Esther 9:27 (WEB)
Mordecai established it, and the Jews took upon themselves, upon their offspring, and upon those who were joined to them to observe it, neither would they on any account behave differently; but these days were to be a memorial kept in every generation, city, family, and province.
Fathers and councils · 2
Athanasius of Alexandria
“For in those times it was especially, when those who tyrannized over the people had been slain, that temporal feasts and holidays were observed in Judæa.” — editor's note: Cf. Esther ix. 20–28; Judith ix. xv.
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Jerome
“Esther, a type of the church, frees her people from danger and, after having slain Haman whose name means iniquity, hands down to posterity a memorable day and a great feast.” — editor's note: i.e. the feast of Purim—Esth. ix. 20–32.
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