1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“In. Greek, “from the midst of a fire which I did not enkindle,” or deserve by any crime.”
The interpretation timeline
Sirach 51:6
Douay-Rheims
From the oppression of the flame which surrounded me, and in the midst of the fire I was not burnt.
2 witnesses
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900Undated
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Glossa Ordinaria
Medieval
“From the pressure of the flame. This befell the three children bodily in the furnace of fire; but all the saints are freed spiritually from the heat of persecution.”
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.