George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Loved him, even of the Assyrians. The Jews were not able to afford him shelter. (Menochius)”
The interpretation timeline
Tob 1:23
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Tob 1:23 · Douay-Rheims
“But Tobias fleeing naked away with his son and with his wife, lay concealed, for many loved him.”
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.