Daniel 10:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I ate no pleasantc bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. ”

Daniel 10:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I ate no pleasant bread - Margin, “bread of desires.” So the Hebrew. The meaning is, that he abstained from ordinary food, and partook of that only which was coarse and disagreeable. Neither c...
Daniel 10:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 10. Introduction to the Final Vision. The last three Chapter s of Daniel form a unity and describe the final vision. Daniel 10 is introductory. A shining being appears to Daniel near the gre...
Daniel 10:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

pleasant bread . bread of desires: i.e. pleasant food. wine . Hebrew. yayin. App-27. three whole weeks . three sevens of days, as in verses: Daniel 10:2 ; Daniel 10:13 . confronting me t...
Daniel 10:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. I ate no pleasant bread - This fast was rather a general a...
Daniel 10:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. I ate no pleasant bread - "unleavened bread, even...
Daniel 10:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Final Vision These chs, form a connected whole, with three sub-divisions. Daniel 10:1 to Daniel 11:1 are introductory; Daniel 11:2 to Daniel 12:4 contain a detailed account of future e...
Daniel 10:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Pleasant bread — i.e., delicate food. Abstaining from this as well as from the use of oil (comp. 2 Samuel 12:20 ; Amos 6:6 ) were the outward signs of Daniel’s grief.
Daniel 10:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Vision by the River Daniel 10:1-21 This chapter gives a glimpse into the great conflict which is always in progress between heaven and hell. For three weeks the radiant Being who came to Da...
Daniel 10:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The last things were revealed to Daniel in the reign of Cyrus. For three whole weeks he mourned and fasted as the result of a revelation to him of a great warfare. At the close of that period there a...
Daniel 10:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It appears from the date of this vision, that it was about two years after the former. The Lord was about to do great things for his Church, and therefore, was thus preparing the minds both of Prophe...
Daniel 10:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I ate no pleasant bread ,.... Or, "bread of desires" d; such as was made of the finest of the wheat, and was eaten in the courts of princes where Daniel was: according to some Jewish Rabbins in Ben...
Daniel 10:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. Ver. 3. I ate no pleasant bread. ] Bread he ate, for a...
Daniel 10:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I Daniel was mourning The reason of Daniel's fasting and mourning might be, either because many of the Jews, through slothfulness and indifference, still remained in the land of their captivity, th...
Daniel 10:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Vision near the River Hiddekel. B. C. 534. 1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a...
Daniel 10:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Fasting and feasting are very inconsistent; Daniel at other times lived magnificently, according to the dignity of his place, he had the best bread, flesh, wine, and anointing after the manner of the...
Daniel 10:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘In those days I Daniel was mourning three whole weeks. I ate no pleasant bread, nor did flesh or wine come in my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all until three whole weeks were fulfilled.' We ar...
Daniel 10:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

HOMILETICS SECT. XXXVII.—ANGEL MINISTRIES (Chap. Daniel 10:1-21 ) In this and the two following Chapter s we have another of Daniel’s remarkable visions. It is both the last and the longest reco...
Daniel 10:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 10:1 . In the third year of Cyrus, reckoned from the time that he occupied Babylon, in which he governed as viceroy for his uncle Darius. The first year of Cyrus therefore, mentioned in Da...
Daniel 10:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

In the third year of Cyrus. The Vision on the Banks of the Hiddekels The law of gradual development seems to pervade the government of God, and may be treated alike in the material and spiritua...
Daniel 10:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Daniel 10:1-27 THE ANGELS OF THE NATIONS . The three chapters (10, 11; and 12.) form a section apart from the rest of Daniel. One marked peculiarity is the long and ver...
Daniel 10:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Beginning of the Vision
Daniel 10:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 9:27 ; 2 Samuel 19:24 ; Amos 5:11 ; Daniel 11:8 ; Daniel 6:18 ; Isaiah 24:6-11 ; Job 33:20 ; Matthew 6:17 ; Nahum 2:9

Daniel 10:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Daniel 10:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 10:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Daniel 10:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Daniel 10:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Daniel 10:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 10:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Daniel 10:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Daniel 10:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Daniel 10:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Daniel 10:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Daniel 10:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Daniel 10:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 10:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Daniel 10:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Daniel 10:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 10:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Daniel 10:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 10:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Daniel 10:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Daniel 10:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Daniel 10:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge