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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
Verse 12. "'Hast thou not ordained, O king, that any man who makes a request of any other person besides thee, whether god or man, shall be thrown into the lion-pit?' The king answered them, saying..." They do not mention Daniel's name, so that when the king has made a general answer as to the order he gave, he may then be bound by his own word, and not deal with Daniel in any other fashion than he has stated. …
Hippolytus of Rome
And so in this way even at that time the adversary operated in the governors and satraps, so that through them he might accomplish his own will and cast the blessed Daniel into the den of lions. And whom they watched closely and seeing him pray three times a day, came forth saying to the king, "'O king Darius, have you not appointed an edict that any man who should ask from any god and man a petition for thirty days except from you O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?' He said, 'The word is true and the decree of the Medes …
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