Matthew 11:19 (KJV)
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
Though other explanations have been offered, I am of a mind to believe that the wisdom referred to in this passage is Jesus Christ Himself. The book of Proverbs does a fine job of describing wisdom in such a fashion that it could be none other than Jesus Christ. We have heard of the wisdom of Solomon, but his wisdom pales in comparison to Christ's and is meant to be only a type of it.
Jesus Christ, the very Wisdom of God, was, in His day, followed and worshiped by some, but hated, hunted, and eventually crucified by others. Even Pilate, who attempted to take no position concerning Christ, was forced to lean one way or the other.
In the end, "Wisdom" was justified when, on the third day, He arose.
Gill writes this conclusion from the text: "We may learn from hence, that no sort of preachers and preaching will please some men; that the best of Gospel ministers may be reproached as libertines, or madmen; and that they will be sooner, or later, justified and cleared from all such aspersions."
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They Called Jesus a Winebibber—But the Resurrection Told the Real Story
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