The interpretation timeline

1Kgs 17:15

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

1Kgs 17:15 · Douay-Rheims
“She went and did according to the word of Elias: and he ate, and she, and her house: and from that day”
Patristic before A.D. 750
373
A.D.
Ephrem the Syrian Patristic
c. A.D. 306–373
“"She went and did as Elijah said." Consider the faith of the widow, her obedience and charity, and then meditate on the greatness of the reward that he granted her. Indeed it is written, "The jar of meal was not emptied, neither did the jug of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah," nor did the number of her family members diminish, because, in exchange for the nourishment given to the prophet, her dead child was resurrected.”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

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