Charles Spurgeon Commentary Daniel 6:11-13

"Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God. Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king`s interdict: Hast thou not signed an interdict, that every man that shall make petition unto any god or man within thirty days, save unto thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the interdict that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day." — Daniel 6:11-13 (ASV)

Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king's decree: 'Have you not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, except you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?' The king answered and said, 'The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which does not alter.'

Then they answered and said before the king, 'That Daniel,

Here is impudence! But they called Jesus Christ "this fellow."

Why? Daniel was the chief of the presidents, the prime minister of the king, and yet they say, "That Daniel." Ill-hearts generally have ill-mouths, and what can you expect but ill-words out of ill-mouths?