The interpretation timeline

Jdt 12:9

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 12:9 · Douay-Rheims
“And going in, she remained pure in the tent, until she took her own meat in the evening.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“Pure, from forbidden food. (Worthington) — Evening. Thus she continued to fast, to draw down the blessing of God. (Calmet)”
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.