George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Money. People might formerly make use of what was merely deposited in their hands. (Ulpian.) — The old Latin version has, “I committed to him ten talents in gold.””
The interpretation timeline
Tob 1:17
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Tob 1:17 · Douay-Rheims
“And when amongst a great multitude of his kindred, he saw Gabelus in want, who was one of his tribe, taking a note of his hand he gave him the aforesaid sum of money.”
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.