607. 13:18 Here is wisdom. This symbolically means that from what we have said and explained in this chapter, it is the part of a wise person to see and understand the nature of the doctrine and faith among the clergy regarding God and salvation.

"Here," the verse says, because it means those things that we have said and explained in this chapter, particularly about the beast from the earth, which symbolizes the doctrine and consequent faith regarding God and salvation among the clergy (no. 594). For what this verse says has to do with that beast. And because it is the part of a wise person, or of wisdom, to see and understand the nature of that doctrine and consequent faith, the verse says, "Here is wisdom."