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Ezek 46:8

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Ezek 46:8 · Douay-Rheims
“And when the prince is to go in, let him go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and let him go out the same way.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
420
A.D.
Jerome Patristic
c. A.D. 347–420
“(Verse 8) When the prince enters, he shall enter through the gateway vestibule and exit through the same way. That prince, of whom it was said above, 'And the prince will enter through the way of the outer gate, and through the same gate he will enter and exit' (John 10), has free will and the power to lay down his life and take it up again. And when he comes to us or ascends to the heavens, he exercises the same authority of his majesty. Finally, he does not seek markets, nor solemnities, nor does he observe any difference in days: because every time is a celebration for him.”
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.