George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Had now. Greek, “it was a paradox to them that she should come, and they opened the gate, and received them.””
The interpretation timeline
Jdt 13:15
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Jdt 13:15 · Douay-Rheims
“And all ran to meet her from the least to the greatest: for they now had no hopes that she would come.”
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.