3096. 'And ran again to the well' means a lower affection for truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'a well' as truth, dealt with in 2702, but truth that is lower. And as the subject here is the introduction of truth, a lower affection for truth is meant, as stated just above in 3094. For the difference in meaning in the internal sense between 'a spring' and 'a well' see the paragraph just referred to, where it is explained that the expression 'a spring' is used in reference to purer and higher truth, but 'a well' in reference to truth that is not so pure and is lower, as in the present chapter also where 'a spring' is used at one point, 'a well' at another. Natural truth is a lower variety of truth, and the affection for natural truth a lower kind of affection for truth. This truth enables general facts to receive light most nearly, and that enlightenment penetrates further and affects more deeply, see 3094.

3421. 'And he called them names' means the essential nature of them. This is clear from the meaning of 'calling the names' as the essential nature, dealt with in 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2724, 3006, 3237. And since calling the names or the name means the essential nature, the expression calling without the addition of 'the name' therefore means in the internal sense of the Word to be of some such particular nature, as in Isaiah,

Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel and who came out of the waters of Judah. For they are called after the city of holiness, and upon the God of Israel they place their reliance. Isaiah 48:1-2.

Here 'being called after the city of holiness' stands for being of some particular nature. And in Luke,

Behold, you will conceive in the womb and will bear a son, and you will call His name Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. Luke 1:31-32.

'Being called Son of the Most High' stands for His Essential Being (Esse).