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Esth 10:11

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Esth 10:11 · Douay-Rheims

“And both lots came to the day appointed already from that time before God to all nations:”

Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900

1849

A.D.

George Leo Haydock Catholic

1774–1849

“Time. From all eternity (Tirinus) God had ordained to save his people; and this he declared to his servant, by shewing him two lots. (Haydock) — This became more intelligible after the event, (Tirinus) like other predictions. (Haydock)”

Source

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.