Commentary on Today's Verse

　　Commentary on Daniel 6:1-5

　　(Read Daniel 6:1-5)

　　We notice to the glory of God, that though Daniel was now very old, yet he was able for business, and had continued faithful to his religion. It is for the glory of God, when those who profess religion, conduct themselves so that their most watchful enemies may find no occasion for blaming them, save only in the matters of their God, in which they walk according to their consciences.

　　Daniel 6:3-5 In-Context

　　1 It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,

　　2 with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so that the king might not suffer loss.

　　3 Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.

　　4 At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent.

　　5 Finally these men said, "We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God."