Wisdom 2:12–20

^2:12Therefore, let us encircle the just, because he is useless to us, and he is against our works, and he reproaches us with our legal offenses, and makes known to us the sins of our way of life

^2:13He promises that he has the knowledge of God and he calls himself the son of God

^2:14He was made among us to expose our very thoughts

^2:15He is grievous for us even to behold, for his life is unlike other men’s lives, and immutable are his ways

^2:16It is as if we are considered by him to be insignificant, and he abstains from our ways as from filth; he prefers the newly justified, and he glories that he has God for his father

^2:17Let us see, then, if his words are true, and let us test what will happen to him, and then we will know what his end will be

^2:18For if he is the true son of God, he will receive him and deliver him from the hands of his adversaries

^2:19Let us examine him with insult and torture, that we may know his reverence and try his patience

^2:20Let us condemn him to a most shameful death, for, according to his own words, God will care for him.