Matthew 11:19

11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him, 1  a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors 2  and sinners!’ 3  But wisdom is vindicated 4  by her deeds.” 5 

Matthew 12:42

12:42 The queen of the South 6  will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now, 7  something greater than Solomon is here!

Matthew 13:54

13:54 Then 8  he came to his hometown 9  and began to teach the people 10  in their synagogue. 11  They 12  were astonished and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?

1 tn Grk “Behold a man.”

2 sn See the note on tax collectors in 5:46.

3 sn Neither were they happy with Jesus (the Son of Man), even though he was the opposite of John and associated freely with people like tax collectors and sinners. Either way, God’s messengers were subject to complaint.

4 tn Or “shown to be right.”

5 tc Most witnesses (B2 C D L Θ Ë1 33 Ï lat) have “children” (τέκνων, teknwn) here instead of “deeds” (ἔργων, ergwn), but since “children” is the reading of the parallel in Luke 7:35, scribes would be motivated to convert the less colorful “deeds” into more animate offspring of wisdom. Further, ἔργων enjoys support from א B* W (Ë13) as well as early versional and patristic support.

6 sn On the queen of the South see 1 Kgs 10:1-3 and 2 Chr 9:1-12, as well as Josephus, Ant. 8.6.5-6 (8.165-175). The South most likely refers to modern southwest Arabia, possibly the eastern part of modern Yemen, although there is an ancient tradition reflected in Josephus which identifies this geo-political entity as Ethiopia.

7 tn Grk “behold.”

8 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then.”

9 sn Jesus’ hometown (where he spent his childhood years) was Nazareth, about 20 miles (30 km) southwest of Capernaum.

10 tn Grk “them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

11 sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23. Jesus undoubtedly took the opportunity on this occasion to speak about his person and mission, and the relation of both to OT fulfillment.

12 tn Grk “synagogue, so that they.” Here ὥστε (Jwste) has not been translated. Instead a new sentence was started in the translation.