292# 按字义，“在我面前，你不可有别的神”此条诫命亦指：不可将任何已故或在世之人如上帝一般敬拜；这事在亚洲世界及其周边多处地方也曾发生。外邦人的许多神祇，实非他物，正是此类人，如巴力、亚斯她录、基抹、米勒公、别西卜；又如雅典与罗马的撒但、朱庇特、尼普顿、普路托、阿波罗、帕拉斯等。他们之中，有些人起初被尊为圣者，后来被尊为神灵，最后被尊为上帝。至于他们也曾将活人当作神明敬拜，可由玛代人大流士的谕令看出：三十日内，任何人不得向神或人求什么，只可向王求；违者必被扔在狮子坑中（但6:8至末）。
292# “在我面前，不可有别的神”这条诫命在属世意义上也是指不可将人当成神来敬拜，无论活人、死人，如亚洲和邻近的各个国家所做的那样。外邦人或异教徒的许多神都只是人，如巴力、亚斯他录、基抹、米勒公、别西卜；雅典和罗马的萨图恩或萨图尔努斯、、朱庇特、尼普顿、普鲁托、阿波罗、雅典娜，等等。其中一些人起初被当成圣人来敬拜，后来被当成神性或神性力量，最后被当成神来敬拜。他们还拜活人为神，这一点从玛代大流士的法令明显看出来，即：
三十日内，任何人都不可向神求什么，只可求王；否则，他必被扔在狮子坑中。（但以理书6:8-28）
292. This commandment, "There is to be no other God before my face," also has an earthly meaning that we must not worship any person, dead or alive, as a god. Worshiping people as gods was another practice in the Middle East and in various surrounding areas. The many gods of the nations there were of this type, such as Baal, Ashtoreth, Chemosh, Milcom, and Beelzebub. In Athens and Rome there were Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Apollo, Athena, and so on. People worshiped some of these at first as holy people, then as supernatural beings, and finally as gods. The fact that these nations also worshiped living people as gods can be seen from the edict of Darius the Mede that for a thirty-day period no one was to ask anything of God, only of the king, or be thrown into the lions' den (Daniel 6:8-28).
292. This commandment 'There is not to be any other God before my face' also means in the natural sense that no human being, alive or dead, is to be worshipped as a god, another practice found in Asia and various surrounding countries. Many of the heathen gods were no more than this, such as Baal, Ashtaroth, Chemosh, Milkom, Beelzebub; and at Athens and Rome, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Apollo, Pallas, etc. Some of these were first worshipped as saints, then as divine powers, and finally as gods. It is clear from the edict of Darius the Mede that they also worshipped living human beings as gods. This decree stated that for a period of thirty days no one should ask anything of God, but only of the king; otherwise he would be thrown into the lions' den (Daniel 6:8-end).
292. This commandment, "There shall be no other God in My presence" means also in the natural sense, that no man dead or living should be worshiped as a god. This, too, was done in Asia and in various surrounding countries. Many of the gods of the heathen were simply men, as Baal, Ashtaroth, Chemosh, Milcom, Beelzebub; and at Athens and Rome, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Apollo, Pallas, and so forth. Some of these were worshiped first as saints, then as divinities and finally as gods. That they also worshiped living men as gods, appears from the edict of Darius the Mede,
That for thirty days no man should ask anything from God, but from the king only; otherwise, he should be cast into a den of lions (Daniel 6:8-28).
292. This commandment, "Thou shalt have no other god before Me," also means in the natural sense, that no man, dead or alive, ought to be worshipped as a god, as was done in Asia, and various neighboring countries. Many of the gods of the Gentiles, as Baal, Ashtaroth, Chemosh, Milcom, and Beelzebub, were merely human beings; and at Athens and Rome so were Saturn, 1 Jupiter, 2 Neptune, 3 Pluto, 4 Apollo, 5 Pallas and the others. Some of these were at first worshiped as holy, then as beings with divine powers, and finally as gods. Men still living were also worshipped as gods, as is evident from the decree of Darius the Mede,
that no one, for thirty days, should ask any petition of God but of the king alone, on pain of being cast into the den of lions, Daniel 6:8-28.
Footnotes:
1. Saturnus, Saturn, earliest king of Latium, became Roman god of civilization.
2. Jupiter or Jove, son of Saturn.
3. Neptune, god of the sea.
4. Pluto, king of the lower world.
5. Apollo, god of divination, healing, poetry and music.
292. Per hoc Praeceptum, Non erit Deus alius coram faciebus meis, in Sensu naturali etiam intelligitur, quod non aliquis Homo defunctus aut vivus colendus sit sicut Deus, quod quoque in Orbe Asiatico, et circum illum variis in locis factum est; multi dii Gentium non fuerunt alii, sicut Baal, Astaroth, Chemos, Milkom, Beelsebub; ac Athenis et Romae Saturnus, Jupiter, Neptunus, Pluto, Apollo, Pallas, etc.; quorum aliquos primum coluerunt ut Sanctos, postea ut Numina, et denique ut Deos. Quod etiam coluerint Homines vivos ut deos, constat ex Edicto Darii Medi, quod nemo intra 30 dies peteret aliquid a Deo, sed a Rege solo, si secus, conjiceretur in foveam leonum, Daniel 6:8. ad fin.