Daniel 6:23

23 Então o rei muito se alegrou, e mandou tirar a Daniel da cova. Assim foi tirado Daniel da cova, e não se achou nele lesão alguma, porque ele havia confiado em seu Deus.

Daniel 6:23 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 6:23

Then was the king exceeding glad for him
For Daniel, because of his safety, because he was alive, and in health, and unhurt; and the speech he made was very acceptable to him, agreeable to his sentiments, and which he was satisfied was just and true: or "with", or "for himself" ^F12; being now eased of a guilty and distracted conscience: and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den;
that is, he ordered those that were with him, his servants that attended him, either to roll away the stone, and so let him out; or to let down ropes, and draw him out, or ladders by which he might ascend; for one would think it would not have been safe for them to have gone down into it, to take him up: these orders the king gave without the consent of his lords, being animated to it by the miracle wrought: so Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found
upon him;
no bruise by throwing him into the den, no wound was made by the lions, or his flesh in the least torn by them: because he believed in his God;
served and worshipped him; of which service and worship faith is a particular branch, and is put for the whole, and without which it is not pleasing and acceptable to God; he trusted the Lord, he committed himself to his power and providence; he left himself wholly in the hands of the Lord, to dispose of him, whether for life or death, as he pleased; he believed he was able to deliver him, but he was not anxious about it: for this seems not to design any particular act of faith, with respect to this miracle wrought for him, but his general trust and confidence in God; and the apostle seems to have reference to this, when among other things he ascribes to faith the stopping of the mouths of lions, ( Hebrews 11:33 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (yhwle) "apud se", Piscator; "apud illum", Michaelis.

Daniel 6:23 In-Context

21 Então Daniel falou ao rei: ç rei, vive para sempre.

22 O meu Deus enviou o seu anjo, e fechou a boca dos leões, e eles não me fizeram mal algum; porque foi achada em mim inocência diante dele; e também diante de ti, ó rei, não tenho cometido delito algum.

23 Então o rei muito se alegrou, e mandou tirar a Daniel da cova. Assim foi tirado Daniel da cova, e não se achou nele lesão alguma, porque ele havia confiado em seu Deus.

24 E o rei deu ordem, e foram trazidos aqueles homens que tinham acusado Daniel, e foram lançados na cova dos leões, eles, seus filhos e suas mulheres; e ainda não tinham chegado ao fundo da cova quando os leões se apoderaram deles, e lhes esmigalharam todos os ossos.

25 Então o rei Dario escreveu a todos os povos, nações e línguas que moram em toda a terra: Paz vos seja multiplicada.