John Calvin Commentary Daniel 3:30

"Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the province of Babylon." — Daniel 3:30 (ASV)

This seems to be of slight consequence; and yet, it was not added in vain. We are to understand that the miracle was confirmed throughout the whole province and region. This was because all the Chaldeans knew those three men were cast into the furnace, and then afterwards shared in the imperial sway and were restored to their former honors.

As a result of this event, God’s power could not remain unknown. It was just as if God had sent out three heralds throughout the whole region, who everywhere proclaimed how they were wonderfully delivered from death by God’s special intervention.

From this, it would also be understood how worthless all the deities then worshipped in Chaldea were, how that great deity whose statue Nebuchadnezzar had set up had been despised, and how the true God proved his consistency by snatching his servants from death.

Prayer:

Grant, Almighty God, since You have instructed us by the doctrine of Your law and Gospel, and daily are pleased to make Your will known to us with familiarity, that we may remain fixed in the true obedience of this teaching, in which Your perfect justice is manifested; and may we never be moved away from Your worship. May we be prepared, whatever happens, to undergo a hundred deaths rather than to turn aside from the profession of true piety, in which we know our safety is secured. And may we so glorify Your name as to be partakers of that glory which has been acquired for us through the blood of Your only-begotten Son. — Amen.