The interpretation timeline

Jdt 4:2

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 4:2 · Douay-Rheims
“Dread and horror seized upon their minds, lest he should do the same to Jerusalem and to the temple of the Lord, that he had done to other cities and their temples.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“Great. This was his usual title, Daniel ii. 30., and 4 Kings xviii. 19. (Calmet) — Slavery. Yet they make an unconditional submission. (Haydock) — It is better for us to submit to servitude than to be slaughtered like our brethren. (Menochius)”
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.