Daniel 6:10 (WEB)
When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
Fathers and councils · 4
Jerome
“Daniel, in that upper story to which he withdrew when he could no longer continue below, had his windows open toward Jerusalem.” — editor's note: Dan. vi. 10, LXX.
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Tertullian
“A persuasion which is sanctioned also by the corroborative fact of Daniel praying thrice in the day; of course, through exception of certain stated hours, no other, moreover, than the more marked and subsequently apostolic (hours)—the third, the sixth, the ninth.” — editor's note: See Dan. vi. 10.
Read the whole comment“…admonition to pray, and may, as it were by a law, tear us out from our businesses unto such a duty; so that—what we read to have been observed by Daniel also, in accordance (of course) with Israel’s discipline—we pray at least not less than thrice in the day, debtors as we are to Three—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit:…” — editor's note: Dan. vi. 10; comp. Ps. lv. 17 (in the LXX. it is liv. 18).
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John Cassian
“…with: for at these three seasons we know that Daniel the prophet also poured forth his prayers to God day by day in his chamber with the windows open.” — editor's note: Cf. Daniel vi. 10.
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 25.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 25.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 25.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 25.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 25.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 25.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 25.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 25.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 25.