10Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
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Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
Pray without ceasing. …
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-10)Daniel’s adversaries could have no advantage against him from any law now in being; they therefore contrive a new law, by which they hope to ensnare him, and in a matter in which they knew they should be sure of him; and such was his fidelity to his God that they gained their point. Here is, I. Darius’s impious law. I call it Darius’s , because he gave the royal assent to it, and otherwise it woul…
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