Daniel 6:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

Daniel 6:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My God hath sent his angel - It was common among the Hebrews to attribute any remarkable preservation from danger to the intervention of an angel sent from God, and no one can demonstrate that it...

Daniel 6:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him (h) innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done (i) no hurt....

Daniel 6:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 6. Daniel in the Den of Lions. After giving an account of the reorganisation of the empire by Darius after the fall of Babylon, this chapter describes a conspiracy formed against Daniel by t...

Daniel 6:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sent His angel . As in Daniel 3:28 . innocency . rectitude, or purity. See the Structure, p. 1178.

Daniel 6:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

My God, says he, sent his angel, and shut the lions’ mouths! Thus we see that Daniel openly assigns to angels the duty of rendering assistance, while the whole power remains in the hands o...

Daniel 6:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. My God h...

Daniel 6:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt— "Thou knowest my fidelity in every thing respecting my service. If upon this occasion I have disobeyed thy orders, it was only from a sense of tha...

Daniel 6:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt....

Daniel 6:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Den of Lions Darius the Mede divides his kingdom into 120 satrapies, the whole being superintended by three higher officials, of whom Daniel was one ( Daniel 6:1-2 ). Daniel is in special favo...

Daniel 6:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

His angel. — Comp. Psalms 34:7 ; Psalms 34:10 ; Daniel 3:28 . Before thee — i.e. , thou knowest full well.

Daniel 6:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

STOPPING THE MOUTHS OF LIONS ON the view which regards these pictures as powerful parables, rich in spiritual instructiveness, but not primarily concerned with historic accuracy, nor even necessar...

Daniel 6:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Persecuted for Righteousness' Sake” Daniel 6:16-28 The plot was an atrocious one, but it hurt its perpetrators more than the victim of their vindictive hatred, Daniel 6:24 . They dug a pit in...

Daniel 6:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The last section in the historic portion of the Book is in the reign of Darius. He reorganized the government and distributed the administration among twenty satraps, who, in turn, were responsible t...

Daniel 6:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Behold, Reader! what a mighty change! Who so apparently forlorn and wretched as faithful Daniel, when cast into the lion's den: who so blessed when taken out? Reader! do not lose sight of these thing...

Daniel 6:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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; eithe...

Daniel 6:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. Ver. 2...

Daniel 6:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then said Daniel Daniel knew the king's voice, though it was now a doleful voice, and spake to him with all the deference and respect that was due to him. O king, live for ever He does not reproa...

Daniel 6:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Daniel's Preservation and Deliverance. B. C. 537.       18 Then the king went to his palace,...

Daniel 6:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My God hath sent his angel; he had his eye specially to Him whose cause and honour was concerned in this matter. The Lord either took the lions hunger away from them, or made Daniel appeared terrib...

Daniel 6:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Then Daniel said to the king, “O king live for ever. My God has sent his messenger and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me, because before him I was found innocent, and also before...

Daniel 6:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Daniel 6:22 - Scofield Reference Notes

angel ( See Scofield) - ( Hebrews 1:4 ).

Daniel 6:22 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Daniel 6:21-23 I. This story illustrates the fact that God often seems to crown the machinations of the wicked against the good with success. II. The story illustrates the insidiousness of sin in...

Daniel 6:22 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Daniel 6:1-3 . It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the p...

Daniel 6:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 6:2 . Three presidents, of whom Daniel was the first. His former celebrity had spread through the east. Ezekiel 14 . It being now sixty five years since Daniel was first promoted by Nebuch...

Daniel 6:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

My Lord hath sent His Angel. Daniel’s Marvellous Deliverances These words are Daniel’s religious and thankful acknowledgment of his deliverance. 1. Here is a reverend compellation. “O king.”...

Daniel 6:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Daniel 6:1-27 DANIEL IN THE LIONS ' DEN . Daniel 6:1-27 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes. which should be over the whole kin...

Daniel 6:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Daniel's Remarkable Deliverance

Daniel 6:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:19-21 ; 1 Samuel 17:37 ; 1 Samuel 24:9-11 ; 1 Samuel 26:18 ; 2 Chronicles 32:21 ; 2 Corinthians 1:12 ; 2 Samuel 22:7 ; 2 Timothy 4:17 ; Acts 12:11 ; Acts 24:16 ; Acts 25:8-11 ; A...

Daniel 6:22 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

A Man of Affairs Selections from Daniel 6:1-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In a previous study, we observed Daniel as a seer. Here we will see him as a man of affairs. As we watch Daniel moving a...

Daniel 6:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

His angel — The same that was with the three children in the fiery furnace, whose presence made even the lion's den a strong — hold, his palace, his paradise. See the power of God over the fiercest...