The interpretation timeline

Jdt 11:13

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 11:13 · Douay-Rheims
“And I thy handmaid knowing this, am fled from them, and the Lord hath sent me to tell thee these very things.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“Tell. Greek, “To perform with thee a feat which will astonish all who shall hear of these things. For thy handmaid is religious, and serveth the God of heaven day and night; and now my lord, I am,” &c.”
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.