THEOSISDaniel 6:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Then these men said: We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, unless perhaps concerning the law of his God.
אֱדַ֨יִן סָֽרְכַיָּ֜א וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֗א הֲו֨וֹ בָעַ֧יִן עִלָּ֛ה לְהַשְׁכָּחָ֥ה לְדָנִיֵּ֖אל מִצַּ֣ד מַלְכוּתָ֑א וְכָל־עִלָּ֨ה וּשְׁחִיתָ֜ה לָא־יָכְלִ֣ין לְהַשְׁכָּחָ֗ה כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּֽי־מְהֵימַ֣ן ה֔וּא וְכָל־שָׁלוּ֙ וּשְׁחִיתָ֔ה לָ֥א הִשְׁתְּכַ֖חַת עֲלֽוֹהִי׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Acts 24:13Neither can they prove unto thee the things whereof they now accuse me.
- Acts 24:16And herein do I endeavour to have always a conscience without offence, towards God and towards men.
- Acts 24:20Or let these men themselves say if they found in me any iniquity, when standing before the council,
- Acts 24:21Except it be for this one voice only that I cried, standing among them: Concerning the resurrection of the dead am I judged this day by you.
- Esth 3:8And Aman said to king Assuerus: There is a people scattered through all the provinces of thy kingdom, and separated one from another, that use new laws and ceremonies, and moreover despise the king's ordinances: and thou knowest very well that it is not expedient for thy kingdom that they should grow insolent by impunity.
- 1 Sam 24:17And when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, Saul said: Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept:
- John 19:6When the chief priests, therefore, and the servants had seen him, they cried out, saying: Crucify him, Crucify him. Pilate saith to them: Take him you, and crucify him: for I find no cause in him.
- John 19:7The Jews answered him: We have a law; and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.