The interpretation timeline

Esth 6:7

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Esth 6:7 · Douay-Rheims

“Answered: The man whom the king desireth to honour,”

Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900

1771

A.D.

John Gill Reformed

1697–1771

“And Haman answered the king,.... At once, being very prompt to suggest the honours he hoped to have done to himself: for the man whom the king delighteth to honour; let the following things be done.”

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.