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Daniel 6:15

Western Saints

Jerome

Verse 15. "But those men, understanding the king's intent, said to him: 'Be it known to thee, O king, that no law of the Medes and Persians, nor any decree which the king has enacted, is capable of alteration.'" Just as the king understood that the princes were making their accusation out of motives of envy, so also they for their part understood what the king's purpose was, namely that he wished to rescue Daniel from imminent death. …

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER SIX ↗

Hippolytus of Rome

But it was so that he may not be rescued by man, and his deliverance not be considered to be by the favor of the king, but rather that the work of God may be shown to be accomplished in him. And so it was already evening and the king was conversing on his behalf with the satraps when they spoke saying, "Know, O king, that for the Medes and Persians, the decree of every edict and statute which the king has set, may not be changed," [Daniel 6:15] in this word they wanted to shame the king, lest the decree which had been marked out by …

Commentary on Daniel 3.25.5 ↗