Daniel 3:21

21 Then these men were 1bound in their cloaks, their tunics,[a] their hats, and their other garments, and they were thrown into the burning fiery furnace.

Daniel 3:21 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 3:21

Then these men were bound in their coats
Their upper coats, cloaks, or mantles, as Aben Ezra and Jacchiades; though, according to the use of the word in the Arabic language, the "femoralia" F18 or breeches are meant: their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments:
their turbants on their heads, which were usually wore in those countries; and their stockings and shoes, and other under garments, as waistcoats and shirts; which through haste or negligence, or with design, were kept on them, to make their torment the greater; but were intended by the Lord to make the miracle the more conspicuous. According to Cocceius F19 and Bynaeus F20, the first of these words signifies the outward covering of the body, as cloaks; the second the covering of the feet, as socks, shoes, and sandals; and the third the covering of the head, as caps, turbants, helmets; the last the inner garments that were under the upper ones: and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace;
in the manner and circumstances before related.


FOOTNOTES:

F18 (Nwhylbrob) "cum femoralibus", Pagninus; so Syr. Ar.; "cum braccis suis", V. L.
F19 Expos. Dict. Chald. col. 1022. rad (vyjp) .
F20 De Calceis Hebr. l. 2. c. 10. sect 4, 5, 6, 7.

Daniel 3:21 In-Context

19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated.
20 And he ordered some of the mighty men of his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
21 Then these men were bound in their cloaks, their tunics, their hats, and their other garments, and they were thrown into the burning fiery furnace.
22 Because the king's order was urgent and the furnace overheated, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell bound into the burning fiery furnace.

Cross References 1

  • 1. [See ver. 20 above]

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. The meaning of the Aramaic words rendered cloaks and tunics is uncertain; also verse 27
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