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και ειπεν, Ιδου, κυριοι μου, εκκλινατε, παρακαλω, προς την οικιαν του δουλου σας, και διανυκτερευσατε και πλυνατε τους ποδας σας· και σηκωθεντες πρωι, θελετε υπαγει εις την οδον σας· οι δε ειπον, Ουχι, αλλ' εν τη πλατεια θελομεν διανυκτερευσει.
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και ειπεν, Ιδου, κυριοι μου, εκκλινατε, παρακαλω, προς την οικιαν του δουλου σας, και διανυκτερευσατε και πλυνατε τους ποδας σας· και σηκωθεντες πρωι, θελετε υπαγει εις την οδον σας· οι δε ειπον, Ουχι, αλλ' εν τη πλατεια θελομεν διανυκτερευσει.
2319. 'The two angels' means the Lord's Divine Human and His Holy proceeding to which judgement belongs. This is clear both from the meaning of 'angels' in the Word and from the fact that the expression 'two angels' is used here. In the Word 'angels' means some Divine essential in the Lord, though which essential becomes clear from the train of thought, as shown already in 1925. That here the Lord's Divine Human and His Holy proceeding are meant is evident from the consideration that the three men who stayed with Abraham meant the Divine itself, the Lord's Divine Human, and His Holy proceeding, 2149, 2156, 2288. From this, and from the fact that they are called 'Jehovah' in verse 24, and also from the meaning of 'angels', 1925, it is plain that 'the two angels' is here used to mean the Lord's Divine Human and His Holy proceeding.