And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
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Gill's Exposition
Then Nebuchadnezzar spake and said,.... In the presence of his princes and prime ministers of state, and made the following confession, to the praise and glory of the true God; which was extorted from…
Barnes' Notes
And the princes, governors, and captains - Notes, Dan 3:3. And the king’s counselors - Notes, Dan 3:24. Being gathered together, saw these men - There could be no mistake about the reality of the…
Adam Clarke
Upon whose bodies the fire had no power - The heathens boasted that their priests could walk on burning coals unhurt; and Virgil mentions this of the priests of Apollo of Soracte: -
Summe Deum,…
In these verses we have,
I. The casting of these three faithful servants of God into the fiery furnace. Nebuchadnezzar had himself known and owned so much of the true God that, one would have thought,…
Cambridge Bible
princes, governors, and captains satraps, praefects, and governors. See on Dan 3:3.
counsellers ministers (Dan 3:3).
upon whose bodies, &c. that the fire had no power upon their bodies, nor was the…
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