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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 3:13

‘Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury commanded his men to bring Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. So they brought these men before the king.’ His anger was that of a despotic king against men who flouted his authority and decree. He was beside himself. This was treason. So he commanded that they be arrested and brought to him, and they were duly brought. It is difficult to overstate the courage of these three brave men, when surrounded by overwhelming numbers, in refusing to bow down to a false... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 3:1-30

Daniel 3. The Golden Image and the Fiery Furnace.— Nebuchadnezzar made a colossal image of gold and commanded the people to worship it. The three friends of Daniel refused to comply with the order. The king thereupon had them thrown into a burning fiery furnace “ heated seven times hotter” than usual. But the fire had no power to consume them, and there appeared walking by the side of the three men in the midst of the furnace a fourth whose aspect was like “ a son of the gods.” The message of... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Daniel 3:13

Why not Daniel too, because he was chief of all in honour? Answ. Because the king had a greater favour for him, and he was popular, and beloved for his great wisdom and unblamable carriage; they would not meddle with him now, lest by his knowledge and interest in the king he might chance to spoil their plot. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Daniel 3:8-27

HOMILETICSSECT. XIII.—THE FIERY FURNACE (Chap. Daniel 3:8-27)God has never left Himself without a witness. An Enoch and a Noah found on the eve of the Flood; an Abraham in Chaldea, and a Lot in Sodom. While the multitude were falling prostrate before the golden image, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were in their closet on their knees. Where was Daniel? Probably now, as often, at some distance from the court. Wherever he is, he is worshipping the God of heaven. If at hand, like his three... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Daniel 3:1-30

Daniel 3:0 I. We have here a specimen of religious intolerance. II. We see here how religious intolerance is to be met. These three young men simply refused to do what Nebuchadnezzar commanded, or, in modern phrase, they met his injunctions with "passive resistance." III. We have here an illustration of the support which Jesus gives to His followers when they are called to suffer for His sake. IV. We see here that in the matter of religious intolerance, as well as in some other things, the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Daniel 3:1-30

Chapter 3Now in chapter 3 we find Nebuchadnezzar defying the revelation of God. Remember in his dream he saw the image with the head of gold, "thou art the head of gold," but it had a chest of silver for the Babylonian Empire was to be replaced by an inferior empire, the Medo-Persian Empire.But Nebuchadnezzar [in defiance of God and the revelation of God] made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits [or sixty cubits], and the breath thereof was six cubits ( Daniel 3:1 ):You're... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 3:1-30

Daniel 3:1 . An image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits. As the breadth of this image was only six cubits, which is four short of the human proportion, it is conjectured that the pedestal was twenty four cubits high: then the image itself was only thirty six. This nearly agrees with Diodorus Siculus, who says that Xerxes found an image of gold in the temple of Belus forty feet in length. But why did Nebuchadnezzar make this idol? Some think, to represent Bel-baal or Belus, which... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Daniel 3:12-18

Daniel 3:12-18They serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.The Golden ImageIn last chapter we read of an image which Nebuchadnezzar saw in vision. In this chapter our attention is directed to an actual image which that monarch erected in honour of his gods. This image was made of gold. We cannot suppose the whole structure to have consisted entirely of that metal. Rich as Nebuchadnezzar was, neither he nor any other prince possessed so much disposable wealth as... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 3:13

Dan 3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king. Ver. 13. Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury. ] His blood boiling at his heart, as brimstone doth at the match; for preventing whereof nature hath placed the heart near to the lungs, ut cum ira ascenditur, pulmonis humore temperetur, for an allay to the heat of it, lest perturbations should boil it into brine. Commanded to bring Shradrach.... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Daniel 3:13

in his: Daniel 3:19, Daniel 2:12, Genesis 4:5, 1 Samuel 20:30-Micah :, Esther 3:5, Esther 3:6, Proverbs 17:12, Proverbs 27:3, Proverbs 29:22, Luke 6:11 Then: Matthew 10:18, Mark 13:9, Luke 21:12, Acts 5:25-Daniel :, Acts 24:24 Reciprocal: Esther 1:12 - was the king Esther 5:9 - he was full Proverbs 16:14 - wrath Lamentations 1:15 - trodden Daniel 6:14 - was sore Matthew 2:16 - was exceeding Matthew 5:22 - That read more