Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
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Josephus says, "Now when his enemies saw that Daniel had suffered nothing, they would not accept that he was preserved by God, but they said that the lions had been filled full with food, and on that account it was, as they supposed, that the lions would not touch Daniel, nor come to him; and this they alleged to the king." did not reach the bottom of the den: This was to prevent their claiming that the lions shunned Daniel on account of overfeeding, and thus through envy belittling the miracle that occurred. (Theodoret of Cyrus) those men: as mentioned above in footnote for verses 3-7, the Septuagint clarifies who 'those men' actually are, they are the other two princes that were appointed with Daniel; for the Septuagint says, "Then those two men who witnessed against Daniel, they and their wives and their children were thrown to the lions." they were cast into the lions' den, they and their children, and their wives: Ancient Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus says concerning the Pe...
Just as in the case of Nebuchadnezzar's writing unto the language-groups and nations one authority has interpreted them to signify hostile powers, so also this same man interprets the action of Darius, on the ground that he summons them all to repentance. And he poses the question as to whether this will take place in this world or in the other world, or even after other worlds have intervened. We deem these speculations to be absurd and account them as empty fables, and make this single observation: that the reason why signs are performed amid barbarian peoples through the agency of God's servants is that the worship and religion of the only God may be proclaimed.
