Worship of the Image Refused

For this reason at that time certain (A)Chaldeans came forward and [a](B)brought charges against the Jews. They began to speak and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king: “(C)O king, live forever! 10 You, O king, have (D)made a decree that every person who hears the sound of the horn, flute, [b]lyre, trigon, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of musical instruments, is to (E)fall down and worship the golden statue. 11 But whoever does not fall down and worship shall be thrown into the middle of a furnace of blazing fire. 12 There are certain Jews whom you have (F)appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon, namely Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. These men, O king, have disregarded you; they do not serve your gods, nor do they worship the golden statue which you have set up.”

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 3:8 Lit ate the pieces of
  2. Daniel 3:10 See notes v 5

19 But when her masters saw that their hope of (A)profit was suddenly gone, they seized (B)Paul and Silas and (C)dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities, 20 and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men, Jews as they are, are causing our city trouble, 21 and they (D)are proclaiming customs that are not lawful for us to accept or to practice, since we are (E)Romans.”

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