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23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his1 counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.”  
25 “Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, awalking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like bthe Son of God.”  

Nebuchadnezzar Praises God

26 Then Nebuchadnezzar went near the mouth of the burning fiery furnace and spoke, saying, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, servants of the aMost High God, come out, and come here.” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego came from the midst of the fire.  
27 And the satraps, administrators, governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together, and they saw these men aon whose bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed nor were their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on them.  
28 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His aAngel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God!  
29 aTherefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the bGod of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be ccut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; dbecause there is no other God who can deliver like this.”  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Daniel 3:25

four—whereas but three had been cast in.

loose—whereas they had been cast in "bound." Nebuchadnezzar's question, in Daniel 3:24, is as if he can scarcely trust his own memory as to a fact so recent, now that he sees through an aperture in the furnace what seems to contradict it.

walking in . . . midst of . . . fire—image of the godly unhurt, and at large (John 8:36), "in the midst of trouble" (Psalms 138:7; compare Psalms 23:3-4). They walked up and down in the fire, not leaving it, but waiting for God's time to bring them out, just as Jesus waited in the tomb as God's prisoner, till God should let Him out (Acts 2:26-27). So Paul (II Corinthians 12:8-9). So Noah waited in the ark, after the flood, till God brought him forth (Genesis 8:12-18).

like the Son of God—Unconsciously, like Saul, Caiaphas (John 11:49-52), and Pilate, he is made to utter divine truths. "Son of God" in his mouth means only an "angel" from heaven, as Daniel 3:28 proves. Compare Job 1:6; Job 38:7; Psalms 34:7-8; and the probably heathen centurion's exclamation (Matthew 27:54). The Chaldeans believed in families of gods: Bel, the supreme god, accompanied by the goddess Mylitta, being the father of the gods; thus the expression he meant: one sprung from and sent by the gods. Really it was the "messenger of the covenant," who herein gave a prelude to His incarnation.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Daniel 3:25:

Isaiah 43:2
Daniel 3:23
Hebrews 11:34

 

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