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They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
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A Reasonable Request
Commentators unanimously agree that the magicians' request to be told the dream was, on its face, perfectly reasonable. Their art was in interpretation, not mind-reading. This highlights that the king's demand was extraordinary and, from a human perspective, unjust, setting the stage for a divine solution.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They answered again, and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation of it - ([Reference Da…
19th Century
Anglican
Let the king tell.— The request was reasonable enough, according to the principles of Babylonian sorcery. Nebuchadnezzar’s doubts,…
16th Century
Protestant
Here the excuse of the Magi is narrated. They state the truth that their art only enabled them to discover the interpretation of a dream, but the k…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They answered again, and said Or, a "second" F5 time; repeating the same words, having nothing more to sa…
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