Then were assembled the satraps, and captains, and heads of provinces, and the royal princes; and they saw the men, and perceived that the fire had not had power against their bodies, and the hair of their head was not burnt, and their coats were not scorched, nor was the smell of fire upon them.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Changed, refusing to comply against their better knowledge. The force of reason extorts this concession from the wicked king. (Haydock)
angel: The person whom he had previously called a son of God he here calls an angel, even though he had in the preceding passage described him as similar to a son of God rather than to God Himself.