The interpretation timeline

Esth 3:3

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Esth 3:3 · Douay-Rheims
“And the king’s servants that were chief at the doors of the palace, said to him: Why dost thou alone not observe the king’s commandment?”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1771
A.D.
John Gill Reformed
1697–1771
“Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate,.... Observing the behaviour of Mordecai towards Haman from time to time: said unto Mordecai, why transgressest thou the king's commandment? of giving reverence to Haman, which they knew he could not be ignorant of.”
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.