'Being sent' means coming forth, (or going forth), in the internal sense, as in John 17:8. In similar manner, it is said of the holy of the spirit, that it was 'sent,' that is, it goes forth from the divine of the Lord, as in John 15:26, 16:5, 7.

So, too, the prophets were called 'the sent,' because the words which they spoke went forth from the holy of the spirit of the Lord.

'To be sent,' as in Genesis 37:13, signifies teaching.

(Препратки: Arcana Coelestia 2397; John 15:7)

622. These were redeemed from among men. This symbolically means that they are people who could be regenerated by the Lord and so be redeemed in the world, as in no. 619 above, where similar words occur.