Commentary for Sanhedrin 196:2

אמר רב אין בן דוד בא עד שתתפשט המלכות על ישראל תשעה חדשים שנאמר (מיכה ה, ב) לכן יתנם עד עת יולדה ילדה ויתר אחיו ישובון על בני ישראל

for nine months, as it is written, Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Micah V, 2: 'therefore will he give them up' is interpreted as meaning to a foreign — viz., the Roman — power, and the duration of their servitude is fixed by 'until the time etc.' i.e., nine months, the period of pregnancy. ');">³</span> 'Ulla said; Let him [The Messiah] come, but let me not see him.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. n. 7. ');">⁴</span>

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