1:40 Now 1 a leper 2 came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. “If 3 you are willing, you can make me clean,” he said.
6:10 When Daniel realized 4 that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows 5 in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. 6 Three 7 times daily he was 8 kneeling 9 and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.
17:14 When 10 they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him,
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
2 sn The ancient term for leprosy covers a wider array of conditions than what we call leprosy today. A leper was totally ostracized from society until he was declared cured (Lev 13:45-46).
3 tn This is a third class condition. The report portrays the leper making no presumptions about whether Jesus will heal him or not.
4 tn Aram “knew.”
5 sn In later rabbinic thought this verse was sometimes cited as a proof text for the notion that one should pray only in a house with windows. See b. Berakhot 34b.
6 map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
7 sn This is apparently the only specific mention in the OT of prayer being regularly offered three times a day. The practice was probably not unique to Daniel, however.
8 tc Read with several medieval Hebrew
9 tn Aram “kneeling on his knees” (so NASB).
10 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.