Ecclesiastes 9:15

“Now there was found in it a poor wise man, etc.] Christ, who is man, though not a mere man, but God as well as man; who was so in purpose, covenant, and promise, before his incarnation, since truly and really so; and “poor”, as it was foretold he should be, and who became so for the sake of his church and people, (<380909>Zechariah 9:9 <470809>2 Corinthians 8:9); yet “wise”, even as man, being filled with wisdom, in which he increased, and gave such evident proofs of; on whom the spirit of wisdom rested, and in whom the treasures of it were hid, (<420240>Luke 2:40,46,47,52 <231102> Isaiah 11:2) (<510203>Colossians 2:3); he was found here by God his Father, who exalted one chosen out of the…”

“poor--as to the temporal advantages of true wisdom, though it often saves others. It receives little reward from the world, which admires none save the rich and great. no man remembered-- (Gen 40:23).”

“A parable probably without foundation in fact. Critics who ascribe this book to a late age offer no better suggestion than that the “little city” may be Athens delivered 480 b.c. from the host of Xerxes through the wisdom of Themistocles, or Dora besieged 218 b.c. by Antiochus the Great. Ecclesiastes 9:16-17 are comments on the two facts - the deliverance of the city and its forgetfulness of him who delivered it - stated in Ecclesiastes 9:15. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Yet - He was soon neglected and his great service forgotten. Ecclesiastes 9:17”

“yet: Gen 40:23; Est 6:2, Est 6:3 Ecclesiastes 9:16”