Daniele 6:22

22 Il mio Dio ha mandato il suo angelo e ha chiuso la bocca de’ leoni che non m’hanno fatto alcun male, perché io sono stato trovato innocente nel suo cospetto; e anche davanti a te, o re, non ho fatto alcun male".

Daniele 6:22 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 6:22

My God hath sent his angel
Daniel takes up the king's expression, and confirms it; he asserts God to be his God, of which he had given him a proof in sending his angel to him that night; either one of the ministering spirits about him, or the Angel of the covenant, the same with him, said to be like the Son of God, that was seen in the fiery furnace, even the Messiah in human form: and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me;
by taking away hunger from them, or by striking terror into them; so that they had either no inclination to hurt him, or were afraid of him: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me;
either before God, or before his Angel, Daniel appeared to be an innocent and righteous person; therefore the Lord pleaded his cause, and made it to appear that he was just, and his cause good; for this is not to be understood of the merits of his works, and the causality of them to justify and save; for here he is speaking not of the righteousness of his person, but of his cause; and not of eternal, but temporal salvation: and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt:
either to his person or government; nothing that was criminal and sinful, but what was just and right, serving daily his God; and this was plain to the king, what he knew and owned; and though he had acted contrary to the decree the lords had craftily obtained, yet it was not out of disrespect to the king, but in obedience to his God; and in doing of which he had done nothing prejudicial to the king's interest.

Daniele 6:22 In-Context

20 E come fu vicino alla fossa, chiamò Daniele con voce dolorosa, e il re prese a dire a Daniele: "Daniele, servo dell’Iddio vivente! Il tuo Dio, che tu servi del continuo, t’ha egli potuto liberare dai leoni?"

21 Allora Daniele disse al re: "O re, possa tu vivere in perpetuo!

22 Il mio Dio ha mandato il suo angelo e ha chiuso la bocca de’ leoni che non m’hanno fatto alcun male, perché io sono stato trovato innocente nel suo cospetto; e anche davanti a te, o re, non ho fatto alcun male".

23 Allora il re fu ricolmo di gioia, e ordinò che Daniele fosse tratto fuori dalla fossa; e Daniele fu tratto fuori dalla fossa, e non si trovò su di lui lesione di sorta, perché s’era confidato nel suo Dio.

24 E per ordine del re furon menati quegli uomini che avevano accusato Daniele, e furon gettati nella fossa de’ leoni, essi, i loro figliuoli e le loro mogli; e non erano ancora giunti in fondo alla fossa, che i leoni furono loro addosso, e fiaccaron loro tutte le ossa.