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Esth 15:16

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Esth 15:16 · Douay-Rheims

“She answered: I saw thee, my lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled for fear of thy majesty.”

Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900

1849

A.D.

George Leo Haydock Catholic

1774–1849

“Angel. The Chaldeans had the same notions as the Jews about angels; and the latter never shewed more devotion towards them than after the captivity, when the Scriptures speak more plainly on this subject. Jacob compares his brother Esau to an angel, (Calmet) or to God, Genesis xxxiii. 10. See also 1 Kings xxix. 9., and 2 Kings xiv. 17. (Haydock)”

Source

Modern · 1953 →

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