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When Matthew draws attention to Jesus’s works and connects those works to wisdom, what is he (Matthew) doing?
Matthew wants readers to know that Jesus is wisdom incarnate.
Matthew wants readers to know that Jesus is the Messiah.
Matthew wants readers to know that Jesus is John the Baptist’s cousin.
Matthew wants readers to know that Jesus is just another sage.
Matthew wants readers to know that Jesus is their champion.
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Matthew wants readers to know that Jesus is wisdom incarnate.
Matthew links Jesus’s deeds to the Jewish Wisdom tradition (e.g., “wisdom is vindicated by her works” in Matt 11:19), portraying Jesus as the embodiment of divine Wisdom rather than merely a sage or cousin of John.
Matthew links Jesus’s deeds to the Jewish Wisdom tradition (e.g., “wisdom is vindicated by her works” in Matt 11:19), portraying Jesus as the embodiment of divine Wisdom rather than merely a sage or cousin of John.
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