles | 623–1896 | |
| ”P. H. G.” | The Quarterley Journal of | A London periodical edited by Horatius | ||
| ” ” ” | 1871 | Prophecy, April, | 652/49–1868/71 | Bonar |
| Edward White | 1874 | Our Hope, June, | 626–1894 | A London periodical edited by Wm. Maude |
| N. H. Barbour | 1875 | Herald of the Morning, Sept & Oct., | 606–1914 | Periodical published by Nelson H. Barbour |
| C. T. Russell | 1876 | The Bible Examiner, October, | 606–1914 | Edited by George Storrs |
| E. H. Tuckett | 1877 | The Rainbow, August, | 651/50–1869/70 | |
| M. P. Baxter | 1880 | Forty Coming Wonders, 5th ed. | 695–1825 | |
| ” ” ” | 1880 | ” ” ” ” | 620–1900 | A second alternative |
| Grattan Guinness | 1886 | Light for the Last Days | 606–1915 | These are only some of his many, diverse |
| ” ” ” | 1886 | ” ” ” ” | 604–1917 | analyses |
| ” ” ” | 1886 | ” ” ” ” | 598–1923 | |
| ” ” ” | 1886 | ” ” ” ” | 587–1934 | |
| W. E. Blackstone | 1916 | The Weekly Evangel, May 13 | 606–1915 | This article sums up his viewpoints as |
| ” ” ” | 1916 | ” ” ” ” | 595–1926 | published many years earlier |
| ” ” ” | 1916 | ” ” ” ” | 587–1934 |