Книга пророка Даниила, Глава 5, стих 29. Толкования стиха

DANIEL HONORED FOR HIS OWN SAKE. EPHREM THE SYRIAN: The vain king did not do that in order to give honor to Daniel for those sad omens, which he had announced to him by interpreting the writing, but he tried to catch his benevolence, as if he had understood that Daniel was extremely pleasing to God, and therefore he hoped that he would have dispelled his ruin, which the hand sent from above had signed, and Daniel himself had announced, through his intercession. But Belshazzar’s efforts were pointless: on that very night Belshazzar was killed and Babylon was destroyed, and was affected by every misfortune from the Medes and the Persians, as the prophets had already foretold a long time before, and the kingdom of the Chaldeans passed to the Medes, after Darius, king of the Persians and the Medes, had assumed power. COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 5.29.

HONORING THE PROPHET. JEROME: Or else, it might be construed as having authority over a third part of the kingdom. At any rate, he received the royal insignia of necklace and purple, with the result that he appeared more notable to Darius, who was to be the successor in the royal power, and all the more honorable because of his notability. Nor was it strange that Belshazzar should have paid the promised reward on hearing sad tidings. For either he supposed that his predictions would take place in the distant future, or else he hoped he would obtain mercy by honoring the prophet of God. And if he did not obtain this reward, it was because his sacrilege toward God outweighed the honor he accorded to a man. COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 5.29.