Daniel 1:8 (WEB)
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank. Therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Fathers and councils · 4
Tertullian
“But the three brethren, who were the companions of Daniel, being content with pulse alone, to escape the contamination of the royal dishes, received from God, besides other wisdom, the gift especially of penetrating and explaining the sense of dreams.” — editor's note: Dan. i. 8–14
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Ambrose of Milan
“Daniel and the Hebrew children, fed with their peculiar food, and with water to drink, overcame, the former the fury of the lions; the latter saw the burning fire play around their limbs with harmless touch.” — editor's note: Dan. i. 8.
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Jerome
“And Daniel, who might have had rich food from the king’s table, preferred the mower’s breakfast, brought to him by Habakkuk, which must have been but country fare.” — editor's note: Dan. i. 8.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“Daniel, whose meat was the scanty portion of a prophet, did not fear the lions’ den.” — editor's note: Dan. i. 8–16.
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 48.