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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Daniel 3:19-30


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Daniel 3:19-30

It is only when we reach the fire that we become aware of the presence of the divine Companion, walking beside us as if treading the dew-besprinkled glades of Paradise. The Good Shepherd was there with His rod and staff. Loose, Daniel 3:25, that is, the fire had consumed their bonds and nothing else. Hair would soonest catch the flame, but not a hair perished, Luke 12:7; Luke 21:18.

The yielded body of Daniel 3:28 reminds us of Romans 6:13; Romans 12:1-2. Let us yield our bodies and souls to our faithful Creator for Him to use as He will.

He made and redeemed, let Him have; and when we are possessed by His Spirit, all other fires, whether physical or temperamental, fail to hurt. Of the martyrs, it may be said that upon them also the fire had no power, Isaiah 43:2!

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See also Daniel 3:19-30 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 19. _THEN WAS NEBUCHADNEZZAR FULL OF FURY_] How strange is this, after having had so many proofs of the supremacy of Jehovah! He had seen how God poured contempt upon his authority in the case o...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEN WAS NEBUCHADNEZZAR FULL OF FURY - Margin, “filled.” He was exceedingly enraged. He evidently was not prepared for a stand so firm and determined on their part, and he did not appreciate their mot...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 3 THE IMAGE OF GOLD _ 1. The image of gold (Daniel 3:1)_ 2. The faithful three (Daniel 3:8) 3. The miraculous deliverance (Daniel 3:19) 4. The worshipping king ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    THEN NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS FILLED WITH FURY. Such. point blank refusal to obey his arbitrary edict was something that he had not before encountered since he had been. king. The greatest monarch of his ag...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FULL OF. filled with, form. appearance. visage. countenance....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _full of_ FILLED (A.V. _marg._) WITH would be both more accurate and more forcible. _than it_was _wont_, &c. _than it was_ PROPER or, THE RULE [229] _for it to be heated_. [229] See in Onkelos Levit...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The three youths delivered from the flames....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    3:19 be (a-38) Lit. 'than it had been seen.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE IDOL OF GOLD, AND THE FAITHFUL THREE REGARDED as an instance of the use of historic fiction to inculcate the noblest truths, the third chapter of Daniel is not only superb in its imaginative gran...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Ah! wretched Nebuchadnezzar! how wilt thou endure the heated furnace of everlasting wrath! What! even if it had killed the faithful servants of the Lord, what would have been their sufferings for a fe...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    After this general picture, we have, historically, the characteristic features of these empires, marking the condition into which they fall, through their departure from God-primarily and principally...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Miraculous Preservation of God's Servants...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    FULL: Cald. filled...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    19-27 Let Nebuchadnezzar heat his furnace as hot as he can, a few minutes will finish the torment of those cast into it; but hell-fire tortures, and yet does not kill. Those who worshipped the beast...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    The king's fury appeared in his face, and in his words; taking this answer for the highest affront and provocation, which as the case stood he could not bear, the pride of his heart made his indignati...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 3:19 Then H116 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 full H4391 (H8728) fury H2528 expression H6755 face H600 changed H8133 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the look on his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. He spoke and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it wa...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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