4745. “他们坐下吃饭” 表将出于虚假的邪恶归为己有. 这从 “吃” 和 “饭” 的含义清楚可知: “吃” 是指变成自己的, 或归为己有 (3168, 3513, 3596, 3832节); “饭” 是指爱之良善 (276, 680, 2165, 2177, 3464, 3478, 3735, 3813, 4211, 4217, 4735节), 以及总体上一切食物 (参看2165节). 然而, 此处 “饭” 却表示反面, 即邪恶, 因为众所周知, 那些领受圣餐时不配吃饼的人将邪恶, 而非良善变成自己的, 或归为己有. 由此明显可知, 就反面意义而言, “吃饭” 表示将邪恶归为己有, 或变成自己的. 当古人作出一个重要决定, 并得到其他人赞同时, 他们习惯在一起吃饭, 以此表示他们赞同这个决定, 因而将它变成自己的; 如以西结书:

看哪! 以色列的首领各逞其膀臂, 在你中间流人之血. 在你中间有谗谤人, 流人血的; 有在山上吃过祭偶像之物的. (以西结书 22:6, 9)

此外, 要知道, 邪恶总体上有两个源头, 一个是生活, 一个是教义. 源于虚假教义的邪恶被称为出于虚假的邪恶; 此处所指的, 就是这种邪恶.

The relationship between men and women is deep and nuanced, and one entire book of the Writings -- Conjugial Love -- is devoted to the subject. So we can hardly offer a full explanation here. In a very general sense, though, the Writings say that men are creatures of intellect, driven by the love of growing wise; women, meanwhile are creations of affection, driven by the love of wisdom and the good that wisdom can do. They are formed this way to reflect the Lord's Divine Love and Divine Wisdom, and so that they can form marriages that reflect the unity of Divine Love and Divine Wisdom. Marking differences between men and women can be a touchy thing, but realistically it's easy to see that men tend to love acquiring knowledge whether it has any practical application or not. Many of them can spout out sports statistics or hold court on the workings of the internal combustion engine, even though it is knowledge they are not likely to ever use. They find such knowledge interesting for its own sake. It follows, then, that when the Bible speaks of men, the men represent facts, ideas, knowledge, truth, intellect and wisdom -- or in the negative sense falsity, twisted logic, and reasoning that is devoid of concern for others.