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Baruch 3:35–38

Wisdom appeared on earth

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Baruch 3:35–38

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3:35They were called, and so they said, “Here we are,” and they shined with cheerfulness to him who made them

3:36This is our God, and no other can compare to him

3:37He invented the way of all instruction, and delivered it to Jacob his child, and to Israel his beloved

3:38After this, he was seen on earth, and he conversed with men

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John 1:1–14 — The Word became flesh

Baruch says that divine Wisdom appeared on earth and lived among human beings. John says that the divine Word became flesh and dwelt among us; Augustine explicitly read the Baruch passage christologically.

source checked45 yearsA deuterocanonical hymn already speaks of Wisdom arriving in human company.
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