Parallels Between Jesus in John and Woman Wisdom
Diane Jacobson
John 1:1-3
In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things
were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.
John 17:5 (last discourse)
So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had
in your presence before the world existed.
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John 1:4-5
In him was life, and the
life was the light of all people. The
light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome
it.
John 3:19
And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people
loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.
John
Again
Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me
will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”
John
9:5
“As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
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John 1:10
He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world
did not know him.
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John
1:12
But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become
children of God,
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John 1:14
And the Word became
flesh and dwelt among us... full of grace and truth;....
John 6:38-40
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of
him who sent me. And this is the will of
him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but
raise it up on the last day. This is
indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may
have eternal life;...
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John
1:17
The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus
Christ.
Proverbs 8:22-23
The Lord created me at
the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old. Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before
the beginning of the earth.
Sirach 24:9
Before the ages, in the
beginning, created me,
and for all the ages I shall not cease to be.
Wisdom of Solomon 9:1-2, 9
O God of my fathers and
Lord of mercy, who has made all things by your word, and by your wisdom have
formed humankind...
With
you is wisdom, she who knows your works
and
was present when you made the world,
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Proverbs 8:35
For whoever finds me
finds life, and obtains favor from the LORD
Wisdom of Solomon
Because
of her I shall have immortality.
Wisdom
of Solomon 5:6
So it is we who strayed
from the way of truth,
And the light of
righteousness did not shine on us.
Wisdom of Solomon
7:26, 29
For she is a reflection
of eternal light... She is more beautiful than the sun, and excels every
constellation of the stars. Compared
with the light she is found to be superior,....
Baruch 4:2
Turn, O Jacob, and take
her; walk toward the shining of her light
Proverbs 8:31
....rejoicing in his
inhabited world and delighting in the children of humanity.
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Proverbs
They would have none of my counsel, and despised all my reproof,
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Wisdom of Solomon
7:27b
In
every generation she passes into holy souls
and makes them friends
of God, and prophets;
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Proverbs 8:2-3a, 31
On the heights, beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; beside
the gates in front of the town
rejoicing in his inhabited world & delighting in the human race.
Baruch 3:37
Afterward she appeared
upon the earth
and lived with humankind.
Sirach 24:8
Then the Creator of all
things gave me a commandment, and my Creator chose the place for my tent. He said, “Make your dwelling in Jacob, and in
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Sirach 24:23
All this is the book of the covenant of the Most High God,
the law that Moses commanded us
Baruch 4:1
She is the book of the commandments of God,
and the law that endures for ever.
All who hold her fast
will live, & those who forsake her will die.
John
Jesus
said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be
hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”
John 4:13-14
Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty
again, but those who drink of the water
that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will
become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.”
John 7:37-38
While Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty
come to me, 7:38 and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has
said, 'Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.'“
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John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes
to the Father except through me.”
John 11:25
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who
believe in me, even though they die, will live,
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John 15:1, 5
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower....
I am the vine, you are
the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because
apart from me you can do nothing.”
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John 1:36-38,43
...and as John watched
Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, “Look, here is the Lamb of God!” The two disciples heard him say this, and
they followed Jesus. When Jesus turned
and saw them following, he said to them, “What do you seek?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means
Teacher), “where are you staying?”... The next day Jesus decided to go to
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John
7:34; 8:21
You will search for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot
come."
Again he said to them,
"I am going away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your
sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."
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John 3:13
No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven,
the Son of Man.
Proverbs 9:5
“Come eat my bread and
drink the wine I have mixed.”
Sirach
15:3
She will feed him with
the bread of learning,
and give him the water of wisdom to drink.
Sirach 24:19,21,30-31
“Come to me, you who
desire me,
and eat your fill of my fruits.
Those who eat of me will
hunger for more,
and those who drink of me will thirst for more.”
As for me, I was like a
canal from a river,
like a water channel into a garden.
I said, “I will water my garden and drench my
flower beds. ”
And lo, my canal became
a river, and my river a sea.
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Proverbs 8:7a, 20a,
35a
for my mouth will utter truth... I walk in the way of righteousness... For
whoever finds me finds life...
Baruch 4:1
All those who hold her fast will live.....
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Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are
called happy.
Sirach
To fear the Lord is the
root of wisdom; her branches are long life. I spread out my branches; my
branches are glorious and graceful.
Like a vine I bud forth
delights, and my blossoms became glorious and abundant fruit.
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Proverbs
1:20-21 Proverbs 8:1-4, 17b
Wisdom cries aloud in
the street; in the markets she raises her voice; on the top of the walls.. at
the entrance of the city gates...
Does not wisdom call,
does not understanding raise her voice?
On the heights beside the way, in the paths she takes her stand
... and those who seek
me diligently find me.
Sirach 4:11
Wisdom teaches her children & gives help to those who seek her.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:16
because she goes about
seeking those worthy of her and she graciously appears to them in their
paths....
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Proverbs
Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me
diligently, but will not find me.
I love those who love
me; those who seek me diligently find me.
Sirach 6:27
Search out and seek, and she will become known to you;
and when you get hold of her, do not
let her go.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:12
Wisdom ... is found by those who seek her.
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Baruch 3:29
Who has gone up into heaven and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?
Enoch 42:1-2
Wisdom could not find a
place in which she could dwell;
but a place was found
(for her) in the heavens. Then Wisdom went out to dwell with the children of
the people, but she found no dwelling place. (So) Wisdom returned to her place
and she settled
permanently among the angels.