Luke 7:35

But Literally, "And,"but the Greek kaioften has the force of -and yet."

wisdom The personification of God's wisdom was common in the later Jewish literature, as in the Book of Wisdom. It is also found in the Old Testament (Proverbs 1:20; Proverbs 1:9, &c.).

is justified of all her children] Rather, was justified by, i.e. has from the first been acquitted of all wrong and error, receives the witness of being just, at the hands of all her children. The "children of wisdom" genei-ally (Proverbs 2:1; Proverbs 3:1, &c.) are those who obey God, and here are those of that generation who accepted the baptism of John and the ministry of Jesus, without making a stumbling-block of their different methods. The Jews, like the petulant children, refused to sympathise either with John or Jesus the one they condemned for exaggerated strictness, the other for dangerous laxity: yet the Wise, Wisdom's true children once for all declare that she is righteous, and free from blame: for they know that wisdom is polu- poikilos, -richly-variegated," -of many colours," Ephesians 3:10. The world" s wisdom was foolishness; those whom the world called fools were divinely wise, John 3:33. Wisdom is thus justified by her children both actively and passively; they declare her to be just and holy, and the world ultimately sees that her guidance as exemplified by their lives is the best guidance (Wis 5:5; Wis 5:4; Psalms 51:4; Romans 3:4). The reading ἔργων -works" for τέκνων "children" in א may be derived from the variant reading in Matthew 11:19.