Contradictions and Paradoxes in Daniel 3:24

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Daniel 3:24 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Daniel 3:24. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the Book of Daniel, King Nebuchadnezzar was very surprised and quickly stood up when he saw something strange in the fire. He asked his helpers if they had only put three men in the fire, and they said yes.

Daniel 3:24: Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, [and] spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. [counsellors: or, governors]

Contradiction with Ezekiel 14:21

This verse speaks to the severity of God's judgments, which can be seen as contradicting the miraculous rescue witnessed in Daniel 3:24.

Ezekiel 14:21: For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? [How...: or, Also when]

Contradiction with Exodus 20:3

Commanding the worship of no other gods suggests a stricter imposition unlike the deliverance for Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

Exodus 20:3: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:10

Speaking on the blessings of those persecuted for righteousness, while Daniel 3:24 shows immediate deliverance from persecution.

Matthew 5:10: Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Contradiction with Hebrews 11:37

References those who endured suffering and death for faith without immediate deliverance, unlike Daniel 3:24.

Hebrews 11:37: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

Contradiction with Acts 12:2

James, an apostle, is executed, contrasting with the miraculous survival of Daniel's friends.

Acts 12:2: And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

Contradiction with Job 1:21

Speaks to acceptance of both giving and taking away, whereas Daniel 3:24 shows a divine intervention that alters an immediate loss.

Job 1:21: And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
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