Charles Spurgeon Commentary Daniel 6:14

"Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored till the going down of the sun to rescue him." — Daniel 6:14 (ASV)

And set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

Here was a great king, made himself out to be a god, and yet he could not have his own way. When that famous potter, who was a true Christian, was brought before the king, the king said to him, "Unless you change your views, I shall be compelled to have you burned."

"Ah!" said Bernard de Palissy, "You are a king, and yet you say, 'I shall be compelled,' and I am a poor potter, but no man can make me use those words; I will be compelled to do nothing against my conscience." Oh! the holy bravery of men who are saved! When Bonner had one of the martyrs before him, he said, "I will convince you; a blazing pile of wood will convince you." "A fig for your pile of wood," said the man, "or a wagon-load of them; I can stand and burn better than you can wear your miter." So the saints of God are strong, and can bid defiance to the adversary through divine grace.