Where the Fathers quote Daniel 5
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John ChrysostomPG 56:222expounds v.1“Βαλτασαρ ο βασιλευς εποιησε δειπνον μεγα τοις μεγιστασιν αυτου χιλιοις και κατεναντι των χιλιων ο οινος.”Exegesis of: «King Belshazzar made a great feast»
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:856expounds v.24“δια τουτο εκ προσωπου αυτου απεσταλη αστραγαλος χειρος και την γραφην ταυτην ενεταξε.”161. On «The ankle of the hand».
1Dan 5:1
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1377…a memorial of instruction for all for this reason he says baltasar the king made a great feast to his thousand nobles and before the thousand was the wine that is to say for the thousand…
Philip the Solitary fl. c. 1095PG 127:739C…this light and death. And to some He adds years, from others He cuts them short, as He did to King Hezekiah (Isa. XXXVIII, 1 ff.) and to the wicked Balthasar (Dan. V, 1 ff.). I indeed know very many who sudde…
OrigenesPG 16:2907…and wise men. LXX. sophists and philosophers. Th. enchanters and magicians. Vulg. diviners and magicians. Notes and various readings on Chapter I of Daniel. V. 1. It should be known that Montfaucon provides the text of Th…
OrigenesPG 16:2915…hidden. 15. Th. they shall read. Another, they shall know. 16. Th. vacat. Another, and to loose bindings. Notes and various readings to chapter V of Daniel. V. 1. Jerome: "But every one of the princes called drank accordi…
OrigenesPG 16:2917…rse to me). Th. "et forma mea mutata est" (and my form was changed). Vul. "et facies mea mutata est in me." Notas and various readings to ch. VII of Daniel. V. 1. Another: "and the head," etc. Drusius, who adds: "There is…
2Dan 5:2
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 19:461…fire lxx years h the captivity of the hebrews and the extermination of the temple which was in jerusalem lasted seventy years which are reckoned up to the second year of darius nabuchodonosor king of the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:625B…ght forth, he says, the vessels of God from Jerusalem, the holy ones, and he drank from them himself, and his wives, and his concubines, and his paramours (Dan. 5:2). He insulted divine things not only by…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:939…and were already attempting to pelt him with stones he immediately goes out of the temple which was in their possession and withdraws himself from the impiety of his pursuers as he passes by he looks…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1377…was drinking he says baltasar said in the tasting of the wine to bring the golden and silver vessels c which nabuchodonosor his father had taken from the temple that was in jerusalem and the king…
OrigenesPG 16:2865…was the wine while drinking baltasar the king said that they should bring the golden and silver vessels which nabuchodonosor his father had carried away from the temple that was in jerusalem and that the king…
4Dan 5:4
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:221…his grandees and his consorts and his concubines drank from them and they drank wine and praised the gods the gold and the silver and the bronze and the iron and the wooden and the stone…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:223…concubines and thy wives have drunk wine in them and thou hast praised the gods of gold and of silver and of brass and of iron and of wood and of stone which see not nor…
Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:945…the chaldeans translated that hallelu iach to their own gods at banquets they drank wine and praised the gods the golden ones where el hay is in the chaldee which is placed by the chaldeans instead…
5Dan 5:5
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1163A…ible for God to create trumpets, or for a sound to be heard without trumpets, it is written in Daniel that, "A hand entered alone and was writing on the wall" (Dan. V, 5). Is this hand God, or is it the incisi…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:223…but the finger of a hand that a greater consternation might arise in the same hour came forth fingers of a man s hand and wrote over against the lampstand upon the plaster of the wall…
OrigenesPG 16:2921…r IX of Daniel V. 2. "Another: in one year of the reign, etc." Drusius from the Roman edition. V. 5. "Another: and in ashes." John Chrysostom on Daniel. V. 5. "Another: we have acted unjustly, we have acted impiously.…
6Dan 5:6
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1379…huge fear into everyone saying thus h vers then the king's form was changed and his thoughts troubled him and the joints of his loins were loosened and his knees struck one against another h but…
OrigenesPG 16:2865…the king's appearance was changed and his thoughts were troubling him and the joints of his loins were loosed and his knees were knocking one against another c and the king cried out in strength to…
OrigenesPG 16:2919…among the Romans, 'Carmentalis.'" Lamb. Bos: Sym., 'of the lake Oulai.' Drach. V. 3. "Another: 'and higher.'" Drusius. Thus also Chrysostom has it in Daniel. V. 6. "Another: 'standing.'" The same. V. 9. "Θ.: 'strong.' I do…
7Dan 5:7
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:383…and they placed a gold chain upon him and proclaimed him to be the third ruler in the kingdom when darius the mede was reigning with daniel appointed as ruler he was compelled by the adjutants…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:345…and the king cried out with strength to bring in the magi the chaldeans and the soothsayers and the king answered and said to the wise men of babylon whoever shall read this writing and make…
OrigenesPG 16:2865…to bring in the magicians chaldeans and gazarenes and the king answered and said to the wise men of babylon that every man who shall read this writing and make known its interpretation to me shall…
OrigenesPG 16:2927…e Vulgate edition expressed thus: And the intelligent etc." as above. Ibid. Another, And when it shall be finished etc. From John Chrysostom on Daniel. V. 7. Another, for a time etc. Drusius from the Roman editio…
9Dan 5:9
OrigenesPG 16:2865…interpretation to the king and king baltasar was troubled and his appearance was changed in him and his lords were troubled d and the queen came into the banquet house because of the words of the…
10Dan 5:10
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1381…the king and the guests therefore being troubled ver the queen because of the words of the king and his lords came into the house of the feast that is while they were debating what c…
OrigenesPG 16:2865…were troubled d and the queen came into the banquet house because of the words of the king and his lords and the queen answered and said o king live forever let not thy thoughts trouble…
11Dan 5:11
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:345…not thy thoughts trouble thee and let not thy appearance be changed there is a man in thy kingdom in whom is the holy spirit of god and in the days of thy father c watchfulness…
OrigenesPG 16:2865…not thy thoughts trouble thee and let not thy appearance be changed there is a man in thy kingdom in whom is the holy spirit of god and in the days of thy father watchfulness and…
12Dan 5:12
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1383…to be called by the name of his own god now therefore let daniel be called and he will announce the interpretation to you she does not say let baltasar be called for having learned the…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:347…a whose name the king called balthasar now therefore let daniel be called and he will declare the interpretation to thee then daniel was brought in before the king and the king said…
13Dan 5:13
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:75…living one and your son is the dead one and they spoke before the king and the king said to them you say this is my son who is living and the son of this woman…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:203…in haste before the king and said i have found a man of the children of the captivity of judea who will announce the interpretation to the king of the children of the captivity he says…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:223…to profit the king but to emend the others then daniel came in before the king and the king said to daniel art thou daniel of the children of the captivity of judah which the king…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:813…said he remarks to asphanez his chief eunuch to bring in some of the children of the captivity of the sons of israel and of the seed of the kingdom the first captivity of jerusalem therefore…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:347…called and he will declare the interpretation to thee then daniel was brought in before the king and the king said to daniel art thou daniel of the sons of the captivity of judea whom the…
OrigenesPG 16:2839…to asphanez master of his eunuchs that he should bring in some of the children of the captivity of the children of israel and of the seed of the kingdom and of the phorthommin boys in…
OrigenesPG 16:2871…aside then they answered and say before the king daniel who is of the children of the captivity of judea has not submitted to your decree regarding the ordinance which you have established and three times…
14Dan 5:14
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:625C…ed into that banquet of impiety, he is entreated by the master of the feast—I mean the king; for he says to him: I know that the holy Spirit of God is in thee (Dan. 5:14); explain to us this writing, what it i…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:223…himself if indeed he is in need of captives everywhere i have heard of thee that the spirit of god is in thee and that light and understanding and wisdom more excellent have been found in…
15Dan 5:15
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:223…light and understanding and wisdom more excellent have been found in thee and now the wise men the magi the gazarenes the chaldeans have come in before me that they should read this writing and make…
16Dan 5:16
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:223…words against himself if indeed he is in need of captives everywhere i have heard of thee that the spirit of god is in thee and that light and understanding and wisdom more excellent have been…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:383…and they placed a gold chain upon him and proclaimed him to be the third ruler in the kingdom when darius the mede was reigning with daniel appointed as ruler he was compelled by the adjutants…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:345…and said to the wise men of babylon whoever shall read this writing and make known to me the interpretation of it shall be clothed in purple and the golden necklace shall be upon his neck…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:347…i have heard concerning thee that thou canst interpret judgements now therefore if thou canst read the writing and declare its interpretation to me thou shalt be clothed in purple and the golden neck chain shall…
OrigenesPG 16:2859…wise men of babylon should be brought before me that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream and the soothsayers the magicians the gazareni and the chaldeans came in and i told…
17Dan 5:17
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:223…despaired but here nothing of the sort but what does he say then daniel answered and said before the king let thy gifts be to thyself and give the reward of thy house to another but…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:183C…we sincerely lay hold of the things that are to come. For that he did not do this out of arrogance is clear from what he said: "Let your gifts be to yourself" (Dan. 5:17). And indeed this is another question:…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1385…the blessed daniel mocking the impious king's royal promises said to him thy gifts be to thyself and give the reward of thy house to another but i will read the writing to the king and…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:347…neck and thou shalt be the third prince in my kingdom b then daniel answered and said before the king let thy gifts be to thyself and give the reward of thy house to another but…
OrigenesPG 16:2867…neck and you shall be the third prince in my kingdom b then daniel answered and said before the king let your gifts be for yourself and give the reward of your kingdom to another but…
18Dan 5:18
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:223…from the very beginnings the things that had happened to his father o thou king the most high god gave to nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom and greatness and honor and glory and for the majesty…
19Dan 5:19
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:223…to nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom and greatness and honor and glory and for the majesty that he gave him all people tribes and languages trembled and feared before him whom he would he slew and…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:323…god gave the kingdom and majesty and glory to nebuchadnezzar thy father and for the majesty that he gave him all people tribes and languages trembled and feared before him whom he would he slew and…
20Dan 5:20
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:223…whom he would he set up and whom he would he humbled but when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened in pride he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom and…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:721…and to make those who were very obscure and cheap illustrious ver when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was strengthened to act proudly he was cast down from the throne of his kingdom…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1387…those who were very obscure and base prominent and celebrated ver and when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was strengthened to be proud he was cast down from the throne of his kingdom…
Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:635…the Romans. And indeed, Dan is beyond the Jordan, and the mountain of Ephraim is Samaria. Some assert that the adversary will come from the tribe of Dan. V. 20. "My skins are rent, my tabernacles are afflicted." Tropolo…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:347…and whom he wished he exalted and whom he wished he humbled but when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened to pride he was brought down from the throne of his kingdom…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:323…him whom he would he slew and whom he would he saved but when his heart was lifted up and his spirit hardened in pride he was deposed from his kingly throne he did eat grass…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:241…whom he wished he killed and whom he wished he saved and when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was strengthened to be haughty he was cast down from the throne of his kingdom…
OrigenesPG 16:2867…he wished he exalted and whom he wished he humbled c and when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became hardened in pride he was set down from his royal throne and his honor…
21Dan 5:21
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:223…the throne of his kingdom and his glory was taken from him and he was driven from the sons of men and his heart was given to the beasts and his dwelling was with the wild…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:323…deposed from his kingly throne he did eat grass as an ox and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till he knew that the most high ruled in the kingdom of men and…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:241…him he was driven out from among men and was given to the beasts and his dwelling was with the wild asses and he was fed with grass like an ox and his body was wet…
OrigenesPG 16:2867…he was driven out from men and his heart was given with the beasts and his dwelling was with wild asses and they fed him hay like an ox and his body was wet with the…
22Dan 5:22
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:223…do you prefer to whom those who do not hear nor see and thou his son o belshazzar hast not humbled thy heart before god didst thou not know all these things and thou hast lifted…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:323…kingdom of men and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will and thou his son o belshazzar hast not humbled thy heart though thou knewest all this and thou and thy lords and thy wives…
23Dan 5:23
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:223…heart before god didst thou not know all these things and thou hast lifted up thyself against the lord of heaven and the vessels of his house thou hast brought before thee and thou and thy…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:347…lifted up thyself and the vessels of his house thou hast brought before thee and thou and thy nobles and thy concubines and thy wives have drunk wine in them and thou hast praised the gods…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:323…heart though thou knewest all this and thou and thy lords and thy wives and thy concubines have drunk wine in the sacred vessels therefore the c fingers of a hand were sent from before him…
OrigenesPG 16:2867…have lifted yourself up against the lord god of heaven and they brought the vessels of his house before you and you and your optimates and your concubines and your consorts were drinking wine in them…
25Dan 5:25
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:223…was the knuckle of the hand sent and this writing was inscribed and this is the writing that was written mane thecel phares and this is the interpretation of the vision mane god hath numbered thy…
26Dan 5:26
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:625…upon the plaster its own judgment and these are the words mane god hath numbered thy kingdom and finished it this the syrian language and the hebrew interpret alike thecel god hath weighed thy kingdom and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:223…and this is the writing that was written mane thecel phares and this is the interpretation of the vision mane god hath numbered thy kingdom and finished it thecel thou art weighed in the balance and…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:323…from before him and this writing was shown mane thecel phares mane god hath numbered thy kingdom and finished it thecel thou art weighed in the balance and art found wanting phares thy kingdom is divided…
Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:831…raoh this denotes the unbloody sacrifice of the new church joseph answered this is the interpretation of the dream the three branches are yet three days after which pharaoh will remember thy ministry and will restore…
28Dan 5:28
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:625…thecel god hath weighed thy kingdom and it was found wanting phares thy kingdom is divided and given to the medes and persians for then reigned only the kingdom of the babylonians and behold the wonder…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:223…it thecel thou art weighed in the balance and found wanting phares thy kingdom is divided and given to the medes and persians therefore he says god measured thy kingdom and it was divided and this…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:381…which the divine daniel interpreting it said meant that his kingdom was divided and given to the medes and persians they say therefore that at that time the race of nabuchodonosor and indeed that of baltasar…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:723…of philanthropy receive the divine sentence ver phares your kingdom has been divided and given to the medes and persians it is necessary to enquire why the god of the universe having disciplined nabuchodonosor brought him…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1391…of kindness accept the divine sentence verse phares your kingdom has been divided and given to the medes and persians it is necessary to enquire why god the author of all things after chastening nebuchadnezzar restored…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1393…did daniel foretell and interpret the phares for thy kingdom he says is divided and given to the medes and persians but when darius the mede had reigned for a short time cyrus took the authority…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:349…weighed in the balance and found wanting phares thy kingdom has been divided and given to the medes and persians a and baltasar spoke and they clothed daniel in purple and they put the golden chain…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:323…thecel thou art weighed in the balance and art found wanting phares thy kingdom is divided and given to the medes and persians in that same night belshazzar the chaldean was killed and darius received the…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:233…it has been weighed in the balance and found wanting phares your kingdom is divided and given to the medes and persians and on that very night balthasar was killed after jerusalem was captured jeremiah even…
OrigenesPG 16:2869…the balance and has been found wanting phares your kingdom has been divided and given to the medes and persians and baltasar said and they clothed daniel with purple and they placed the gold necklace about…
29Dan 5:29
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:383…and they placed a gold chain upon him and proclaimed him to be the third ruler in the kingdom when darius the mede was reigning with daniel appointed as ruler he was compelled by the adjutants…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:539C…Daniel in purple, and they put the golden chain about his neck; and they made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in his kingdom” (Dan. v, 29)? I think, then, that since the divine…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:349…and they put the golden chain about his neck and they proclaimed concerning him that he should be the third ruler in his kingdom in that night baltasar the chaldean was killed and darius the mede…
OrigenesPG 16:2869…and they placed the gold necklace about his neck and they proclaimed concerning him that he should be the third ruler in his kingdom in that night baltasar the king of the chaldeans was killed and…
31Dan 5:31
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1393…a persian the greeks call him cyaxares verse and darius the mede took the kingdom being about threescore and two years old the kingdom of the chaldeans reached its end according to the divine prediction and…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:747C…preposterously calls this Darius a Mede, who was the son of Hystaspes. But he who is called Darius the Mede in the Scriptures is the uncle of Cyrus the Great, Dan. V, 31, and VI, 28. He perhaps attributes the…
50Dan 5:50
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1019…ote: "For it was made," he says, "like a hissing spirit of dew"; I would prefer, "It was made like a hissing spirit of dew"; for we read only this in Daniel v, 50: Ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἐποίησε τὸ μέσον τῆς καμίνου ὡς πνεῦμα δρό…