Luke 11:49

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܡܶܛܽܠ ܗܳܢܳܐ ܐܳܦ݂ ܚܶܟ݂ܡܬ݂ܳܐ ܕ݁ܰܐܠܳܗܳܐ ܐܶܡܪܰܬ݂ ܕ݁ܗܳܐ ܐܶܢܳܐ ܐܶܫܰܕ݁ܰܪ ܠܗܽܘܢ ܢܒ݂ܺܝܶܐ ܘܰܫܠܺܝܚܶܐ ܡܶܢܗܽܘܢ ܢܶܪܕ݁ܦ݂ܽܘܢ ܘܢܶܩܛܠܽܘܢ ܀

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the wisdom: Probably by the Wisdom of God we are to understand the כןדןע [Strong's G3056], or Word of God, that is, our Lord himself; this being a dignified and oriental mode of expression for I say, as it is in the parallel passage. Proverbs 1:2-6, Proverbs 8:1-12, Proverbs 9:1-3, 1 Corinthians 1:30, Colossians 2:3

I will: Luke 24:47, Matthew 23:34, Acts 1:8, Ephesians 4:11

and some: Luke 21:16, Luke 21:17, Matthew 22:6, John 16:2, Acts 7:57-60, Acts 8:1, Acts 8:3, Acts 9:1, Acts 9:2, Acts 12:1, Acts 12:2, Acts 22:4, Acts 22:5, Acts 22:20, Acts 26:10, Acts 26:11, 2 Corinthians 11:24, 2 Corinthians 11:25

Reciprocal: Proverbs 1:20 - Wisdom Proverbs 9:3 - sent Matthew 10:2 - apostles Matthew 12:45 - Even Matthew 13:52 - scribe Matthew 24:9 - shall they Luke 6:13 - apostles Luke 21:12 - before Acts 15:32 - being Romans 12:6 - whether Ephesians 3:5 - as it 2 Peter 1:1 - an apostle Revelation 18:20 - God

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore also said the wisdom of God,..... The Syriac version only reads "wisdom"; by which seems to be meant not the perfection of God's wisdom: though it is usual with the Jews to represent the divine perfections as speaking, as the justice and mercy of God. They say b, that

"when the holy blessed God sought to make Hezekiah the Messiah, and Sennacherib, Gog, and Magog, מידת הדין, "the property of judgment", or "justice, said" before the holy, blessed God, Lord of the world, c.''

and so the sense may be here, that the infinite wisdom of God said within himself, determined in his own breast, to do what follows. But I rather think that Christ is intended, who, as God, is the essential wisdom of God and, as man and mediator, has the spirit of wisdom resting on him, and the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hid in him; since this is said by Christ, Matthew 23:34 though the words here seem to be the words of the evangelist relating what Christ had said. Some have thought, that some book, under the name of "The Wisdom of God", is here cited, which had in it the following words,

I will send them prophets and apostles; which, in Matthew, are called prophets, wise men, and Scribes; and by whom are meant the apostles of Christ, and the ministers of the Gospel. The Persic version reads, "lo, I send to you", as in Matthew 23:34,

and some of them they shall slay and persecute; some of them they shall put to death, and others they shall persecute from one place to another; Matthew 23:34- :.

b T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 94. 1. Vid. Targum in Eccl. x. 8. & in Lam. i. 1. & ii. 20.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 23:29-36.

Luke 11:49

The wisdom of God - By the “wisdom of God,” here, is undoubtedly meant the Saviour himself. What he immediately says is not written in the Old Testament. Jesus is called “the word of God” John 1:1, because he is the medium by which God “speaks” or makes his will known. He is called “the wisdom of God,” because by him God makes his wisdom known in creation (Colossians 1:13-18 and in redemption 1 Corinthians 1:30. Many have also thought that the Messiah was referred to in the Proverbs 8:1 of Proverbs, under the name of Wisdom.

I will send ... - See Luke 10:3; Matthew 10:16.

Shall slay ... - Compare John 16:2; Acts 7:52, Acts 7:59; James 5:10; Acts 12:2; Acts 22:19; 2 Corinthians 11:24-25; 2 Chronicles 36:15-16.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 49. The wisdom of God — These seem to be Luke's words, and to mean that Jesus, the wisdom of God, (as he is called, 1 Corinthians 1:24,) added the words which follow here, on that occasion: and this interpretation of the words is agreeable to that of Matthew, who makes Jesus speak in his own person: Wherefore behold, I send you prophets, &c., Matthew 23:34. See the note there, and see Bishop PEARCE.