“Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’” (ESV)
Question: I’m not finding this phrase ‘the Wisdom of God’ anywhere else in the gospels. The parallel passage in Matthew (23:34-36) omits it, leaving the following words (and the sending therein) as Jesus’ own (ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω πρὸς ὑμᾶς προφήτας...), spoken in the present rather than future tense. There are several references in the epistles to the ‘wisdom of God’ (e.g. Romans 11:33, Ephesians 3:10), but nowhere does it speak.
Answer: In Luke 11:49, Wisdom is personified: “The Wisdom of God said...” To understand more of what the author of Luke understood about Wisdom, it is useful also to refer to Luke 7:35:
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Keywords: Wisdom of God, Wisdom
Bible reference(s): Luke 11:49, Luke 7:35
Source: Biblical Hermeneutics beta.
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