Bible Commentary

Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon. 30. promoted ] made to prosper (cf. Dan 6:28), i.e. supported them in different ways in the discharge of their office, and so ensured their success (Dan 2:49). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Then the king promoted Shadrach … … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 3:30”

Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. 29. I make a decree ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 3:29”

[Then] Nebuchadnezzar spoke, and said, Blessed [be] the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. 28. spake ] answered. Blessed, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 3:28”

And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was a hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. 27. princes, governors, and captains ] satraps, praefects, and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 3:27”

Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, [and] spoke, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come [hither]. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire. 26. mouth ] Aram. door. God Most High ] so … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 3:26”

He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. 25. loose ] the fire had burnt away the fetters, but left the bodies of the three youths untouched. form ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 3:25”

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, [and] spoke, and said unto his counselors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. 24. was astonied ] ‘astonied’ is the old, and more correct, form of astonished … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 3:24”

And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. And these three men – fell down bound … – That is, the flame did not loosen the cords by which they had been fastened. The fact that they were seen to fall into the furnace … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 3:23”

Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. 22. urgent ] rather, sharp (Dan 2:15). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Therefore, because the kings commandment was urgent – Margin, as in Chaldee, word. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 3:22”

Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their [other] garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 21. coats ] The meaning of the Aram. sarbl (only here and Dan 3:27) is uncertain (see the very full discussion in Ges. Thesaurus); but on the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 3:21”