17And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. …
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: …
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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