[41]Or, "spoke the eternal Wisdom (= the Word of God) in his heart."
[42]John i. 3, 4. This punctuation, whereby the words "that which was made" are referred to the clause which follows, and not to that which precedes, is adopted by most of the Greek fathers, and is still maintained by some good commentators—e.g. Bishop Westcott.
[43]Ecclus. xxiv. 19.
[44]Ecclus. xl. 20.