"And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them."
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Verse 27. _UPON WHOSE BODIES THE FIRE HAD NO POUTER_] The heathens
boasted that their priests could walk on burning coals unhurt; and
_Virgil_ mentions this of the priests of Apollo of Soracte: -
Sum...
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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...
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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 (Daniel 3:26)
Daniel 3:1 . H...
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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...
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UPON WHOSE BODIES THE FIRE HAD NO POWER.
They had been completely protected against the fire. God had been.
wall around them. Not only were they unhurt but there was not even the
smell of fire on the...
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SAW. kept gazing upon.
CHANGED: or, discolored....
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The three youths delivered from the flames....
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THE FIRE HAD NO POWER— The several expressions here used are meant
to shew, that not the least injury was received from the fire. The
expressions rise in fine order, and the climax is beautiful. The f...
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PHILANTHROPIC DECREE
TEXT: Daniel 3:26-30
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Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery
furnace: he spake and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye
servants of the Mos...
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And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors,
being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had
no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither we...
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THE GOLDEN IMAGE AND THE FIERY FURNACE
Nebuchadnezzar sets up a colossal golden image, and summons to its
dedication all the officials of his empire, who are commanded to fall
down and worship the ima...
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THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD
DANIEL
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 3
V1 King Nebuchadnezzar set up a gold image. It was 30 metres high and
3 metres wide. He set it up on the plain called Dura, in the di...
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וּ֠ מִֽתְכַּנְּשִׁין
אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֞א סִגְנַיָּ֣א
וּ פַחֲוָתָא֮ וְ הַדָּבְרֵ֣י
מַלְכָּא֒ חָזַ֣יִן לְ גֻבְרַיָּ֣א
אִלֵּ֡ךְ...
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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...
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LOYALTY REWARDED
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 Paradis...
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The next story is of the pride of Nebuchadnezzar in setting up in the
plain of Dura a great golden image. This may have been connected with
the interpretation of the dream Daniel had given. The head o...
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_True; not fickle, and liable to change. (Calmet) --- Opera mutas non
mutas consilium. (St. Augustine, Confessions i. 4.) --- Cappel. argues
from this confession, that the piece is not divine, as they...
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Reader! pray observe what is here said. Nebuchadnezzar is astonished,
and so are his courtiers. But is this all? Yes! for had there been
more than astonishment and any grace wrought in the heart, the...
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Daniel relates how the satraps were gathered together with the
leaders, prefects, and councilors of the king. The gathering was
simply a collection of numbers, and if they deliberated about anything
o...
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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...
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AND THE PRINCES, GOVERNORS, AND CAPTAINS, AND THE KING'S COUNSELLORS,
BEING GATHERED TOGETHER,.... Either by the order of the king, or of
their own accord, to see the miracle that was wrought:
SAW TH...
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And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors,
being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had
no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither wer...
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_Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the furnace_ As near as
he durst come; _and spake_ With a milder tone than before, God having
abated the fire of his fury; _and said, Ye servants of the...
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The Miraculous Preservation of God's Servants...
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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...
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SAW THESE MEN, with great admiration, for the satisfaction of all by
their sight of them, and by their smell. All the works of God are
perfect, and there was nothing here wanting to make this wonderfu...
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Daniel 3:27 satraps H324 administrators H5460 governors H6347 kings
H4430 counselors H1907 together H3673 (H8723) saw H2370 (H8751) these
H479 men H1400 bodies H1655 fire H5135 no H3809 power H7981 (H...
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‘Then Nebuchanezzar came near to the opening of the burning fiery
furnace. He spoke and said, “Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, you
servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here.” Then
Shadrac...
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Daniel 3
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...
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CONTENTS: Pride of Nebuchadnezzar and his punishment. The image of
gold. The three Jews refuse to worship the image. Fiery furnace proven
harmless. The king convinced.
CHARACTERS: God, Nebuchadnezzar...
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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 w...
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_That they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was
wont to be heated._
THE FIERY FURNACE
I. THE PERSON WHO CAUSED IT TO BE MADE. This Oriental despot was then
in the zenith of his g...
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DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 3:1 Nebuchadnezzar commands all peoples under
his rule to worship a golden image. Daniel’s friends refuse, out of
loyalty to their God. When God delivers them from the fiery furn...
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_HOMILETICS_
SECT. XIII.—THE FIERY FURNACE (Chap. Daniel 3:8)
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
Sodo...
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EXPOSITION
DANIEL 3:1
THE GOLDEN IMAGE, AND THE FIERY FURNACE.
DANIEL 3:1
NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE KING MADE AN IMAGE OF GOLD, WHOSE HEIGHT WAS THREE
SCORE CUBITS, AND THE BREADTH THEREOF AIR CUBITS: HE...
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Now 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 B...
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1 Samuel 17:46; 1 Samuel 17:47; 2 Kings 19:19; Acts 2:6; Acts 26:26;
Acts 27:34; Daniel 3:2; Daniel 3:3; Hebrews 11:34; Isaiah 26:11;...
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NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S IMAGE OF GOLD
Daniel 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Daniel in Babylon.
(1) How Daniel came to be in Babylon. When Jerusalem was taken captive
by Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel and the three He...