Verse 12. If such worship is a token of thanksgiving, then it shall be from truth conjoined with celestial good uncontaminated with falsity, and in its three degrees, such truth being derived from good, and leading thereto.

3771. 'And they would roll the stone from over the mouth of the well' means that they opened it up. This is clear from what has been stated just above in 3769 about the meaning of 'a large stone over the mouth of the well' as the fact that the Word was closed up. From this it is evident that 'they would roll the stone from over the mouth of the well' means that they opened it up.