Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find [it] against him concerning the law of his God.
Ver. 5. Then said these men.] But whatsoever they said, Daniel said, Ego sic vivam ut nemo eis credat, My life shall be a real refutation of their lies.
Against this Daniel.] This was the best language they could afford him. So, "Behold this dreamer," said Joseph's brethren, and "This fellow," said the Pharisees of Christ, and "This pest," said they of Paul, that most precious man upon earth. In envy is steeped the venom of all other vices.
Except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.] Whereof Daniel was both a strict observer in himself, and a zealous preserver in others. Religion, then, was the quarrel, and all the fault they could find with him - Novum crimen Gaius Caesar, &c - and yet no new accusation either. The first man that ever died, died for religion, and still, "All that will live godly in Christ Jesus" (if they will needs do it, and be set upon it), "shall suffer persecution."
“ Omnia eum liceant, nen licet esse pium ”