Hippolytus of Rome : They said to him, "'Behold, Daniel, who is from the sons of the captivity of Judah, does not obey your decree and three times a day he asks from his God his petitions.' Then, the king when he heard the matter, was greatly grieved over it and he fought concerning Daniel in order to release him." [Daniel 6:13-14] For having known their machinations and that they hated Daniel because he was at that time wiser and more reputable than all of them and that they devised this plot against him, wanting to hand him over to beasts through a trap. Therefore the king questioned the satraps and asked whether he could be able to preserve him from danger. — Commentary on Daniel 3.25.3-4 Hippolytus of Rome : And so why did the satraps accuse only Daniel? For always the three boys were also with him praying. For if they did not obey the prescription of Nebuchadnezzar, much more would they not obey the decree of Darius. But this is the reason. For since then in the times of Nebuchadnezzar while Daniel was present, the Chaldeans accused no other except the three boys alone, their testimony was not forgotten. In this way now in the times of Darius they accused only Daniel. For the call to martyrdom was his. For a man does not forsake God on account of time, so that in time he may be glorified. As the prophet says, "He who made his worlds, he shall call each one of them by name." [Isaiah 40:26] — Commentary on Daniel 3.26.1-3 Jerome : Verse 13. "Then they answered before the king and said, 'Daniel, who is of the captivity of Judah, has paid no heed to thy law...'" In order to magnify the dishonor involved in this contempt, they speak of the man who showed this contempt for the king's commands as a mere captive. — St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER SIX Origen of Alexandria : And he prays "constantly" (deeds of virtue or fulfilling the commandments are included as part of prayer) who unites prayer with the deeds required and right deeds with prayer. For the only way we can accept the command to "pray constantly" as referring to a real possibility is by saying that the entire life of the saint taken as a whole is a single great prayer. What is customarily called prayer is, then, a part of this prayer. Now prayer in the ordinary sense ought to be made no less than three times each day. This is evident in the story of Daniel, who prayed three times each day when such great peril had been devised for him. — ON PRAYER 12:2