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1 και G2532 CONJ εμβας G1684 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM εις G1519 P EP το G3588 T-ASN πλοιον G4143 N-ASN διεπερασεν G1276 G5656 V-AAI-3S και G2532 CONJ ηλθεν G2064 G5627 V-2AAI-3S εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF ιδιαν G2398 A-ASF πολιν G4172 N-ASF

2 και G2532 CONJ ιδου G2400 G5628 V-2AAM-2S προσεφερον G4374 G5707 V-IAI-3P αυτω G846 P-DSM παραλυτικον G3885 A-ASM επι G1909 P EP κλινης G2825 N-GSF βεβλημενον G906 G5772 V- PP-ASM και G2532 CONJ ιδων G1492 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM την G3588 T-ASF πιστιν G4102 N-ASF αυτων G846 P-GPM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S τω G3588 T-DSM παραλυτικω G3885 A-DSM θαρσει G2293 G5720 V-PAM-2S τεκνον G5043 N-VSN αφεωνται G863 G5769 V- PI-3P σοι G4671 P-2DS αι G3588 T-NPF αμαρτιαι G266 N-NPF σου G4675 P-2GS

3 και G2532 CONJ ιδου G2400 G5628 V-2AAM-2S τινες G5100 X-NPM των G3588 T-GPM γραμματεων G1122 N-GPM ειπον G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3P εν G1722 P EP εαυτοις G1438 F-3DPM ουτος G3778 D-NSM βλασφημει G987 G5719 V-PAI-3S

4 και G2532 CONJ ιδων G1492 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM τας G3588 T-APF ενθυμησεις G1761 N-APF αυτων G846 P-GPM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S ινα G2443 CONJ τι G2444 ADV-I υμεις G5210 P-2NP ενθυμεισθε G1760 G5736 V-PNI-2P πονηρα G4190 A-APN εν G1722 P EP ταις G3588 T-DPF καρδιαις G2588 N-DPF υμων G5216 P-2GP

5 τι G5101 I-NSN γαρ G1063 CONJ εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ευκοπωτερον G2123 A-NSN-C ειπειν G2036 G5629 V-2AAN αφεωνται G863 G5769 V- PI-3P σου G4675 P-2GS αι G3588 T-NPF αμαρτιαι G266 N-NPF η G2228 P T ειπειν G2036 G5629 V-2AAN εγειραι G1453 G5669 V-AMM-2S και G2532 CONJ περιπατει G4043 G5720 V-PAM-2S

6 ινα G2443 CONJ δε G1161 CONJ ειδητε G1492 G5762 V- AS-2P οτι G3754 CONJ εξουσιαν G1849 N-ASF εχει G2192 G5719 V-PAI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM υιος G5207 N-NSM του G3588 T-GSM ανθρωπου G444 N-GSM επι G1909 P EP της G3588 T-GSF γης G1093 N-GSF αφιεναι G863 G5721 V-PAN αμαρτιας G266 N-APF τοτε G5119 ADV λεγει G3004 G5719 V-PAI-3S τω G3588 T-DSM παραλυτικω G3885 A-DSM εγερθεις G1453 G5685 V-APP-NSM αρον G142 G5657 V-AAM-2S σου G4675 P-2GS την G3588 T-ASF κλινην G2825 N-ASF και G2532 CONJ υπαγε G5217 G5720 V-PAM-2S εις G1519 P EP τον G3588 T-ASM οικον G3624 N-ASM σου G4675 P-2GS

7 και G2532 CONJ εγερθεις G1453 G5685 V-APP-NSM απηλθεν G565 G5627 V-2AAI-3S εις G1519 P EP τον G3588 T-ASM οικον G3624 N-ASM αυτου G846 P-GSM

8 ιδοντες G1492 G5631 V-2AAP-NPM δε G1161 CONJ οι G3588 T-NPM οχλοι G3793 N-NPM εθαυμασαν G2296 G5656 V-AAI-3P και G2532 CONJ εδοξασαν G1392 G5656 V-AAI-3P τον G3588 T-ASM θεον G2316 N-ASM τον G3588 T-ASM δοντα G1325 G5631 V-2AAP-ASM εξουσιαν G1849 N-ASF τοιαυτην G5108 D-ASF τοις G3588 T-DPM ανθρωποις G444 N-DPM

9 και G2532 CONJ παραγων G3855 G5723 V-PAP-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM εκειθεν G1564 ADV ειδεν G1492 G5627 V-2AAI-3S ανθρωπον G444 N-ASM καθημενον G2521 G5740 V-PNP-ASM επι G1909 P EP το G3588 T-ASN τελωνιον G5058 N-ASN ματθαιον G3156 N-ASM λεγομενον G3004 G5746 V-PPP-ASM και G2532 CONJ λεγει G3004 G5719 V-PAI-3S αυτω G846 P-DSM ακολουθει G190 G5720 V-PAM-2S μοι G3427 P-1DS και G2532 CONJ αναστας G450 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM ηκολουθησεν G190 G5656 V-AAI-3S αυτω G846 P-DSM

10 και G2532 CONJ εγενετο G1096 G5633 V-2ADI-3S αυτου G846 P-GSM ανακειμενου G345 G5740 V-PNP-GSM εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF οικια G3614 N-DSF και G2532 CONJ ιδου G2400 G5628 V-2AAM-2S πολλοι G4183 A-NPM τελωναι G5057 N-NPM και G2532 CONJ αμαρτωλοι G268 A-NPM ελθοντες G2064 G5631 V-2AAP-NPM συνανεκειντο G4873 G5711 V-INI-3P τω G3588 T-DSM ιησου G2424 N-DSM και G2532 CONJ τοις G3588 T-DPM μαθηταις G3101 N-DPM αυτου G846 P-GSM

11 και G2532 CONJ ιδοντες G1492 G5631 V-2AAP-NPM οι G3588 T-NPM φαρισαιοι G5330 N-NPM ειπον G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3P τοις G3588 T-DPM μαθηταις G3101 N-DPM αυτου G846 P-GSM δια G1223 P EP τι G5101 I-ASN μετα G3326 P EP των G3588 T-GPM τελωνων G5057 N-GPM και G2532 CONJ αμαρτωλων G268 A-GPM εσθιει G2068 G5719 V-PAI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM διδασκαλος G1320 N-NSM υμων G5216 P-2GP

12 ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ ιησους G2424 N-NSM ακουσας G191 G5660 V-AAP-NSM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM ου G3756 P T-N χρειαν G5532 N-ASF εχουσιν G2192 G5719 V-PAI-3P οι G3588 T-NPM ισχυοντες G2480 G5723 V-PAP-NPM ιατρου G2395 N-GSM αλλ G235 CONJ οι G3588 T-NPM κακως G2560 ADV εχοντες G2192 G5723 V-PAP-NPM

13 πορευθεντες G4198 G5679 V-AOP-NPM δε G1161 CONJ μαθετε G3129 G5628 V-2AAM-2P τι G5101 I-NSN εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ελεον G1656 N-ASM θελω G2309 G5719 V-PAI-1S και G2532 CONJ ου G3756 P T-N θυσιαν G2378 N-ASF ου G3756 P T-N γαρ G1063 CONJ ηλθον G2064 G5627 V-2AAI-1S καλεσαι G2564 G5658 V-AAN δικαιους G1342 A-APM αλλα G235 CONJ αμαρτωλους G268 A-APM εις G1519 P EP μετανοιαν G3341 N-ASF

14 τοτε G5119 ADV προσερχονται G4334 G5736 V-PNI-3P αυτω G846 P-DSM οι G3588 T-NPM μαθηται G3101 N-NPM ιωαννου G2491 N-GSM λεγοντες G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NPM δια G1223 P EP τι G5101 I-ASN ημεις G2249 P-1NP και G2532 CONJ οι G3588 T-NPM φαρισαιοι G5330 N-NPM νηστευομεν G3522 G5719 V-PAI-1P πολλα G4183 A-APN οι G3588 T-NPM δε G1161 CONJ μαθηται G3101 N-NPM σου G4675 P-2GS ου G3756 P T-N νηστευουσιν G3522 G5719 V-PAI-3P

15 και G2532 CONJ ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM μη G3361 P T-N δυνανται G1410 G5736 V-PNI-3P οι G3588 T-NPM υιοι G5207 N-NPM του G3588 T-GSM νυμφωνος G3567 N-GSM πενθειν G3996 G5721 V-PAN εφ G1909 P EP οσον G3745 K-ASN μετ G3326 P EP αυτων G846 P-GPM εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM νυμφιος G3566 N-NSM ελευσονται G2064 G5695 V-FDI-3P δε G1161 CONJ ημεραι G2250 N-NPF οταν G3752 CONJ απαρθη G522 G5686 V-APS-3S απ G575 P EP αυτων G846 P-GPM ο G3588 T-NSM νυμφιος G3566 N-NSM και G2532 CONJ τοτε G5119 ADV νηστευσουσιν G3522 G5692 V-FAI-3P

16 ουδεις G3762 A-NSM δε G1161 CONJ επιβαλλει G1911 G5719 V-PAI-3S επιβλημα G1915 N-ASN ρακους G4470 N-GSN αγναφου G46 A-GSN επι G1909 P EP ιματιω G2440 N-DSN παλαιω G3820 A-DSN αιρει G142 G5719 V-PAI-3S γαρ G1063 CONJ το G3588 T-NSN πληρωμα G4138 N-NSN αυτου G846 P-GSN απο G575 P EP του G3588 T-GSN ιματιου G2440 N-GSN και G2532 CONJ χειρον G5501 A-NSN σχισμα G4978 N-NSN γινεται G1096 G5736 V-PNI-3S

17 ουδε G3761 ADV βαλλουσιν G906 G5719 V-PAI-3P οινον G3631 N-ASM νεον G3501 A-ASM εις G1519 P EP ασκους G779 N-APM παλαιους G3820 A-APM ει G1487 COND δε G1161 CONJ μηγε G3361 P T-N ρηγνυνται G4486 G5743 V-PPI-3P οι G3588 T-NPM ασκοι G779 N-NPM και G2532 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM οινος G3631 N-NSM εκχειται G1632 G5743 V-PPI-3S και G2532 CONJ οι G3588 T-NPM ασκοι G779 N-NPM απολουνται G622 G5698 V-FMI-3P αλλα G235 CONJ βαλλουσιν G906 G5719 V-PAI-3P οινον G3631 N-ASM νεον G3501 A-ASM εις G1519 P EP ασκους G779 N-APM καινους G2537 A-APM και G2532 CONJ αμφοτεροι G297 A-NPM συντηρουνται G4933 G5743 V-PPI-3P

18 ταυτα G5023 D-APN αυτου G846 P-GSM λαλουντος G2980 G5723 V-PAP-GSM αυτοις G846 P-DPM ιδου G2400 G5628 V-2AAM-2S αρχων G758 N-NSM εις G1520 A-NSM ελθων G2064 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM προσεκυνει G4352 G5707 V-IAI-3S αυτω G846 P-DSM λεγων G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NSM οτι G3754 CONJ η G3588 T-NSF θυγατηρ G2364 N-NSF μου G3450 P-1GS αρτι G737 ADV ετελευτησεν G5053 G5656 V-AAI-3S αλλα G235 CONJ ελθων G2064 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM επιθες G2007 G5628 V-2AAM-2S την G3588 T-ASF χειρα G5495 N-ASF σου G4675 P-2GS επ G1909 P EP αυτην G846 P-ASF και G2532 CONJ ζησεται G2198 G5695 V-FDI-3S

19 και G2532 CONJ εγερθεις G1453 G5685 V-APP-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM ηκολουθησεν G190 G5656 V-AAI-3S αυτω G846 P-DSM και G2532 CONJ οι G3588 T-NPM μαθηται G3101 N-NPM αυτου G846 P-GSM

20 και G2532 CONJ ιδου G2400 G5628 V-2AAM-2S γυνη G1135 N-NSF αιμορροουσα G131 G5723 V-PAP-NSF δωδεκα G1427 A-NUI ετη G2094 N-NPN προσελθουσα G4334 G5631 V-2AAP-NSF οπισθεν G3693 ADV ηψατο G680 G5662 V-ADI-3S του G3588 T-GSN κρασπεδου G2899 N-GSN του G3588 T-GSN ιματιου G2440 N-GSN αυτου G846 P-GSM

21 ελεγεν G3004 G5707 V-IAI-3S γαρ G1063 CONJ εν G1722 P EP εαυτη G1438 F-3DSF εαν G1437 COND μονον G3440 ADV αψωμαι G680 G5672 V-AMS-1S του G3588 T-GSN ιματιου G2440 N-GSN αυτου G846 P-GSM σωθησομαι G4982 G5701 V-FPI-1S

22 ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ ιησους G2424 N-NSM επιστραφεις G1994 G5651 V-2APP-NSM και G2532 CONJ ιδων G1492 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM αυτην G846 P-ASF ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S θαρσει G2293 G5720 V-PAM-2S θυγατερ G2364 N-VSF η G3588 T-NSF πιστις G4102 N-NSF σου G4675 P-2GS σεσωκεν G4982 G5758 V- AI-3S σε G4571 P-2AS και G2532 CONJ εσωθη G4982 G5681 V-API-3S η G3588 T-NSF γυνη G1135 N-NSF απο G575 P EP της G3588 T-GSF ωρας G5610 N-GSF εκεινης G1565 D-GSF

23 και G2532 CONJ ελθων G2064 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF οικιαν G3614 N-ASF του G3588 T-GSM αρχοντος G758 N-GSM και G2532 CONJ ιδων G1492 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM τους G3588 T-APM αυλητας G834 N-APM και G2532 CONJ τον G3588 T-ASM οχλον G3793 N-ASM θορυβουμενον G2350 G5746 V-PPP-ASM

24 λεγει G3004 G5719 V-PAI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM αναχωρειτε G402 G5720 V-PAM-2P ου G3756 P T-N γαρ G1063 CONJ απεθανεν G599 G5627 V-2AAI-3S το G3588 T-NSN κορασιον G2877 N-NSN αλλα G235 CONJ καθευδει G2518 G5719 V-PAI-3S και G2532 CONJ κατεγελων G2606 G5707 V-IAI-3P αυτου G846 P-GSM

25 οτε G3753 ADV δε G1161 CONJ εξεβληθη G1544 G5681 V-API-3S ο G3588 T-NSM οχλος G3793 N-NSM εισελθων G1525 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM εκρατησεν G2902 G5656 V-AAI-3S της G3588 T-GSF χειρος G5495 N-GSF αυτης G846 P-GSF και G2532 CONJ ηγερθη G1453 G5681 V-API-3S το G3588 T-NSN κορασιον G2877 N-NSN

26 και G2532 CONJ εξηλθεν G1831 G5627 V-2AAI-3S η G3588 T-NSF φημη G5345 N-NSF αυτη G3778 D-NSF εις G1519 P EP ολην G3650 A-ASF την G3588 T-ASF γην G1093 N-ASF εκεινην G1565 D-ASF

27 και G2532 CONJ παραγοντι G3855 G5723 V-PAP-DSM εκειθεν G1564 ADV τω G3588 T-DSM ιησου G2424 N-DSM ηκολουθησαν G190 G5656 V-AAI-3P αυτω G846 P-DSM δυο G1417 A-NUI τυφλοι G5185 A-NPM κραζοντες G2896 G5723 V-PAP-NPM και G2532 CONJ λεγοντες G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NPM ελεησον G1653 G5657 V-AAM-2S ημας G2248 P-1AP υιε G5207 N-VSM δαυιδ G1138 N-P I

28 ελθοντι G2064 G5631 V-2AAP-DSM δε G1161 CONJ εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF οικιαν G3614 N-ASF προσηλθον G4334 G5656 V-AAI-3P αυτω G846 P-DSM οι G3588 T-NPM τυφλοι G5185 A-NPM και G2532 CONJ λεγει G3004 G5719 V-PAI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM πιστευετε G4100 G5720 V-PAM-2P οτι G3754 CONJ δυναμαι G1410 G5736 V-PNI-1S τουτο G5124 D-ASN ποιησαι G4160 G5658 V-AAN λεγουσιν G3004 G5719 V-PAI-3P αυτω G846 P-DSM ναι G3483 P T κυριε G2962 N-VSM

29 τοτε G5119 ADV ηψατο G680 G5662 V-ADI-3S των G3588 T-GPM οφθαλμων G3788 N-GPM αυτων G846 P-GPM λεγων G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NSM κατα G2596 P EP την G3588 T-ASF πιστιν G4102 N-ASF υμων G5216 P-2GP γενηθητω G1096 G5676 V-AOM-3S υμιν G5213 P-2DP

30 και G2532 CONJ ανεωχθησαν G455 G5681 V-API-3P αυτων G846 P-GPM οι G3588 T-NPM οφθαλμοι G3788 N-NPM και G2532 CONJ ενεβριμησατο G1690 G5662 V-ADI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM λεγων G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NSM ορατε G3708 G5720 V-PAM-2P μηδεις G3367 A-NSM γινωσκετω G1097 G5720 V-PAM-3S

31 οι G3588 T-NPM δε G1161 CONJ εξελθοντες G1831 G5631 V-2AAP-NPM διεφημισαν G1310 G5656 V-AAI-3P αυτον G846 P-ASM εν G1722 P EP ολη G3650 A-DSF τη G3588 T-DSF γη G1093 N-DSF εκεινη G1565 D-DSF

32 αυτων G846 P-GPM δε G1161 CONJ εξερχομενων G1831 G5740 V-PNP-GPM ιδου G2400 G5628 V-2AAM-2S προσηνεγκαν G4374 G5656 V-AAI-3P αυτω G846 P-DSM ανθρωπον G444 N-ASM κωφον G2974 A-ASM δαιμονιζομενον G1139 G5740 V-PNP-ASM

33 και G2532 CONJ εκβληθεντος G1544 G5685 V-APP-GSN του G3588 T-GSN δαιμονιου G1140 N-GSN ελαλησεν G2980 G5656 V-AAI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM κωφος G2974 A-NSM και G2532 CONJ εθαυμασαν G2296 G5656 V-AAI-3P οι G3588 T-NPM οχλοι G3793 N-NPM λεγοντες G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NPM ουδεποτε G3763 ADV εφανη G5316 G5648 V-2API-3S ουτως G3779 ADV εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSM ισραηλ G2474 N-P I

34 οι G3588 T-NPM δε G1161 CONJ φαρισαιοι G5330 N-NPM ελεγον G3004 G5707 V-IAI-3P εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSM αρχοντι G758 N-DSM των G3588 T-GPN δαιμονιων G1140 N-GPN εκβαλλει G1544 G5719 V-PAI-3S τα G3588 T-APN δαιμονια G1140 N-APN

35 και G2532 CONJ περιηγεν G4013 G5707 V-IAI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM τας G3588 T-APF πολεις G4172 N-APF πασας G3956 A-APF και G2532 CONJ τας G3588 T-APF κωμας G2968 N-APF διδασκων G1321 G5723 V-PAP-NSM εν G1722 P EP ταις G3588 T-DPF συναγωγαις G4864 N-DPF αυτων G846 P-GPM και G2532 CONJ κηρυσσων G2784 G5723 V-PAP-NSM το G3588 T-ASN ευαγγελιον G2098 N-ASN της G3588 T-GSF βασιλειας G932 N-GSF και G2532 CONJ θεραπευων G2323 G5723 V-PAP-NSM πασαν G3956 A-ASF νοσον G3554 N-ASF και G2532 CONJ πασαν G3956 A-ASF μαλακιαν G3119 N-ASF εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSM λαω G2992 N-DSM

36 ιδων G1492 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM δε G1161 CONJ τους G3588 T-APM οχλους G3793 N-APM εσπλαγχνισθη G4697 G5675 V-AOI-3S περι G4012 P EP αυτων G846 P-GPM οτι G3754 CONJ ησαν G2258 G5713 V-IXI-3P εσκυλμενοι G4660 G5772 V- PP-NPM και G2532 CONJ ερριμμενοι G4496 G5772 V- PP-NPM ωσει G5616 ADV προβατα G4263 N-APN μη G3361 P T-N εχοντα G2192 G5723 V-PAP-NPN ποιμενα G4166 N-ASM

37 τοτε G5119 ADV λεγει G3004 G5719 V-PAI-3S τοις G3588 T-DPM μαθηταις G3101 N-DPM αυτου G846 P-GSM ο G3588 T-NSM μεν G3303 P T θερισμος G2326 N-NSM πολυς G4183 A-NSM οι G3588 T-NPM δε G1161 CONJ εργαται G2040 N-NPM ολιγοι G3641 A-NPM

38 δεηθητε G1189 G5676 V-AOM-2P ουν G3767 CONJ του G3588 T-GSM κυριου G2962 N-GSM του G3588 T-GSM θερισμου G2326 N-GSM οπως G3704 ADV εκβαλη G1544 G5632 V-2AAS-3S εργατας G2040 N-APM εις G1519 P EP τον G3588 T-ASM θερισμον G2326 N-ASM αυτου G846 P-GSM

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 622

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622. And when I had eaten it my belly was made bitter, signifies that it was perceived and ascertained that the Word was inwardly undelightful because of the adulterated truth of the sense of its letter. This is evident from the explanations above (n. 617, 618), where there are like words. The "belly" here signifies the interiors of the Word, which are called spiritual, because exploration was represented by "devouring or eating up the little book," which means the Word, and by its taste, which means perception; therefore the first perception is signified by the taste in the mouth, where the little book was "sweet as honey." The first perception of the Word is such as is the perception of the sense of its letter, that is, as the Word is outwardly. The other perception however is signified by its taste when it has come into the belly, which is said to be made bitter by it. This other perception of the Word is such as the perception of its spiritual sense is, that is, as the Word is inwardly. Consequently, as the "mouth" signifies what is exterior, so here the "belly" signifies what is interior, because inwardly received and ascertained. The "belly" signifies interior things because the belly stores up the food inwardly, and "food" signifies everything that nourishes the soul; also because the belly, like the bowels, is within or in the midst of the body; for this reason the "belly," and also the "bowels," signify in the Word interior things.

[2] That the "belly," and the "bowels" signify interior things can be seen from the following passages.

In Ezekiel:

Son of man, feed thy belly and fill thy bowels with this roll (Ezekiel 3:1, 3).

This has a similar signification as what is now being explained in Revelation, that "he took and ate up the little book," for the "roll" has a similar signification as "the little book," namely, the Word, and "to feed the belly and fill the bowels with the roll" signifies to explore how the Word is understood in the church, which is done by the reading and perception of it.

[3] In David:

Fill their belly with Thy treasure; the sons are fed to the full, and what remains to them they leave to their babes (Psalms 17:14).

"Treasure" signifies the truth of the Word, "belly" the interior understanding, so "to fill their belly with treasure" signifies to instruct their interior understanding in the truths of the Word; that thence those who are affected by truths are fully instructed is signified by "the sons are fed to the full," "sons" signifying those who are in the affection of truth; and the sons' "babes," truths in their birth; of such it is said that "what remains to them they leave to their babes." It is here said the interior understanding, for man has an exterior understanding and an interior understanding; the exterior understanding is of the natural mind, and the interior understanding is of the spiritual mind; the interior understanding is signified by the "belly."

[4] In John:

Jesus said, If anyone thirst let him come unto Me and drink. He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture saith, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. This He said of the Spirit which they that believe on Him were to receive (John 7:37-39).

Thus the Lord describes Divine truth inwardly perceived by those who are in the spiritual affection of truth; such are meant by "those who thirst and come to the Lord and drink;" that such shall have an understanding of Divine truth is signified by "out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water," "rivers out of the belly" meaning interior understanding or intelligence, and "living water," Divine truth from the Lord; and as "the Holy Spirit" means Divine truth proceeding from the Lord, it is added "this He said of the Spirit which they that believe on Him were to receive."

[5] In Mark:

Whatsoever from without goeth into the man cannot render him unclean, because it goeth not into his heart but into the belly; and is cast out into the draught purging all foods. But that which goeth forth out of the man, that rendereth the man unclean; for from within out of the heart of men it goeth forth (Mark 7:18-21; Matthew 15:17-20).

These words must be thus understood, that all things, whether falsities or evils, that from things seen or things heard flow into the thought of the understanding and not into the affection of its will, do not affect or infect the man, since the thought of a man's understanding, so far as it does not proceed from the affection of his will, is not in the man but outside of him, therefore it is not appropriated to him; it is similar with truth and good. This the Lord teaches by correspondences when He says that "that which enters through the mouth into the belly does not render a man unclean, because it does not enter into the heart, for that which enters into the belly is cast out into the draught;" which means that whatever enters into the thought of man's understanding from without or from the outside, whether from objects of sight or from objects of speech or from objects of the memory, does not render him unclean, but so far as it is not of his affection or will it is separated and cast out, as what is taken into the belly is cast out into the draught. These spiritual things the Lord explained by natural things, since the foods that are taken into the mouth and thus pass into the belly signify such things as man takes in spiritually and with which he nourishes his soul; this is why the "belly" corresponds to the thought of the understanding and signifies it. That the "heart" signifies the affection of man's will has been shown above; also that only that which is made a part of a man's affection or will is appropriated to him. Evidently spiritual, not natural, things are here meant, for the Lord says that "out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies." Since the falsities and evils that enter from without into the thoughts enter from the hells, and if not received by man with the will's affection are cast back into the hells, it is said that "they are cast out into the draught," for the "draught" signifies hell; and for the reason that in the hells all things are unclean, and those who are there have been cast out of heaven, which is like a man in form, and is therefore called the Greatest Man and also corresponds to all things of man, while the hells correspond to what is cast out of the belly of the Greatest Man or heaven; this is why hell is meant in the spiritual sense by the "draught." The "belly" is said "to purge all foods," because the "belly" signifies the thought of the understanding, as has been said above, and "foods" signify all spiritual nourishments, and the thought of the understanding is what separates unclean things from what are clean, and thus purges.

[6] In Jeremiah:

Jehovah God hath said, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon hath confounded Me, he hath placed Me as an empty vessel, he hath swallowed Me up as a whale, he hath filled his belly with My delicacies, he hath thrust Me out (Jeremiah 51:34).

"Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon" signifies the profanation of Divine truth; and as those who profane it drink it in more than others and apply it to filthy loves, especially to the love of rule, even to the transference to themselves of all Divine power, this is signified by "he hath swallowed me up as a whale, he hath filled his belly with my delicacies," "whale" signifying the lowest natural, in which those are who are in the love of self, and "delicacies" meaning the knowledges of truth and good from the Word, so "to fill the belly with them" signifies to drink in and to profane them.

[7] In David:

Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress; mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly (Psalms 31:9).

"Eye, soul, and belly," here signify the understanding and exterior and interior thought of truth therefrom; thus the "belly" signifies the interiors of the understanding, which are said "to waste away with vexation" when they are destroyed by falsities.

[8] In the same:

Our soul is bowed down to the dust, our belly cleaveth unto the earth (Psalms 44:25).

Here, too, "soul" and "belly" signify in the spiritual sense the thought of the understanding; and "bowed down to the dust," and "cleaving to the earth," signify to be imbued with falsities, for "dust" and "earth" signify what is infernal and damned. What is infernal and damned is signified also by "going upon the belly" and "eating dust," as was said to the serpent:

Be thou cursed above all beasts, and above all the wild beasts of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life (Genesis 3:14).

For this reason also:

It was strictly forbidden to eat anything that goeth upon the belly, for it was an abomination (Leviticus 11:42).

"Dust" and "the cleaving of the belly to the earth" signify falsity infernal and damned, because in the spiritual world the hells are under the lands, and through the lands there, falsities of evil are exhaled from the hells; also because the "belly" signifies from correspondence the interiors of the understanding and of thought, and these, if they cleave to the earths there, are infected and imbued with the falsities of evil. For this reason, in the spiritual world no one lies with the belly upon the ground; and indeed, to walk there with the feet upon the ground means to touch and drink in what is exhaled from the hells with the corporeal natural, which corresponds to the soles of the feet; and this natural has no communication with the thoughts of the understanding, except in those who are in evils in respect to life and in falsities in respect to doctrine.

[9] In Job:

The belly prepareth deceit (Job 15:35).

And again:

I am filled with words, the spirit of my belly causes anguish for me; and my belly, like wine, is not opened (Job 32:18, 19);

which means inability to open the thoughts of one's understanding. In Jeremiah:

O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from evil, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thoughts of thy iniquity lodge in thy belly? (Jeremiah 4:14).

Here thoughts are plainly attributed to the belly, for it is said, "How long shall thoughts of iniquity lodge in thy belly?" and evil is attributed to the heart, because the heart corresponds to the will, in which evil has its seat. In David:

There is no certainty in the mouth of anyone; perditions are their belly; their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter with their tongue (Psalms 5:9).

Here "perditions," that is, evil thoughts, are attributed to "the belly." In the same:

The belly of man and the heart are deep (Psalms 64:6).

Here "the belly of man" signifies the thoughts of falsity, and "the heart" the affections of evil; the latter belong to the will, the former to the understanding. In Habakkuk:

My belly trembled, my lips quivered at the voice (Habakkuk 3:16).

"My belly trembled" signifies grief of thought, therefore it is added, "my lips quivered at the voice," which signifies a consequent stammering of the speech:

The bowels of the whale in which Jonah was three days and three nights (Jonah 1:17);

signifies the hells where there are most direful falsities, with which he was encompassed, consequently grievous temptations, as can be seen from the prophecy of Jonah in the next chapter, where it is also said:

Out of the belly of hell have I cried, and Thou hast heard my voice (Jonah 2:2).

[10] The "bowels" have a similar signification as the "belly," as can be seen from the following passages. In Isaiah:

My bowels are moved like a harp for Moab, and My inward part for Kir-heres (Isaiah 16:11).

In David:

Bless Jehovah, O my soul, and all my bowels the name of His holiness (Psalms 103:1).

In the same:

I have desired to do Thy will, O my God, and Thy law is in my bowels (Psalms 40:8).

In Ezekiel:

Their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's anger; they shall not satisfy their soul, neither fill their bowels (Ezekiel 7:19).

"Their silver and gold" signify falsities and evils of a religion that is from self-intelligence and self-will; that from these there is no spiritual nourishment, or intelligence and affection of good, is signified by "they shall not satisfy their soul, neither fill their bowels." Because the "bowels" signify the interiors of the thought, and these are what are affected by grief, such grief is described in the Word by "being moved in the bowels" (as Isaiah 63:15; Jeremiah 31:20; Lamentations 1:20; Matthew 9:36; Mark 6:34; 8:2; Luke 1:78; 7:12, 13; 10:33, 34; 15:20).

[11] As the "belly" signifies the interiors of the thought or of the understanding, so "the fruit of the belly" signifies in the spiritual sense the goods of the understanding, and "sons" its truths. Thus in David:

Lo, sons are the heritage of Jehovah, and the fruit of the belly is His reward (Psalms 127:3).

In Isaiah:

They shall have no compassion on the fruit of the belly, their eye shall not spare the sons (Isaiah 13:18).

And in Job:

Pitying I mourn for the son of my belly (Acts of the Apostles 19:17).

In Moses:

He will bless the fruit of the belly and the fruit of the ground (Deuteronomy 7:13).

In Hosea:

Even when they have brought forth I will slay the desires of their belly (Hosea 9:11, 16).

"The fruit of the belly" and "the desires of the belly" signify in the sense of the letter, natural offspring, but in the spiritual sense spiritual offspring, which is knowledge [scientia], intelligence, and wisdom, for man is reborn into these when he is regenerated; this is why "births," "sons," "daughters," and other terms pertaining to nativity signify such things as pertain to spiritual nativity, that is, regeneration; for angels, who perceive the Word spiritually, know of no other births or "fruits of the belly."

[12] For the same reason "womb" and "belly" have this signification in the following passages. In Isaiah:

O that thou hadst hearkened to My commandments! Thy seed would have been as the sand, and the issue of thy bowels like the grains thereof (Isaiah 48:18, 19).

In David:

I was cast upon Thee; from my mother's belly Thou art my God (Psalms 22:10).

In the same:

Thou dost possess my reins; Thou hast covered me in my mother's belly (Psalms 139:13).

In the same:

The wicked are estranged from the womb; they err from the belly, speaking falsehood (Psalms 58:3).

So elsewhere.

[13] The "belly" or "bowels" signify the interiors of the thought or of the understanding, because there are two lives with man, the life of the understanding and the life of the will; to these two fountains of life all things of the body correspond; consequently under their direction all things of the body are acted upon and act, even to the extent that any part of the body that does not suffer itself to be put in action by the understanding and the will has no life. For this reason the universal body is subject to the control of these two lives, for all things in the body that are moved, and so far as they are moved by the respiration of the lungs, are subject to the control of the life of the understanding; and all things in the body that are brought into action, and so far as they are brought into action by the pulsation of the heart, are subject to the control of the life of the will. This is why "soul" and "heart" are often mentioned in the Word, and why the "soul" signifies the life of the understanding, also the life of faith, for the soul is predicated of respiration; and why the "heart" signifies the life of the will, also the life of the love. For the same reason "the belly and bowels" are predicated of thought, which is of the understanding, and the "heart" is predicated of affection, which is of the will.

  
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