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Daniel 10:6

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Jerome

Verse 6. "And his body was like chrysolite." For "chrysolite," one of the twelve gems inserted in the oracular breastplate of the high priest, the Hebrew has trs'ys (tharsis) , a word which Theodotion and Symmachus simply left unchanged in transcription; but the Septuagint called it "the sea," according to the usage in the Psalms: "With a violent gale Thou dashest the ships of Tharsis in pieces," i.e., "the ships of the sea" (Psalm 48:7). …

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER TEN ↗

Hippolytus of Rome

"And his body was like Tharsus." [Daniel 10:6] Tharsus is interpreted as Ethiopian. For the prophet already proclaimed its difficult interpretation, as the Word will be about to appear in the flesh in the world, he will be hard to recognize for many. …

Commentary on Daniel 4.37.3-6 ↗