“Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.”
Daniel answered, O king, live forever! My God sent his angel and shut the lions' mouths so that they would not hurt me, because I had committed no wrong before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no wrong. This remarkable verse reports Daniel's response: he has not been harmed by the lions because God has sent an angel to shut their mouths. The passage connects to the protection of the three youths in the furnace; God intervenes supernaturally to preserve the faithful. The phrase shut the lions' mouths recalls biblical language about divine power to control nature and wild creatures. Daniel's assertion that he had committed no wrong before God and before the king affirms that he has done nothing worthy of death; his only transgression was obedience to a higher law than the king's edict.
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