Now these were among them of the children of Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael.

Then Arioch in haste brought Daniel in before the king, and said to him, I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judea, who will declare the interpretation to the king.

Then Daniel was brought in before the king, and the king said to Daniel, Are you Daniel, of the children of the captivity of Judah, which my father the king brought [from Judah]?

There are [certain] Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon--Shadrach, Meshach, [and] Abed-Nego, who have not obeyed your decree, O king: they serve not your gods, and worship not the golden image which you have set up.

And he spoke to King Artaxerxes, saying, There is a nation scattered among the nations in all your kingdom, and their laws differ from [those of] all the [other] nations; and they disobey the laws of the king. Therefore it is not fitting for the king to let them alone.

But Peter and the apostles answered, and said: "We must obey God rather than men.

whom Jason has received; and these all practice contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king--Jesus."