9:22f (1 Cor. 1:19, 30).136 The general theme of God humbling the proud and exalting the lowly (Mt. 23:12; Lk. 1:51f; 14:11; 18:14; James 4:6, 10; 1 Pet. 5:5f) is brought to bear on the subject of knowledge in the major wisdom passage of Matthew (11). True wisdom escapes the self-confident wise, God has hidden it from them, but it comes by revelation to the νήπιοι who submit to the yoke of their humble teacher (vv. 25, 27, 29f). Feuillet claims that νήπιος is a wisdom term; it is used in several