The interpretation timeline

Esth 4:6

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Esth 4:6 · Douay-Rheims
“And Athach going out went to Mardochai, who was standing in the street of the city, before the palace gate:”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1771
A.D.
John Gill Reformed
1697–1771
“So Hatach went forth to Mordecai, unto the street of the city,.... Where he was, in a public manner, expressing his grief and sorrow: which was before the king's gate: that led to the royal palace.”
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.