Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 3:27
And the princes, governors, and captains - Notes, Daniel 3:3.And the king’s counselors - Notes, Daniel 3:24.Being gathered together, saw these men - There could be no mistake about the reality of the miracle. They came out as they were cast in. There could have been no trick, no art, no legerdemain, by which they could have been preserved and restored. If the facts occurred as they are stated here, then there can be no doubt that this was a real miracle.Upon whose bodies the fire had no power -... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 3:26
Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth ... - Margin, “door.” The Chaldee word means door, gate, entrance. The “form” of the furnace is unknown. There was a place, however, through which the fuel was cast into it, and this is doubtless intended by the word “door” or “mouth” here used.Ye servants of the most high God - They had professed to be his servants; he now saw that they were acknowledged as such. The phrase “most high God” implies that he regarded him as supreme over all other gods,... read more