George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“A dream. This dream was prophetical and extraordinary, otherwise the general rule is, not to observe them. (Challoner)”
The interpretation timeline
Esth 10:5
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Esth 10:5 · Douay-Rheims
“I remember a dream that I saw, which signified these same things: and nothing thereof hath failed.”
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.