George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Upon me, as these meats had been offered to idols; (Worthington) or she might fear they had, and wished to avoid all scandal, 2 Machabees vi. 21., and Tobias i. 12. (Calmet)”
The interpretation timeline
Jdt 12:2
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Jdt 12:2 · Douay-Rheims
“And Judith answered him and said: Now I cannot eat of these things which thou commandest to be given me, lest sin come upon me: but I will eat of the things which I have brought.”
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
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.