This was unexpected. I was reading through Wisdom of Solomon and then checking some other interpretations of it. That study led me to see a passage that describes the maltreatment of Jesus that would be done by the people of Israel. In Wisdom 2, there is the sharing of the view of the ungodly toward the righteous ones. Then we come upon the verses of the "we" who are the ungodly ones as the view a righteous one.
Wisdom 2:10-20
10 Let us oppress the righteous poor man; let us not spare the widow or regard the gray hairs of the aged.
11 But let our might be our law of right, for what is weak proves itself to be useless.
12 “Let us lie in wait for the righteous man, because he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions; he reproaches us for sins against the law, and accuses us of sins against our training.
13 He professes to have knowledge of God, and calls himself a child of the Lord.
14 He became to us a reproof of our thoughts;
15 the very sight of him is a burden to us, because his manner of life is unlike that of others, and his ways are strange.
16 We are considered by him as something base, and he avoids our ways as unclean; he calls the last end of the righteous happy, and boasts that God is his father.
17 Let us see if his words are true, and let us test what will happen at the end of his life;
18 for if the righteous man is God’s child, he will help him, and will deliver him from the hand of his adversaries.
19 Let us test him with insult and torture, so that we may find out how gentle he is, and make trial of his forbearance.
20 Let us condemn him to a shameful death, for, according to what he says, he will be protected.”
I suppose this could fit the fate of prophets but it also applies more to Jesus as the child of the Lord. And, as in v20, he suffers a shameful death. I missed this on my initial reading but revisited the passage after reading a comment how confusing this image was.
Anyhow, much of Wisdom of Solomon is less exciting. But you never know when a surprise will appear.
Wisdom 2:10-20
10 Let us oppress the righteous poor man; let us not spare the widow or regard the gray hairs of the aged.
11 But let our might be our law of right, for what is weak proves itself to be useless.
12 “Let us lie in wait for the righteous man, because he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions; he reproaches us for sins against the law, and accuses us of sins against our training.
13 He professes to have knowledge of God, and calls himself a child of the Lord.
14 He became to us a reproof of our thoughts;
15 the very sight of him is a burden to us, because his manner of life is unlike that of others, and his ways are strange.
16 We are considered by him as something base, and he avoids our ways as unclean; he calls the last end of the righteous happy, and boasts that God is his father.
17 Let us see if his words are true, and let us test what will happen at the end of his life;
18 for if the righteous man is God’s child, he will help him, and will deliver him from the hand of his adversaries.
19 Let us test him with insult and torture, so that we may find out how gentle he is, and make trial of his forbearance.
20 Let us condemn him to a shameful death, for, according to what he says, he will be protected.”
I suppose this could fit the fate of prophets but it also applies more to Jesus as the child of the Lord. And, as in v20, he suffers a shameful death. I missed this on my initial reading but revisited the passage after reading a comment how confusing this image was.
Anyhow, much of Wisdom of Solomon is less exciting. But you never know when a surprise will appear.
