Daniel 9:23 (WEB)
At the beginning of your petitions the commandment went out and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved. Therefore consider the matter and understand the vision.
Fathers and councils · 6
Jerome
“Then it is written that Daniel fasted for three weeks; he ate no pleasant bread; flesh and wine entered not his mouth; he was not anointed with oil; and the angel came to him saying,“Daniel, thou art worthy of compassion.”” — editor's note: Dan. ix. 23. Heb. A man of desires. A.V. greatly beloved.
Read the whole comment“He was called “a man of desires,” because he would not eat the bread of desire or drink the wine of concupiscence.” — editor's note: Dan. ix. 23, A.V. marg.
Read the whole comment“For we read that the holy Daniel was called “a man of desires,” and the friend of God, because he desired to know His mysteries.” — editor's note: Dan. ix. 23, A.V. marg. Desiderius means “one who is an object of desire.”
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Tertullian
“We shall count, moreover, from the first year of Darius, as at this particular time is shown to Daniel this particular vision; for he says, “And understand and conjecture that at the completion of thy word I make thee these answers.”” — editor's note: Or, “speech.” The reference seems to be to ver. 23, but there is no such statement in Daniel.
Read the whole comment“For the angel, withal, sent to him, immediately professed this to be the cause of the Divine approbation: “I am come,” he said, “to demonstrate to thee, since thou art pitiable”—by fasting, to wit.” — editor's note: Dan. ix. 23; x. 11.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“O man of God, and faithful servant, and steward of the mysteries of God, and man of desires of the Spirit: for thus Scripture speaks of men advanced and lofty, superior to visible things.” — editor's note: Dan. ix. 23 (LXX.).
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together in Letters Letter 47.
Cited together in Letters Letter 47.
Cited together in Letters Letter 47.
Cited together in Letters Letter 47.
Cited together in Letters Letter 47.
Cited together in Letters Letter 47.