He answered, Look, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are unharmed; and the aspect of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
Angels are called sons of God for their excellency, and this fourth figure whom the king beheld was such an angel, sent by God to comfort His own in their torment. In calling him a son of God, Nebuchadnezzar spoke more truth than he knew.
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The king watched through the furnace door and saw the three men loosed from their bonds, walking unharmed, and with them a fourth like a son of the gods. Astonished and terrified, he verified with his counselors that three bound men had entered, yet four walked free; then he called them forth, and they came out wholly uninjured, their clothes and hair untouched by fire.
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Commenting on Daniel 3:24-27
Nebuchadnezzar spoke to them now not in wrath but with great respect, calling them servants of the most high God and owning that their God had power over fire itself. He acknowledged that God had approved their faith and faithfulness by this wonderful deliverance, and when he commanded them to come forth, they obeyed at once, having received his permission to leave.
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