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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 6:22

My God hath sent his angel - It was common among the Hebrews to attribute any remarkable preservation from danger to the intervention of an angel sent from God, and no one can demonstrate that it did not occur as they supposed. There is no more absurdity in supposing that God employs an angelic being to defend his people, or to impart blessings to them, than there is in supposing that he employs one human being to render important aid, and to convey important blessings, to another. As a matter... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 6:21-23

Daniel 6:21-23. Then said Daniel Daniel knew the king’s voice, though it was now a doleful voice, and spake to him with all the deference and respect that was due to him. O king, live for ever He does not reproach him for his unkindness to him, and his easiness in yielding to the malice of his persecutors; but, to show that he has heartily forgiven him, he meets him with his good wishes. Observe, reader, we must not upbraid those with the unkindnesses they have done us, who, we know, did... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Daniel 6:1-28

Daniel in the lion’s den (6:1-28)There had been no opportunity for Daniel to enjoy his return to high office, because Babylon fell the night he was reinstated (see 5:29-30). But the new rulers would have known of his record under Nebuchadnezzar, so they made him one of the three presidents appointed to administer the nation (6:1-2).Daniel had such obvious ability that the other two presidents soon became jealous of him. They wanted to get rid of him, but were unable to find any accusation of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 6:22

sent His angel . As in Daniel 3:28 . innocency = rectitude, or purity. See the Structure, p. 1178. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 6:22

Daniel 6:22. And also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt— "Thou knowest my fidelity in every thing respecting my service. If upon this occasion I have disobeyed thy orders, it was only from a sense of that duty which I owe to a much greater master." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 6:22

22. his angel—the instrument, not the author, of his deliverance (Psalms 91:11; Psalms 34:7). shut . . . lions' mouths— (Hebrews 11:33). So spiritually, God will shut the roaring lion's mouth (Hebrews 11:33- :) for His servants. forasmuch as before him innocency—not absolutely (in Daniel 9:7; Daniel 9:18 he disclaims such a plea), but relatively to this case. God has attested the justice of my cause in standing up for His worship, by delivering me. Therefore, the "forasmuch" does not justify... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 6:19-24

5. Daniel’s deliverance and his enemies’ destruction 6:19-24 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 6:21-23

Daniel’s voice was untroubled. He even sermonized a bit from his unlikely chapel amid his subdued animal companions. After greeting the king courteously, he explained that his God had sent His angel who had shut the lions’ mouths (cf. Hebrews 11:33). This may have been the same angel, or the Angel of the Lord, who had visited Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the fiery furnace (Daniel 3:28). Daniel believed that God had had mercy on him because he had not sinned against God or Darius in what... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 6:1-28

The Den of LionsDarius the Mede divides his kingdom into 120 satrapies, the whole being superintended by three higher officials, of whom Daniel was one (Daniel 6:1-2). Daniel is in special favour, and Darius meditates giving him a still higher office (Daniel 6:3). This rouses the jealousy of his colleagues, who plot his ruin (Daniel 6:4-5). They persuade Darius to make a decree that no one shall ask anything for 30 days from God or man, save from the king, on pain of being cast into the den of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 6:22

(22) His angel.—Comp. Psalms 34:7; Psalms 34:10; Daniel 3:28.Before thee—i.e., thou knowest full well. read more

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