The interpretation timeline

Jas 5:10

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jas 5:10 · Douay-Rheims
“Take, my brethren, for an example of suffering evil, of labour and patience, the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1871
A.D.
1871
“the prophets--who were especially persecuted, and therefore were especially "blessed." example of suffering affliction--rather, simply, "of affliction," literally, "evil treatment."”
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.