Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 10:2

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2. mourning —that is, afflicting myself by fasting from "pleasant bread, flesh and wine" ( Daniel 10:3 ), as a sign of sorrow, not for its own sake. Compare Daniel 10:3- : , "fast," answering to "mourn" ( Daniel 10:3- : ). Compare 1 Corinthians 8:8 ; 1 Timothy 4:3 , which prove that "fasting" is not an indispensable Christian obligation; but merely an outward expression of sorrow, and separation from ordinary worldly enjoyments, in order to give one's self to prayer ( 1 Timothy 4:3- : ). Daniel's mourning was probably for his countrymen, who met with many obstructions to their building of the temple, from their adversaries in the Persian court. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-3" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

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절 (explains)

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