14Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.
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And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, …
Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? …
The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. …
Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-17)Here is 1. Proof made of Daniel’s praying to his God, notwithstanding the late edict to the contrary (Dan. 6:11): These men assembled ; the came tumultuously together , so the word is, the same that was used Dan. 6:6; borrowed from Ps. 2:1; Why do the heathen rage ? They came together to visit Daniel, perhaps under pretence of business, at that time which they knew to be his usual hour of devotion…
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