This free bible study guide will help you understand what youre reading. In this chapter, we discover what it means to take a stand for the lord and to refuse to compromise with the gods of this world. The chaldee words occurs nowhere else but in this chapter, daniel 3. Daniel 3 commentary commentary critical and explanatory on. Daniel 3 niv the image of gold and the blazing bible. Daniel 3 the biblical illustrator bible commentaries.
While the book of daniel does not mention antiochus iv by name, chapter 11, verses 2145 reads like a chronicle of his reign. We also meet three men who are truly profiles in courage. Peace and blessings and welcome to today we are going to study daniel chapter 3, the third segment of the prophet daniel as part of. From chapter 2, verse 4, through chapter 7, daniel is in aramaic, the gentile and. This depends on whether we give him welcome or not.
Enduring word bible commentary daniel chapter 3 daniel 3 saved in the fiery furnace a. Chapters available daniel coffman commentaries on the. Visit our library of inductive bible studies for more in depth inductive studies on this and other books of the bible you can use in your small group. The various parts of the book are mutually related, one to the other. Between the vision of nebuchadnezzar in the second chapter and that of daniel in the seventh, four narratives of. The book of daniel a study guide executable outlines. Daniel chapter 3 commentary verse by verse daniel bible. Study guide for daniel 3 by david guzik blue letter bible. The true god was able to deliver, just as he was able to reveal a dream and its meaning. Pdf the interpretation of daniel 3 in the syriac commentary.
The book of daniel, chapter 4 the coming tribulation. However, if chapters 16 and 712 appear, at first glance, to be very different stories, they are, in fact, one storythe story of gods providential care for gods peopletold from two different perspectives. The book of daniel was written by, well, daniel, around 537 b. Daniel identifies himself as the author of the book in daniel 12. Yet they are saved by god 825, prompting king nebuchadnezzar to praise their god as the most high 2630. That tradition influenced the scholars who produced our english versions. They say this because these particular words are aramaic words borrowed from greek words and supposedly daniel did not have these words at his disposal in the sixth century b. The greek and latin translators of daniel placed this book among the other major prophets in the septuagint and vulgate versions because of its prophetic content. That takes us back to the time frame of chapter 5 and the handwriting on the wall. The true god was able to deliver, just as he was able to reveal a dream and its. Daniel chapter 3 explained discover books of the bible. Inductive chapter by chapter daniel bible study guide with. My wife and i are studying daniel, olivet discourse and revelation over the last few years, so i purchased this book and walvoords daniel commentary to help us more thououghly understand.
Take a quick and exciting visual journey with us back to babylon to learn important cues for living in our culture today. The title of the book comes from the name of its chief character and author. The book of daniel explained david jeremiah youtube. The statue, which the king arrogantly made, represented himself as an expression of his greatness and glory and reflected the dream where he was. Three of the best commentaries on the book of daniel. Read this daniel chapter 3 commentary with verse by verse comments by jerry robinson. In last chapter we read of an image which nebuchadnezzar saw in vision. Thus, this is not chronological for we know chapter 6 dealt with the reign of darius the mede and cyrus the persian. Daniel, as many other authors of the antiquity and the bible, writes of himself in the third person throughout the first part of the book. Theres a difference between being functional in a culture and assimilating into that culture. As with all of scripture, the book of daniel is profitable for our study 2 ti 3. No other god that assertion is at the core of this chapter as it is in the entire book of daniel.
In the first year of darius the son of ahasuerus, of the lineage of the medes, who was made king over the realm of the chaldeans. Includes crossreferences, questions, teaching points, and applications on daniel chapter 3 for small groups. Daniel 3, the pulpit commentaries, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely. The book of tanach describing the experiences of daniel and his friends hananiah, mishael, and azariah in the babylonian and persian royal courts, as well as several of daniel s prophecies. Young and the volume on daniel in the commentary on the. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. It probably denoted all the instruments of the pipe or flute class in use among the babylonians. Daniel 3, the biblical illustrator, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available. Daniel 3 commentary matthew henry commentary on the. If you think you find it hard to be a light for the lord in your culture, daniel likely found it harder. In the other 6 chapters, we read about daniel s dreams.
In this chapter of daniel, we have what is known as the interrupted prayer. Daniel is praying in the first nineteen verses of this chapter, but then the angel gabriel appears and interrupts his prayer. Daniel serves as an amazing example of how to live for god in the midst of a dark world and a pagan culture. Notes for bible study groups, part 3 emerging scholars blog. These boys were to be, children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skillful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand. Daniel who through the book received revelations from god. Daniel chapter 3 is a well known and well loved chapter in the bible. Notice in verse 1 that daniel has this dream with visions during the 1st year of the reign of king belshazzar. The story of daniel s friends in daniel 3 teaches us historically about a spiritual truth. A commentary on the book of daniel by cooper abrams. This book of daniel bible study is brought to you by. Both books are are good but walvoord, is way more detailed, giving conservative and liberal understanding with his final summation. The use of the temple vessels at belshazzars feast can be understood in the light of the record of how they came to babylon ch.
Daniel 3 the pulpit commentaries bible commentaries. Dec 11, 2011 at the end of daniel 2 he had fallen to the ground and confessed that the god of daniel is god of gods and lord of kings, but that posture recedes quickly in chapter 3. Daniel chapter 3 inductive bible study notes these small group studies of dan iel contain outlines, crossreferences, bible study discussion questions, and applications. Nebuchadnezzar erects an image and demands everyone worship it. Nine of the 12 chapters relate revelation through dreams and visions. In the first 6 chapters, we read about daniel and his friends. The book of daniel is fittingly named after both its author and its key protagonist. Daniel s prayer, and the vision of the seventy weeks 9. One of the central themes of this book is the absolute sovereignty of god and his love for his people. Moreover, the vision of the son of man is the centerpiece of ot revelation concerning the messiah.
Vladimir lenin was the russian leader of the bolshevik revolution that brought the communist into po. At the end of daniel 2 he had fallen to the ground and confessed that the god of daniel is god of gods and lord of kings, but that posture recedes quickly in chapter 3. Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, the height of which was sixty cubits and its width. Note that chapter 4 is king nebuchadnezzars personal testimony. They are not the less welcome to us on that account, but perhaps the. A study of the book of daniel church of christ in zion.
The book of daniel chapter three nebuchadnezzar builds a large image of gold, demanding all to worship it 17. I have calculated it in my study bible notes as 603 and my commentary. Daniel 1 commentary verse by verse commentary bible study. Daniel 3 is a rather unique chapter in the book of daniel. Chapter 3 in the close of the foregoing chapter we left daniels companions, shadrach, meshach, and abednego, in honour and power, princes of the provinces, and preferred for their relation to the god of israel and the interest they had in him. Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the. In the third year of the reign of jehoiakim king of judah, nebuchadnezzar king of babylon came to. In the form of a question he boasts that there is no god capable of freeing shadrach, meshach, and abednego.
The first six chapters tell of four young israelites in the babylonian captivity chapter 1 daniel also known as belshazzar, hananiah aka shadrach. Rainer albertz, the social setting of the aramaic and hebrew book of daniel, in the book of daniel. Daniel 3 commentary commentary critical and explanatory. A commentary on the book of daniel southside christian. Commentaries which would help in your study are the prophecy of daniel by edward j. For a more detailed treatment, you are invited to look over my sermon outlines on daniel. Daniel 3 commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. Get a detailed summary of chapter 3 in book of daniel. The aramaic section of daniel begins in chapter 2 with nebuchadnezzars dream of the colossus and ends at the end of. They say this because these particular words are aramaic words borrowed from greek words and supposedly daniel did not have had these words at his disposal in the sixth century.
David guzik commentary on daniel 3, where daniel and his friends get send into the fiery furnace, because they would not bow to the image of. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book daniel 12. Daniel 3 part 3 chapter studies bible study ministry. The use of the aramaic words for lyre, psaltery and symphony has led some critics to say that the book of daniel was written hundreds of years after the time of daniel. Daniel bridges the entire 70 years of the babylonian captivity from 605 to 536 b. With that context established, we are ready for daniel 9. In the close of the foregoing chapter we left daniel s companions, shadrach, meshach, and abednego, in honour and power, princes of the provinces, and preferred for their relation to the god of israel and the interest they had in him. Keil, biblical commentary on the book of daniel, p. From daniel and his three friends, we will learn the power of faith and commitment b. When we left our friends at the end of chapter two everything was going along very nicely thank you very much. Daniel chapter 3 commentary verse by verse daniel bible study. Daniel chapter 3 nebuchadnezzars imagepastor tom luitwieler09062015. Shadrach, meshach, and abednego refuse, and are thrown into a fiery furnace. Daniel and the hebrew boys taken captive to babylon.
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