Daniel 3:26 (WEB)
“Blessed are you, O Lord, you God of our fathers! Your name is worthy to be praised and glorified for evermore;
Fathers and councils · 4
Irenaeus of Lyons
“For at one time He was seen with those who were around Ananias, Azarias, Mishael, as present with them in the furnace of fire, in the burning, and preserving them from [the effects of] fire: “And the appearance of the fourth,” it is said, “was like to the Son of God.”” — editor's note: Dan. iii. 26.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For truly God delivered not the brothers in the book of Maccabees from the fires of the persecutor.…But again the Three Children openly were delivered from the furnace of fire; because their body also was rescued, their safety was public.” — editor's note: Dan. iii. 26.
Read the whole comment“And who else save the three men Ananias, Azariah, and Mishael, ever walked about unharmed in flames that blazed and did not burn?” — editor's note: Dan. iii. 23–27.
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Tertullian
“He saved the lives of the three brethren, who had agreed to lose them for God’s sake; but He destroyed those of the Chaldæans, when they had preferred to save them by the means of their idolatry.” — editor's note: Dan. iii. 25, 26.
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