In John 2:6, 7, the water pots signify external knowledges; which may be filled with truths. They also signify all those features of the Word, and so of the Jewish church and its worship, which were signified and represented by Divine things in the Lord and from the Lord. (Apocalypse Explained 376[29])

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 3068)

4544. “你们要除掉你们中间外邦人的神” 表要弃绝虚假. 这从 “除掉” 和 “外邦人的神” 的含义清楚可知: “除掉” 是指弃绝; “外邦人的神” 是指虚假. 因为在圣言中, “神” 表示真理, 在反面意义上表示虚假 (4402节). 那些在教会之外的人, 因而那些陷入虚假和邪恶的人就被称为 “外邦人” (2049, 2115节). 因此, “外邦人的神” 表示虚假