Daniel 10:3

3 En todo ese tiempo no comí nada pesado. No probé carne ni vino, ni me puse lociones perfumadas hasta que pasaron esas tres semanas.

Daniel 10:3 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 10:3

I ate no pleasant bread
Or, "bread of desires" ^F4; 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 Melech, hot bread is meant; but in general it means the best of bread, such as had good qualities to make it desirable; and this Daniel refrained from, while he was humbling and afflicting himself on this sorrowful occasion, but ate coarse bread, black and grainy: neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth;
not delicate meat, as of fish, fowl, deer, and the like, as Saadiah observes; but contented himself with meaner fare; nor did he drink generous wine, as he had used to do, living in a king's court, and which his old age made necessary for him, since he could come at it; but he abstained from it, and other lawful pleasures of nature, the more to give himself up to acts of devotion and contemplation: neither did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were
fulfilled;
which was wont to be frequently done by the Jews, especially at feasts; and by the Persians every day, among whom he now was; but this he refrained from, as was usual in times of fasting and humiliation; see ( Matthew 6:17 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (twdmx Mxl) "panem desideriorum", Pagninus, Montanus; "desiderabilium", Junius & Tremellius; "desiderabilem", V. L. Vatablus, Piscator.

Daniel 10:3 In-Context

1 Visión de un mensajero
En el tercer año del reinado de Ciro de Persia,
Daniel (también llamado Beltsasar) tuvo otra visión. Comprendió que la visión tenía que ver con sucesos que ciertamente ocurrirían en el futuro, es decir tiempos de guerra y de grandes privaciones.

2 Cuando recibí esta visión, yo, Daniel, había estado de luto durante tres semanas enteras.

3 En todo ese tiempo no comí nada pesado. No probé carne ni vino, ni me puse lociones perfumadas hasta que pasaron esas tres semanas.

4 El 23 de abril,
mientras estaba de pie en la ribera del gran río Tigris,

5 levanté los ojos y vi a un hombre vestido con ropas de lino y un cinto de oro puro alrededor de la cintura.