George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“When. Greek, “now ten times as much, being converted, seek him.” (Haydock) — The Jews became much more docile and attached to the law.”
The interpretation timeline
Bar 4:28
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Bar 4:28 · Douay-Rheims
“For as it was your mind to go astray from God; so when you return again you shall seek him ten times as much.”
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.