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¹ ιδων G1492 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM δε G1161 CONJ τους G3588 T-APM οχλους G3793 N-APM ανεβη G305 G5627 V-2AAI-3S εις G1519 P EP το G3588 T-ASN ορος G3735 N-ASN και G2532 CONJ καθισαντος G2523 G5660 V-AAP-GSM αυτου G846 P-GSM προσηλθον G4334 G5656 V-AAI-3P αυτω G846 P-DSM οι G3588 T-NPM μαθηται G3101 N-NPM αυτου G846 P-GSM

² και G2532 CONJ ανοιξας G455 G5660 V-AAP-NSM το G3588 T-ASN στομα G4750 N-ASN αυτου G846 P-GSM εδιδασκεν G1321 G5707 V-IAI-3S αυτους G846 P-APM λεγων G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NSM

³ μακαριοι G3107 A-NPM οι G3588 T-NPM πτωχοι G4434 A-NPM τω G3588 T-DSN πνευματι G4151 N-DSN οτι G3754 CONJ αυτων G846 P-GPM εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S η G3588 T-NSF βασιλεια G932 N-NSF των G3588 T-GPM ουρανων G3772 N-GPM

⁴ μακαριοι G3107 A-NPM οι G3588 T-NPM πενθουντες G3996 G5723 V-PAP-NPM οτι G3754 CONJ αυτοι G846 P-NPM παρακληθησονται G3870 G5701 V-FPI-3P

⁵ μακαριοι G3107 A-NPM οι G3588 T-NPM πραεις G4239 A-NPM οτι G3754 CONJ αυτοι G846 P-NPM κληρονομησουσιν G2816 G5692 V-FAI-3P την G3588 T-ASF γην G1093 N-ASF

⁶ μακαριοι G3107 A-NPM οι G3588 T-NPM πεινωντες G3983 G5723 V-PAP-NPM και G2532 CONJ διψωντες G1372 G5723 V-PAP-NPM την G3588 T-ASF δικαιοσυνην G1343 N-ASF οτι G3754 CONJ αυτοι G846 P-NPM χορτασθησονται G5526 G5701 V-FPI-3P

⁷ μακαριοι G3107 A-NPM οι G3588 T-NPM ελεημονες G1655 A-NPM οτι G3754 CONJ αυτοι G846 P-NPM ελεηθησονται G1653 G5701 V-FPI-3P

⁸ μακαριοι G3107 A-NPM οι G3588 T-NPM καθαροι G2513 A-NPM τη G3588 T-DSF καρδια G2588 N-DSF οτι G3754 CONJ αυτοι G846 P-NPM τον G3588 T-ASM θεον G2316 N-ASM οψονται G3700 G5695 V-FDI-3P

⁹ μακαριοι G3107 A-NPM οι G3588 T-NPM ειρηνοποιοι G1518 A-NPM οτι G3754 CONJ αυτοι G846 P-NPM υιοι G5207 N-NPM θεου G2316 N-GSM κληθησονται G2564 G5701 V-FPI-3P

¹⁰ μακαριοι G3107 A-NPM οι G3588 T-NPM δεδιωγμενοι G1377 G5772 V- PP-NPM ενεκεν G1752 ADV δικαιοσυνης G1343 N-GSF οτι G3754 CONJ αυτων G846 P-GPM εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S η G3588 T-NSF βασιλεια G932 N-NSF των G3588 T-GPM ουρανων G3772 N-GPM

¹¹ μακαριοι G3107 A-NPM εστε G2075 G5748 V-PXI-2P οταν G3752 CONJ ονειδισωσιν G3679 G5661 V-AAS-3P υμας G5209 P-2AP και G2532 CONJ διωξωσιν G1377 G5661 V-AAS-3P και G2532 CONJ ειπωσιν G2036 G5632 V-2AAS-3P παν G3956 A-ASN πονηρον G4190 A-ASN ρημα G4487 N-ASN καθ G2596 P EP υμων G5216 P-2GP ψευδομενοι G5574 G5730 V-PEP-NPM ενεκεν G1752 ADV εμου G1700 P-1GS

¹² χαιρετε G5463 G5720 V-PAM-2P και G2532 CONJ αγαλλιασθε G21 G5737 V-PNM-2P οτι G3754 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM μισθος G3408 N-NSM υμων G5216 P-2GP πολυς G4183 A-NSM εν G1722 P EP τοις G3588 T-DPM ουρανοις G3772 N-DPM ουτως G3779 ADV γαρ G1063 CONJ εδιωξαν G1377 G5656 V-AAI-3P τους G3588 T-APM προφητας G4396 N-APM τους G3588 T-APM προ G4253 P EP υμων G5216 P-2GP

¹³ υμεις G5210 P-2NP εστε G2075 G5748 V-PXI-2P το G3588 T-NSN αλας G217 N-NSN της G3588 T-GSF γης G1093 N-GSF εαν G1437 COND δε G1161 CONJ το G3588 T-NSN αλας G217 N-NSN μωρανθη G3471 G5686 V-APS-3S εν G1722 P EP τινι G5101 I-DSN αλισθησεται G233 G5701 V-FPI-3S εις G1519 P EP ουδεν G3762 A-ASN ισχυει G2480 G5719 V-PAI-3S ετι G2089 ADV ει G1487 COND μη G3361 P T-N βληθηναι G906 G5683 V-APN εξω G1854 ADV και G2532 CONJ καταπατεισθαι G2662 G5745 V-PPN υπο G5259 P EP των G3588 T-GPM ανθρωπων G444 N-GPM

¹⁴ υμεις G5210 P-2NP εστε G2075 G5748 V-PXI-2P το G3588 T-NSN φως G5457 N-NSN του G3588 T-GSM κοσμου G2889 N-GSM ου G3756 P T-N δυναται G1410 G5736 V-PNI-3S πολις G4172 N-NSF κρυβηναι G2928 G5650 V-2APN επανω G1883 ADV ορους G3735 N-GSN κειμενη G2749 G5740 V-PNP-NSF

¹⁵ ουδε G3761 ADV καιουσιν G2545 G5719 V-PAI-3P λυχνον G3088 N-ASF και G2532 CONJ τιθεασιν G5087 G5719 V-PAI-3P αυτον G846 P-ASM υπο G5259 P EP τον G3588 T-ASM μοδιον G3426 N-ASM αλλ G235 CONJ επι G1909 P EP την G3588 T-ASF λυχνιαν G3087 N-ASF και G2532 CONJ λαμπει G2989 G5719 V-PAI-3S πασιν G3956 A-DPM τοις G3588 T-DPM εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF οικια G3614 N-DSF

¹⁶ ουτως G3779 ADV λαμψατω G2989 G5657 V-AAM-3S το G3588 T-NSN φως G5457 N-NSN υμων G5216 P-2GP εμπροσθεν G1715 P EP των G3588 T-GPM ανθρωπων G444 N-GPM οπως G3704 ADV ιδωσιν G1492 G5632 V-2AAS-3P υμων G5216 P-2GP τα G3588 T-APN καλα G2570 A-APN εργα G2041 N-APN και G2532 CONJ δοξασωσιν G1392 G5661 V-AAS-3P τον G3588 T-ASM πατερα G3962 N-ASM υμων G5216 P-2GP τον G3588 T-ASM εν G1722 P EP τοις G3588 T-DPM ουρανοις G3772 N-DPM

¹⁷ μη G3361 P T-N νομισητε G3543 G5661 V-AAS-2P οτι G3754 CONJ ηλθον G2064 G5627 V-2AAI-1S καταλυσαι G2647 G5658 V-AAN τον G3588 T-ASM νομον G3551 N-ASM η G2228 P T τους G3588 T-APM προφητας G4396 N-APM ουκ G3756 P T-N ηλθον G2064 G5627 V-2AAI-1S καταλυσαι G2647 G5658 V-AAN αλλα G235 CONJ πληρωσαι G4137 G5658 V-AAN

¹⁸ αμην G281 HEB γαρ G1063 CONJ λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP εως G2193 CONJ αν G302 P T παρελθη G3928 G5632 V-2AAS-3S ο G3588 T-NSM ουρανος G3772 N-NSM και G2532 CONJ η G3588 T-NSF γη G1093 N-NSF ιωτα G2503 N-LI εν G1520 A-NSN η G2228 P T μια G1520 A-NSF κεραια G2762 N-NSF ου G3756 P T-N μη G3361 P T-N παρελθη G3928 G5632 V-2AAS-3S απο G575 P EP του G3588 T-GSM νομου G3551 N-GSM εως G2193 CONJ αν G302 P T παντα G3956 A-NPN γενηται G1096 G5638 V-2ADS-3S

¹⁹ ος G3739 -NSM εαν G1437 COND ουν G3767 CONJ λυση G3089 G5661 V-AAS-3S μιαν G1520 A-ASF των G3588 T-GPF εντολων G1785 N-GPF τουτων G5130 D-GPF των G3588 T-GPF ελαχιστων G1646 A-GPF και G2532 CONJ διδαξη G1321 G5661 V-AAS-3S ουτως G3779 ADV τους G3588 T-APM ανθρωπους G444 N-APM ελαχιστος G1646 A-NSM κληθησεται G2564 G5701 V-FPI-3S εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF βασιλεια G932 N-DSF των G3588 T-GPM ουρανων G3772 N-GPM ος G3739 -NSM δ G1161 CONJ αν G302 P T ποιηση G4160 G5661 V-AAS-3S και G2532 CONJ διδαξη G1321 G5661 V-AAS-3S ουτος G3778 D-NSM μεγας G3173 A-NSM κληθησεται G2564 G5701 V-FPI-3S εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF βασιλεια G932 N-DSF των G3588 T-GPM ουρανων G3772 N-GPM

²⁰ λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S γαρ G1063 CONJ υμιν G5213 P-2DP οτι G3754 CONJ εαν G1437 COND μη G3361 P T-N περισσευση G4052 G5661 V-AAS-3S η G3588 T-NSF δικαιοσυνη G1343 N-NSF υμων G5216 P-2GP πλειον G4119 A-ASN-C των G3588 T-GPM γραμματεων G1122 N-GPM και G2532 CONJ φαρισαιων G5330 N-GPM ου G3756 P T-N μη G3361 P T-N εισελθητε G1525 G5632 V-2AAS-2P εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF βασιλειαν G932 N-ASF των G3588 T-GPM ουρανων G3772 N-GPM

²¹ ηκουσατε G191 G5656 V-AAI-2P οτι G3754 CONJ ερρεθη G4483 G5681 V-API-3S τοις G3588 T-DPM αρχαιοις G744 A-DPM ου G3756 P T-N φονευσεις G5407 G5692 V-FAI-2S ος G3739 -NSM δ G1161 CONJ αν G302 P T φονευση G5407 G5661 V-AAS-3S ενοχος G1777 A-NSM εσται G2071 G5704 V-FXI-3S τη G3588 T-DSF κρισει G2920 N-DSF

²² εγω G1473 P-1NS δε G1161 CONJ λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP οτι G3754 CONJ πας G3956 A-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM οργιζομενος G3710 G5746 V-PPP-NSM τω G3588 T-DSM αδελφω G80 N-DSM αυτου G846 P-GSM εικη G1500 ADV ενοχος G1777 A-NSM εσται G2071 G5704 V-FXI-3S τη G3588 T-DSF κρισει G2920 N-DSF ος G3739 -NSM δ G1161 CONJ αν G302 P T ειπη G2036 G5632 V-2AAS-3S τω G3588 T-DSM αδελφω G80 N-DSM αυτου G846 P-GSM ρακα G4469 A AM ενοχος G1777 A-NSM εσται G2071 G5704 V-FXI-3S τω G3588 T-DSN συνεδριω G4892 N-DSN ος G3739 -NSM δ G1161 CONJ αν G302 P T ειπη G2036 G5632 V-2AAS-3S μωρε G3474 A-VSM ενοχος G1777 A-NSM εσται G2071 G5704 V-FXI-3S εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF γεενναν G1067 N-ASF του G3588 T-GSN πυρος G4442 N-GSN

²³ εαν G1437 COND ουν G3767 CONJ προσφερης G4374 G5725 V-PAS-2S το G3588 T-ASN δωρον G1435 N-ASN σου G4675 P-2GS επι G1909 P EP το G3588 T-ASN θυσιαστηριον G2379 N-ASN κακει G2546 ADV-C μνησθης G3415 G5686 V-APS-2S οτι G3754 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM αδελφος G80 N-NSM σου G4675 P-2GS εχει G2192 G5719 V-PAI-3S τι G5100 X-ASN κατα G2596 P EP σου G4675 P-2GS

²⁴ αφες G863 G5628 V-2AAM-2S εκει G1563 ADV το G3588 T-ASN δωρον G1435 N-ASN σου G4675 P-2GS εμπροσθεν G1715 P EP του G3588 T-GSN θυσιαστηριου G2379 N-GSN και G2532 CONJ υπαγε G5217 G5720 V-PAM-2S πρωτον G4412 ADV διαλλαγηθι G1259 G5649 V-2APM-2S τω G3588 T-DSM αδελφω G80 N-DSM σου G4675 P-2GS και G2532 CONJ τοτε G5119 ADV ελθων G2064 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM προσφερε G4374 G5720 V-PAM-2S το G3588 T-ASN δωρον G1435 N-ASN σου G4675 P-2GS

²⁵ ισθι G2468 G5749 V-PXM-2S ευνοων G2132 G5723 V-PAP-NSM τω G3588 T-DSM αντιδικω G476 N-DSM σου G4675 P-2GS ταχυ G5035 ADV εως G2193 CONJ οτου G3755 -GSN-ATT ει G1488 G5748 V-PXI-2S εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF οδω G3598 N-DSF μετ G3326 P EP αυτου G846 P-GSM μηποτε G3379 ADV σε G4571 P-2AS παραδω G3860 G5632 V-2AAS-3S ο G3588 T-NSM αντιδικος G476 N-NSM τω G3588 T-DSM κριτη G2923 N-DSM και G2532 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM κριτης G2923 N-NSM σε G4571 P-2AS παραδω G3860 G5632 V-2AAS-3S τω G3588 T-DSM υπηρετη G5257 N-DSM και G2532 CONJ εις G1519 P EP φυλακην G5438 N-ASF βληθηση G906 G5701 V-FPI-2S

²⁶ αμην G281 HEB λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S σοι G4671 P-2DS ου G3756 P T-N μη G3361 P T-N εξελθης G1831 G5632 V-2AAS-2S εκειθεν G1564 ADV εως G2193 CONJ αν G302 P T αποδως G591 G5632 V-2AAS-2S τον G3588 T-ASM εσχατον G2078 A-ASM κοδραντην G2835 N-ASM

²⁷ ηκουσατε G191 G5656 V-AAI-2P οτι G3754 CONJ ερρεθη G4483 G5681 V-API-3S τοις G3588 T-DPM αρχαιοις G744 A-DPM ου G3756 P T-N μοιχευσεις G3431 G5692 V-FAI-2S

²⁸ εγω G1473 P-1NS δε G1161 CONJ λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP οτι G3754 CONJ πας G3956 A-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM βλεπων G991 G5723 V-PAP-NSM γυναικα G1135 N-ASF προς G4314 P EP το G3588 T-ASN επιθυμησαι G1937 G5658 V-AAN αυτης G846 P-GSF ηδη G2235 ADV εμοιχευσεν G3431 G5656 V-AAI-3S αυτην G846 P-ASF εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF καρδια G2588 N-DSF αυτου G846 P-GSM

²⁹ ει G1487 COND δε G1161 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM οφθαλμος G3788 N-NSM σου G4675 P-2GS ο G3588 T-NSM δεξιος G1188 A-NSM σκανδαλιζει G4624 G5719 V-PAI-3S σε G4571 P-2AS εξελε G1807 G5628 V-2AAM-2S αυτον G846 P-ASM και G2532 CONJ βαλε G906 G5628 V-2AAM-2S απο G575 P EP σου G4675 P-2GS συμφερει G4851 G5719 V-PAI-3S γαρ G1063 CONJ σοι G4671 P-2DS ινα G2443 CONJ αποληται G622 G5643 V-2AMS-3S εν G1520 A-ASN των G3588 T-GPN μελων G3196 N-GPN σου G4675 P-2GS και G2532 CONJ μη G3361 P T-N ολον G3650 A-NSN το G3588 T-NSN σωμα G4983 N-NSN σου G4675 P-2GS βληθη G906 G5686 V-APS-3S εις G1519 P EP γεενναν G1067 N-ASF

³⁰ και G2532 CONJ ει G1487 COND η G3588 T-NSF δεξια G1188 A-NSF σου G4675 P-2GS χειρ G5495 N-NSF σκανδαλιζει G4624 G5719 V-PAI-3S σε G4571 P-2AS εκκοψον G1581 G5657 V-AAM-2S αυτην G846 P-ASF και G2532 CONJ βαλε G906 G5628 V-2AAM-2S απο G575 P EP σου G4675 P-2GS συμφερει G4851 G5719 V-PAI-3S γαρ G1063 CONJ σοι G4671 P-2DS ινα G2443 CONJ αποληται G622 G5643 V-2AMS-3S εν G1520 A-ASN των G3588 T-GPN μελων G3196 N-GPN σου G4675 P-2GS και G2532 CONJ μη G3361 P T-N ολον G3650 A-NSN το G3588 T-NSN σωμα G4983 N-NSN σου G4675 P-2GS βληθη G906 G5686 V-APS-3S εις G1519 P EP γεενναν G1067 N-ASF

³¹ ερρεθη G4483 G5681 V-API-3S δε G1161 CONJ οτι G3754 CONJ ος G3739 -NSM αν G302 P T απολυση G630 G5661 V-AAS-3S την G3588 T-ASF γυναικα G1135 N-ASF αυτου G846 P-GSM δοτω G1325 G5628 V-2AAM-3S αυτη G846 P-DSF αποστασιον G647 N-ASN

³² εγω G1473 P-1NS δε G1161 CONJ λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP οτι G3754 CONJ ος G3739 -NSM αν G302 P T απολυση G630 G5661 V-AAS-3S την G3588 T-ASF γυναικα G1135 N-ASF αυτου G846 P-GSM παρεκτος G3924 ADV λογου G3056 N-GSM πορνειας G4202 N-GSF ποιει G4160 G5719 V-PAI-3S αυτην G846 P-ASF μοιχασθαι G3429 G5738 V-PNN και G2532 CONJ ος G3739 -NSM εαν G1437 COND απολελυμενην G630 G5772 V- PP-ASF γαμηση G1060 G5661 V-AAS-3S μοιχαται G3429 G5736 V-PNI-3S

³³ παλιν G3825 ADV ηκουσατε G191 G5656 V-AAI-2P οτι G3754 CONJ ερρεθη G4483 G5681 V-API-3S τοις G3588 T-DPM αρχαιοις G744 A-DPM ουκ G3756 P T-N επιορκησεις G1964 G5692 V-FAI-2S αποδωσεις G591 G5692 V-FAI-2S δε G1161 CONJ τω G3588 T-DSM κυριω G2962 N-DSM τους G3588 T-APM ορκους G3727 N-APM σου G4675 P-2GS

³⁴ εγω G1473 P-1NS δε G1161 CONJ λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP μη G3361 P T-N ομοσαι G3660 G5658 V-AAN ολως G3654 ADV μητε G3383 CONJ εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSM ουρανω G3772 N-DSM οτι G3754 CONJ θρονος G2362 N-NSM εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S του G3588 T-GSM θεου G2316 N-GSM

³⁵ μητε G3383 CONJ εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF γη G1093 N-DSF οτι G3754 CONJ υποποδιον G5286 N-NSN εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S των G3588 T-GPM ποδων G4228 N-GPM αυτου G846 P-GSM μητε G3383 CONJ εις G1519 P EP ιεροσολυμα G2414 N-ASF οτι G3754 CONJ πολις G4172 N-NSF εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S του G3588 T-GSM μεγαλου G3173 A-GSM βασιλεως G935 N-GSM

³⁶ μητε G3383 CONJ εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF κεφαλη G2776 N-DSF σου G4675 P-2GS ομοσης G3660 G5661 V-AAS-2S οτι G3754 CONJ ου G3756 P T-N δυνασαι G1410 G5736 V-PNI-2S μιαν G1520 A-ASF τριχα G2359 N-ASF λευκην G3022 A-ASF η G2228 P T μελαιναν G3189 A-ASF ποιησαι G4160 G5658 V-AAN

³⁷ εστω G2077 G5749 V-PXM-3S δε G1161 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM λογος G3056 N-NSM υμων G5216 P-2GP ναι G3483 P T ναι G3483 P T ου G3756 P T-N ου G3756 P T-N το G3588 T-NSN δε G1161 CONJ περισσον G4053 A-NSN τουτων G5130 D-GPM εκ G1537 P EP του G3588 T-GSM πονηρου G4190 A-GSM εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S

³⁸ ηκουσατε G191 G5656 V-AAI-2P οτι G3754 CONJ ερρεθη G4483 G5681 V-API-3S οφθαλμον G3788 N-ASM αντι G473 P EP οφθαλμου G3788 N-GSM και G2532 CONJ οδοντα G3599 N-ASM αντι G473 P EP οδοντος G3599 N-GSM

³⁹ εγω G1473 P-1NS δε G1161 CONJ λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP μη G3361 P T-N αντιστηναι G436 G5629 V-2AAN τω G3588 T-DSM πονηρω G4190 A-DSM αλλ G235 CONJ οστις G3748 -NSM σε G4571 P-2AS ραπισει G4474 G5692 V-FAI-3S επι G1909 P EP την G3588 T-ASF δεξιαν G1188 A-ASF σου G4675 P-2GS σιαγονα G4600 N-ASF στρεψον G4762 G5657 V-AAM-2S αυτω G846 P-DSM και G2532 CONJ την G3588 T-ASF αλλην G243 A-ASF

⁴⁰ και G2532 CONJ τω G3588 T-DSM θελοντι G2309 G5723 V-PAP-DSM σοι G4671 P-2DS κριθηναι G2919 G5683 V-APN και G2532 CONJ τον G3588 T-ASM χιτωνα G5509 N-ASM σου G4675 P-2GS λαβειν G2983 G5629 V-2AAN αφες G863 G5628 V-2AAM-2S αυτω G846 P-DSM και G2532 CONJ το G3588 T-ASN ιματιον G2440 N-ASN

⁴¹ και G2532 CONJ οστις G3748 -NSM σε G4571 P-2AS αγγαρευσει G29 G5692 V-FAI-3S μιλιον G3400 N-ASN εν G1520 A-ASN υπαγε G5217 G5720 V-PAM-2S μετ G3326 P EP αυτου G846 P-GSM δυο G1417 A-NUI

⁴² τω G3588 T-DSM αιτουντι G154 G5723 V-PAP-DSM σε G4571 P-2AS διδου G1325 G5720 V-PAM-2S και G2532 CONJ τον G3588 T-ASM θελοντα G2309 G5723 V-PAP-ASM απο G575 P EP σου G4675 P-2GS δανεισασθαι G1155 G5670 V-AMN μη G3361 P T-N αποστραφης G654 G5652 V-2APS-2S

⁴³ ηκουσατε G191 G5656 V-AAI-2P οτι G3754 CONJ ερρεθη G4483 G5681 V-API-3S αγαπησεις G25 G5692 V-FAI-2S τον G3588 T-ASM πλησιον G4139 ADV σου G4675 P-2GS και G2532 CONJ μισησεις G3404 G5692 V-FAI-2S τον G3588 T-ASM εχθρον G2190 A-ASM σου G4675 P-2GS

⁴⁴ εγω G1473 P-1NS δε G1161 CONJ λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP αγαπατε G25 G5720 V-PAM-2P τους G3588 T-APM εχθρους G2190 A-APM υμων G5216 P-2GP ευλογειτε G2127 G5720 V-PAM-2P τους G3588 T-APM καταρωμενους G2672 G5740 V-PNP-APM υμας G5209 P-2AP καλως G2573 ADV ποιειτε G4160 G5720 V-PAM-2P τους G3588 T-APM μισουντας G3404 G5723 V-PAP-APM υμας G5209 P-2AP και G2532 CONJ προσευχεσθε G4336 G5737 V-PNM-2P υπερ G5228 P EP των G3588 T-GPM επηρεαζοντων G1908 G5723 V-PAP-GPM υμας G5209 P-2AP και G2532 CONJ διωκοντων G1377 G5723 V-PAP-GPM υμας G5209 P-2AP

⁴⁵ οπως G3704 ADV γενησθε G1096 G5638 V-2ADS-2P υιοι G5207 N-NPM του G3588 T-GSM πατρος G3962 N-GSM υμων G5216 P-2GP του G3588 T-GSM εν G1722 P EP ουρανοις G3772 N-DPM οτι G3754 CONJ τον G3588 T-ASM ηλιον G2246 N-ASM αυτου G846 P-GSM ανατελλει G393 G5719 V-PAI-3S επι G1909 P EP πονηρους G4190 A-APM και G2532 CONJ αγαθους G18 A-APM και G2532 CONJ βρεχει G1026 G5719 V-PAI-3S επι G1909 P EP δικαιους G1342 A-APM και G2532 CONJ αδικους G94 A-APM

⁴⁶ εαν G1437 COND γαρ G1063 CONJ αγαπησητε G25 G5661 V-AAS-2P τους G3588 T-APM αγαπωντας G25 G5723 V-PAP-APM υμας G5209 P-2AP τινα G5101 I-ASM μισθον G3408 N-ASM εχετε G2192 G5719 V-PAI-2P ουχι G3780 P T-I και G2532 CONJ οι G3588 T-NPM τελωναι G5057 N-NPM το G3588 T-ASN αυτο G846 P-ASN ποιουσιν G4160 G5719 V-PAI-3P

⁴⁷ και G2532 CONJ εαν G1437 COND ασπασησθε G782 G5667 V-ADS-2P τους G3588 T-APM αδελφους G80 N-APM υμων G5216 P-2GP μονον G3440 ADV τι G5101 I-ASN περισσον G4053 A-ASN ποιειτε G4160 G5719 V-PAI-2P ουχι G3780 P T-I και G2532 CONJ οι G3588 T-NPM τελωναι G5057 N-NPM ουτως G3779 ADV ποιουσιν G4160 G5719 V-PAI-3P

⁴⁸ εσεσθε G2071 G5704 V-FXI-2P ουν G3767 CONJ υμεις G5210 P-2NP τελειοι G5046 A-NPM ωσπερ G5618 ADV ο G3588 T-NSM πατηρ G3962 N-NSM υμων G5216 P-2GP ο G3588 T-NSM εν G1722 P EP τοις G3588 T-DPM ουρανοις G3772 N-DPM τελειος G5046 A-NSM εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S

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Apocalypse Explained # 644

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644. Verse 6. These have power to shut heaven that it rain no rain in the days of their prophecy, signifies that those who reject the goods and truths of heaven and the church that proceed from the Lord, receive no influx out of heaven. This is evident from the signification of "shutting heaven," as being lest any influx out of heaven be received (of which presently); also from the signification of "rain," as being truth fertilizing, which is truth from which there is good that flows down out of heaven (of which also presently); also from the signification of "their prophecy," as being prediction respecting the Lord and His coming, and respecting the good of love to Him and the truths of faith in Him. This revelation and the proclamation of this revelation at the end of the church is what is chiefly meant by "the days of the prophecy of the two witnesses." It is the Lord that is chiefly proclaimed at the end of the church by "the two witnesses," because "the two witnesses," which are the good of love to the Lord and the truth of faith in Him, are what chiefly bear witness of Him, therefore it is afterwards said that:

The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy (Revelation 19:10).

[2] "To shut heaven" means to prevent the reception of any influx out of heaven, because it is added, "that it rain no rain," which signifies influx of Divine truth out of heaven. For it is well known that every good of love and every truth of faith flows in out of heaven, that is, from the Lord through heaven, with man, and that it flows in continually; from which it follows that neither the good of love nor the truth of faith is in anywise man's, but is the Lord's with him. These both flow in so far as evil and falsity do not obstruct; it is these that shut heaven so that there is no influx; for evil and good, and falsity and truth, are opposites, consequently where the one is the other cannot be; for evil with man prevents the entrance of good, and falsity the entrance of truth; while good causes evil to be removed, and truth falsity; for these are opposites, as heaven and hell are opposites; therefore the one acts against the other with an unceasing endeavor to destroy, and the one that prevails destroys the other.

[3] Moreover, there are in every man two minds, an interior which is called the spiritual mind, and another, the exterior which is called the natural mind. The spiritual mind is created for the reception of light from heaven, but the natural mind for the reception of light from the world. The spiritual mind, therefore, which is man's interior mind, is heaven with him, and the natural mind, which is man's exterior mind, is the world with him. The interior mind, which is heaven with man, is opened so far as man acknowledges the Divine of the Lord, and man so far acknowledges this as he is in the good of love and charity and in the truths of doctrine and faith. But this interior mind, which is heaven with man, is unopened so far as man does not acknowledge the Divine of the Lord, and does not live the life of love and faith; and that mind is shut so far as man is in evils and in falsities therefrom; and when it is shut then the natural mind with man becomes a hell; for in the natural mind are evil and its falsity, consequently when the spiritual mind which is heaven with man is shut, the natural mind which is hell rules. From this it can be seen what is meant by "heaven is shut that it rain no rain. "

[4] It is said that the two witnesses have power "to shut heaven," but still these do not shut it, but the evil and falsity shut it that rule with the men of the church at its end. This is said of "the two witnesses," as was said above that "fire shall go forth out of their mouth and shall devour their enemies," and yet no fire goes forth from them and devours (as has been said in the two articles above). "That it rain no rain" signifies no influx of Divine truth out of heaven, because "water," which makes rain, signifies the truth of the Word, and the truth of doctrine and faith therefrom (See above, n. 71, 483, 518, 537, 538); and as rain water descends out of the clouds in heaven, so "to rain rain" signifies the influx of Divine truth from the Lord in heaven, and as rain fertilizes the earth, so "rain" signifies Divine truth fertilizing and making fruitful the church, for which reason "rain" signifies also spiritual blessing.

[5] That "rain" in the Word does not mean rain, but the inflowing Divine, which causes intelligence and wisdom, and also the good of love and the truth of faith in man, to grow and become fruitful, and that "to rain" signifies influx can be seen from the following passages. In Moses:

My doctrine shall flow down as the rain, My word shall distill as the dew, as the drops on the grass, and as the showers on the herb (Deuteronomy 32:2).

Doctrine is here compared to rain, because "rain" signifies the Divine truth proceeding, from which is everything of doctrine; for all comparisons in the Word are also from correspondences. Because "rain" signifies the Divine truth flowing down it is said, "My doctrine shall flow down as the rain." "Dew" signifies good, and since "word" has the same signification, therefore it is said, "My word shall distill as the dew." So intelligence and wisdom therefrom are signified by "the drops on the grass," and by "the showers on the herbs," for as the grass and herb of the field grow from the waters of the rain and dew, so do intelligence and wisdom by the influx of Divine truth from the Lord. This is first said by Moses, because in this chapter he is speaking of the twelve tribes of Israel, which signify in the spiritual sense all truths and goods of the church, and thus doctrine in the whole complex.

[6] In the same:

The land which ye shall pass over to possess it is a land of mountains and valleys, of the rain of heaven it drinketh waters. And I will give the rain of your land in its time, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy new wine, and thine oil. But if ye shall serve other gods, and shall not walk in my statutes, the anger of Jehovah shall glow against you; He will shut heaven that there be no rain, and the land shall not yield her produce (Deuteronomy 11:11, 14, 16, 17).

This describes the land of Canaan and its fruitfulness; but as that land means in the spiritual sense the church, it follows that all things of this description signify such things as belong to the church, as "mountains," "valleys," "corn," "new wine," "oil," "produce," and "rain." "A land of mountains and valleys" signifies the higher and lower, or internal and external things of the church; the internal things of the church are with the internal man, which is also called the spiritual man, and the external things of the church are with the external man, which is called the natural man; that both these are such as to receive the influx of Divine truth is signified by "of the rain of heaven it drinketh waters." That Divine truth inflows in both states, that is, when the man of the church is in his spiritual state and when he is in his natural state, is signified by "the rain given in its time, the former rain and the latter rain;" for the man of the church is by turns in a spiritual state and in a natural state, and the influx and reception of Divine truth in a spiritual state is meant by "the former or morning rain," and in a natural state by "the latter or evening rain;" spiritual and celestial good and truth which the man of the church has therefrom is meant by the "corn," "new wine," and "oil," which they shall gather in; that the falsities of doctrine and of worship will prevent the influx and reception of Divine truth, and in consequence, the increase of spiritual life, is signified by "if ye shall serve other gods there shall be no rain, and the land will not yield her produce," "other gods" signifying the falsities of doctrine and of worship.

[7] In the same:

If ye walk in My statutes and keep My commandments and do them, the land shall yield its produce, and the tree of the field shall yield its fruit (Leviticus 26:3, 4).

Here "the rain that shall be given in its time, and the produce of the land," have a similar signification as above; and as the church was at that time an external church, representative of interior spiritual things, so when they walked in the statutes, and kept the commandments and did them, it came about that they had rain in its time, and the earth yielded its produce, and the tree of the field its fruit; and yet the rain and the produce thence were representative and significative, "rain" represented the Divine flowing in, "the produce," the truth of doctrine and the understanding of truth, and "the fruit of the tree," the good of love and the will of good.

[8] This can be seen from its being said:

That the rain was withheld, and consequently there was a famine in the land of Israel for three years and a half, under Ahab, because they served other gods and killed the prophets (1 Kings 17:1; (1_Kings 1 Kings 18:1);Luke 4:25).

This was a representative, and thus a significative, that no Divine truth flowing in out of heaven could be received because of the falsities of evil, which were signified by "other gods" and by "Baal," whom they worshiped. "Killing the prophets" signified also the destruction of the Divine, for a "prophet" signifies in the Word the doctrine of truth from the Word.

[9] In Isaiah:

I will lay waste My vineyard; it shall not be pruned nor hoed, that the briar and the bramble may come up; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it (Isaiah 5:6).

Here, too, it is said of Jehovah that He layeth waste His vineyard, "and commandeth the clouds that they rain no rain upon it;" and yet this is not done by Jehovah, that is, the Lord, for He always flows in both with the evil and with the good, which is meant by His "sending His rain upon the just and upon the unjust" (Matthew 5:45); but the cause is with the man of the church, that he does not receive any influx of Divine truth, for the man who does not receive closes up with himself the interiors of his mind, which receive; and when these are shut the inflowing Divine is rejected. The "vineyard" which is laid waste signifies the church; "it is not pruned nor hoed" signifies no ability to be cultivated and so prepared to receive; "the briar and bramble" which shall come up signify the falsities of evil; "to command the clouds that they rain no rain" signifies that no influx of Divine truth from heaven is received.

[10] In Jeremiah:

The showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and still the forehead of a harlot woman remained to thee, thou didst refuse to be ashamed (Jeremiah 3:3).

They said not in their heart, Come, let us fear Jehovah our God; that giveth the rain, and the former and the latter rain in its time. He keepeth unto us the weeks, the stated times of harvest; your iniquities make these things to turn away (Jeremiah 5:24, 25).

In Amos:

I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest, so that I might cause it to rain upon one city, and not cause it to rain upon another city; one field received the rain, but the field upon which it did not rain dried up; therefore two, three cities wandered unto one city to drink waters, yet they were not satisfied; nevertheless ye have not returned unto Me (Amos 4:7, 8).

In Ezekiel:

Son of man, say, thou art a land that is not cleansed, that hath no rain in the day of anger; there is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her (Ezekiel 22:24, 25).

In Zechariah:

Whosoever of the families of the land shall not go up to Jerusalem to worship Jehovah of Hosts, upon them there shall be no rain (Zechariah 14:17).

In these passages also "rain" signifies the reception of the influx of Divine truth, which is the source of spiritual intelligence; and that there is "no rain" signifies that no such intelligence is given by any influx because of the evils and falsities that refuse to receive and that reject it.

[11] In Jeremiah:

The nobles sent their little ones for water; they came to the pits and found no waters, because the land was broken, for there had been no rain upon the earth; the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered up the head (Jeremiah 14:3, 4).

"Nobles" mean those who teach and lead, and "little ones" those who are taught and led; "waters" signify the truths of doctrine; "pits in which there are no waters" signify doctrinals in which there are no truths; "there had been no rain upon the earth" signifies that no influx of Divine truth is received by reason of the falsities in the church; "the husbandmen were ashamed and covered up the head" signifies those who teach, and their grief.

[12] In Isaiah:

Then Jehovah shall give rain to thy seed with which thou sowest the land; and the bread of the increase of the land, and it shall be fat and rich; thy cattle shall feed in that day in a broad meadow (Isaiah 30:23).

This would be when the Lord should come. The influx of Divine truth proceeding from Him is signified by "the rain" which the Lord will then give to the seed, "rain" meaning Divine influx, and "seed" the truth of the Word; "to sow the land" signifies to plant and form the church in oneself; "the bread of the increase which Jehovah will give" signifies the good of love and charity, which is produced by the truths of the Word vivified by Divine influx; "fat and rich" signifies full of the good of love and truths therefrom, for "fat" is predicated of good, and "rich" of truths; "the cattle shall feed in that day in a broad meadow" signifies the extension and multiplication of good and truth by Divine influx, and consequent spiritual nourishment, "cattle" meaning the goods and truths in man, "that day" the Lord's coming, and "a broad meadow" the Word, through which is Divine influx and spiritual nourishment; "breadth" is predicated of the extension and multiplication of truth.

[13] In the same:

As the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither but irrigateth the earth, and maketh it to bring forth and to bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall My Word be that goeth forth out of My mouth; it shall not return unto Me empty, but it shall do what I will, and it shall prosper in that to which I sent it (Isaiah 55:10, 11).

Here "the Word" which goeth forth out of the mouth of God is compared to the rain and snow from heaven, because "the Word" means Divine truth proceeding from the Lord, which with us flows in through the Word; "rain and snow coming down out of heaven" have a similar meaning, "rain" signifying spiritual truth, which has been appropriated to man, and "snow" natural truth, which is like snow when it is in the memory only; but it is made spiritual by love, as snow is made rain water by heat. "To irrigate the earth and to make it to bring forth and to bud" signifies to vivify the church that it may bring forth the truth of doctrine and of faith, and the good of love and of charity; the truth of doctrine and of faith is signified by "the seed that it gives to the sower," and the good of love and of charity by "the bread that it gives to the eater;" "it shall not return to Me empty, but it shall do what I will," signifies that it shall be received, and that by it man shall be led to look to the Lord.

[14] In Ezekiel:

I will give them and the circuits of My hill a blessing, and I will send down the rain in its time, they shall be rains of blessing; then the tree of the field shall give its fruit, and the land shall give its produce (Ezekiel 34:26, 27).

"The circuits of the hill of Jehovah" mean all who are in the truths of doctrine and thence in the good of charity; "to send down the rain in its time" signifies the influx of Divine truth adapted to the affection and will of the one receiving; and as the fructification of good and the multiplication of truth are therefrom, they are called "the rains of blessing," and it is said that "the tree of the field shall give its fruit, and the land shall give its produce;" "the tree of the field" and "the land" signifying the church and the man of the church, and "the fruit of the tree of the field" the fructification of good, and "the produce of the earth" the multiplication of its truth.

[15] In Joel:

Rejoice, ye sons of Zion, and be glad in Jehovah your God, for He shall give you the former rain in righteousness, yea, He shall cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first, that the floors may be full of pure grain, and the vats overflow with new wine and oil (Joel 2:23, 24).

"The sons of Zion" signify those who are in genuine truths through which they have the good of love, for "Zion" signifies the celestial church which is in the good of love to the Lord through genuine truths. That the Lord with such flows in with the good of love, and from that good into truths, is signified by "He shall give them the former rain in righteousness;" "righteousness" is predicated in the Word of the good of love, and "the righteous" mean those who are in that good (See above, n. 204). That the Lord continually flows into truths with the good of love is signified by "He shall cause to come down the former rain and the latter rain, in the first;" that from this they have the good of love towards a brother and companion is signified by "their floors are full of pure grain;" and that from this they have the truth and the good of love to the Lord is signified by "the vats overflow with new wine and oil." Those who are of the Lord's celestial church have the good of love towards a brother and companion; and this love, with those who are of the Lord's spiritual church, is called charity towards the neighbor.

[16] In Zechariah:

Ask of Jehovah the rain in its time; ¹ Jehovah will make mists and will give to them the shower of rain, to a man the herb in the field (Zechariah 10:1).

Here, too, "rain" signifies the influx of Divine truth from the Lord, from which man has spiritual intelligence; "the shower of rain" signifies Divine truth flowing in abundantly, and "to give the herb in the field" signifies the knowledge of truth and good from the Word and intelligence therefrom.

[17] In David:

Thou dost visit the earth and gladden it, thou greatly enrichest it; the stream of God is full of waters, thou preparest their grain, and so thou dost establish it. Water its furrows; settle its ridges; dissolve it with showers; bless its budding (Psalms 65:9, 10).

The "earth" signifies here the church; "the stream full of waters" signifies the doctrine full of truths; "to water its furrows, to settle its ridges, and to dissolve it with showers" signifies to fill with the knowledges of good and truth; "to prepare grain" signifies everything that nourishes the soul; therefore it is added, "so thou dost establish the earth," that is, the church; "to bless the budding" signifies to produce continually anew and to cause truths to spring forth.

[18] In the same:

O God, thou makest the rain of good will to drop down (Psalms 68:9).

In the same:

He shall come down like rain upon the herb of the meadow, like drops in the fissure of the earth; in his days shall the righteous flourish (Psalms 72:6, 7).

In these passages "rain" does not mean rain, but the influx of Divine truth with man, from which he has spiritual life. In Job:

My word they will not repeat, and my speech will drop upon them, and they will wait for me as for the rain, and they will open their mouth for the latter rain (Job 29:22, 23).

Evidently "rain" here means truth spoken by anyone, and flowing into another, for "word," "speech," and "opening the mouth" signify truth going forth from anyone by speech; this is why it is called "rain," and "latter rain," and is said "to drop," which here means to speak.

[19] In Jeremiah:

The Maker of the earth by His power prepareth the world, by His wisdom and by His understanding He stretcheth out the heavens; at the voice that He giveth forth there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and He maketh the vapors to go up from the end of the earth; He maketh lightnings for the showers, and bringeth forth the wind out of His treasuries (Jeremiah 10:12, 13; 51:16; Psalms 135:7).

"The world which the Maker of the earth prepares by His power" signifies the church in the whole globe, "power" signifying the potency of Divine truth; "the heavens which He stretcheth out by wisdom and understanding" signify the church in the heavens corresponding to the church on earth, "wisdom and understanding" signifying the Divine proceeding, from which angels and men have the wisdom of good and the understanding of truth, and "to stretch out" signifying the formation and extension of the heavens in general, and the extension of understanding and wisdom with everyone who receives; "at the voice that He giveth forth there is a multitude of waters in the heavens" signifies that from the Divine proceeding there are spiritual truths in immeasurable abundance, "voice" signifying the Divine proceeding, "waters" truths, and "multitude" abundance; "He maketh the vapors to go up from the end of the earth" signifies truths in ultimates, such as the truths of the Word are in the sense of the letter, in which are spiritual truths, "the end of the earth" signifying the ultimates of the church, "vapors" truths for those who are in ultimates, and "to make them to go up" meaning to give spiritual truths from ultimates because they are in ultimates, for spiritual truths are what especially make the church fruitful; "He maketh lightning for the showers" signifies enlightenment from influx of Divine truth with them; "and bringeth forth the wind out of His treasuries" signifies spiritual things in the Word from heaven.

[20] In Luke:

When ye see a cloud rising in the west straightway it is said, There cometh a shower, and so it cometh to pass; and when ye see the south wind blowing it is said, There will be a scorching heat, and it cometh to pass. Ye hypocrites, ye know how to discern the face of the earth and of heaven, how is it that ye do not discern this time? (Luke 12:54-56)

By this comparison the Lord teaches that they see earthly things but not heavenly things; and the comparison itself, like all other comparisons in the Word, is derived from correspondences; for "a cloud rising in the west" signifies the Lord's coming at the end of the church predicted in the Word, "cloud" signifying the Word in the letter, "rising" the Lord's coming, and the "west" the end of the church; "straightway it is said, There cometh a shower" signifies that then there will be an influx of Divine truth; "and when ye see the south wind blowing" signifies the proclamation of His coming; "it is said, There will be a scorching heat" signifies that then there will be an influx of Divine good. The same words signify also contentions and combats of truth from good with falsities from evil, "shower and scorching heat" signifying also such contentions and combats; for this comparison follows the words of the Lord:

That He came not to give peace on the earth, but division, and that the father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father, the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother (Luke 12:51-53);

and these words signify such contention and combat; that "shower" also has this signification may be seen below. Because this comparison, regarded in its spiritual sense, implies the coming of the Lord, and because from blindness induced by falsities they did not acknowledge Him, although they might have known Him from the Word, it therefore follows:

Ye hypocrites, ye know how to discern the face of the earth and of heaven, but ye do not discern this time (verse 56);

that is, the time of His coming, and the conflict of the falsity of evil with the truth of good that then took place.

[21] In Hosea:

Let us know, and let us follow on to know Jehovah; His going forth is prepared as the clouds; and He shall come to us as the rain, as the latter rain that irrigateth the earth (Hosea 6:3).

This is said of the Lord and His coming; and as all Divine truth proceeds from Him, from which angels and men have life and salvation, it is said "He shall come to us as the rain, as the latter rain that irrigateth the earth," "to irrigate the earth" signifying to render fertile the church, which is said to be rendered fertile when truths are multiplied and thence intelligence increases, and when goods are made fruitful, and thence celestial love increases.

[22] In the second book of Samuel:

The rock of Israel spake to me; as the light of morning the sun riseth, of a morning without clouds; from the brightness after rain there is grass out of the earth (2 Samuel 23:3, 4).

This is said of the Lord, who from the Divine truth that proceeds from Him is called "the Rock of Israel." That Divine truth proceeds from His Divine good is meant by "as the light of the morning the sun riseth." There is a comparison with light because "light" signifies the Divine truth proceeding, and with the morning because "morning" signifies the Divine good, and with the rising sun because "rising" and the "sun" signify the Divine love; that these are without obscurity is signified by "the light of a morning without clouds;" the enlightenment of the man of the church by the reception and after the reception of Divine truth from the Lord's Divine good is signified by "from the brightness after rain," "brightness" signifying enlightenment, and "rain" influx and consequent reception. That those who are of the church have therefrom knowledge [scientia], intelligence, and wisdom, is signified by "the grass out of the earth," "grass," like "pasture," signifying spiritual nourishment, and thence knowledge [scientia], intelligence, and wisdom, which are spiritual food, and the "earth" signifying the church and the man of the church.

[23] In Matthew:

Love your enemies, bless ² them that curse you, bless them that hate you, and pray for them that hurt and persecute you; that ye may be sons of your Father who is in the heavens; who maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust (Matthew 5:44, 45).

Here first charity towards the neighbor, which is to wish good and do good even to enemies, is described by "loving them, blessing them, and praying for them," for genuine charity regards only the good of another. Here "to love" signifies charity, "to bless" instruction, and "to pray" intercession, and for the reason that inwardly in charity there is the end to do good. That this is the Divine itself with man, such as it is with regenerate men, is signified by "that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens," "Father in the heavens" means the Divine proceeding, for all who receive this are called "sons of the Father," that is, of the Lord; "the sun that He maketh to rise on the evil and on the good" signifies the Divine good flowing in; and "the rain that He sendeth on the just and on the unjust" signifies the Divine truth flowing in; for the Divine proceeding which is "the Father in the heavens," flows in with the evil equally as with the good, but the reception of it must be on man's part, yet not on man's part as from man, but as if from man, for the ability to receive is given to man continually, and it also flows in to the extent that man removes the evils that oppose, and does this also from the ability that is continually given, the ability itself appearing to be man's, although it is of the Lord.

[24] From this it can now be seen that "rain" signifies in the Word the influx of the Divine truth from the Lord, from which man has spiritual life, and this because "waters," of which rain consists, signify the truth of doctrine and the truth of faith. But as "waters," in the contrary sense, signify the falsities of doctrine and of faith, so "showers of rain" or "a shower," as well as "inundations of waters" and a "flood," signify not only falsities destroying truths, but also temptations in which man either yields or conquers. This is the signification of shower [imber] in Matthew:

Everyone that heareth My words and doeth them I will liken to a prudent man who built his house upon a rock; and the shower descended, and the rivers came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, yet it fell not. But everyone that heareth My words and doeth them not shall be likened unto a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; and the shower descended, and the rivers came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it (Matthew 7:24-27).

Here "shower" and "rivers" mean temptations, in which man conquers or in which he yields; "waters" mean the falsities that usually inflow in temptations; and "rivers," which here are inundations of water from a shower, signify temptations; "the winds that blow and beat" signify the thoughts that arise therefrom, for temptations arise through the breaking in of falsities injected by evil spirits into the thoughts. The "house" they beat upon signifies man, strictly his mind, which consists of understanding or thought and of will or affection; he that receives the words of the Lord, that is, Divine truths, in one part of the mind only, which is that of the thought or understanding, and not at the same time in the other part, which is that of the affection or will, yields in temptations, and falls into grievous falsities, which are the falsities of evil; therefore it is said, "great was the fall of it;" but he who receives Divine truths in both parts, that is, both in the understanding and in the will, conquers in temptations. The "rock" upon which that house is founded signifies the Lord as to Divine truth, or Divine truth received by the soul and heart, that is, by faith and love, in other words, by the understanding and will; while the "sand" signifies Divine truth received only in the memory, and somewhat therefrom in the thought, and thus in a scattered and disconnected way, because intermixed with falsities, and falsified by notions. This makes clear what is meant by "hearing the words and not doing them." That this is the sense of these words can be seen more clearly from what precedes them.

[25] An "overflowing rain" or "shower" signifies an inundation of falsities also in Ezekiel:

Say unto them that daub on what is unfit that it shall fall, because an overflowing rain, because ³ ye, O hailstones, shall fall, and a wind of tempests shall break through. Thus said the Lord Jehovih, I will make a wind of tempest to break through in My wrath, and an overflowing rain in Mine anger, and hailstones in wrath for a consummation, and I will throw down the wall that ye have daubed with what is unfit (Ezekiel 13:11, 13, 14).

"Daubing with what is unfit" signifies the confirmation of falsity by fallacies, whereby falsity appears as truth; "hailstones" signify truths without good, thus without any spiritual life, which are all inwardly falsities, for ideas that are dead cause them to be merely shells, and like pictures in which there is nothing living; such truths merely known belong to the natural man, into which nothing from the spiritual flows. "The overflowing rain and the wind of tempests" signify falsities rushing in copiously, and things imaginary, and disputes about truths, which make it impossible for anything of truth to be seen, and which thus destroy man.

[26] In the same:

I will plead with Gog with pestilence and with blood, and I will rain an overflowing rain and hailstones, fire and brimstone, upon him and upon his troops, and upon the many people who are with him (Ezekiel 38:22).

"Gog" means such as are in external worship without any internal worship; and as such worship consists of what are like shells, the kernels of which are either rotten or have been eaten out by worms, these things are called "overflowing rain and hailstones," which signify falsities rushing in copiously and things imaginary which destroy man. The evils of falsity and the falsities of evil are signified by "fire and brimstone."

[27] The "flood of waters," of which it is said:

That it overflowed the whole earth and destroyed all except Noah and his sons (Genesis 7, Genesis 8),

also signifies the flood of falsities by which the Most Ancient Church was finally destroyed; "Noah and his sons" signify a new church, which is to be called the Ancient Church, and the establishment of that church after the Most Ancient Church had been devastated. (But the particulars of the description in these chapters of the flood and of the salvation of the family of Noah, may be seen explained in the Arcana Coelestia. That "waters" signify truths, and in the contrary sense, falsities, may be seen above, n.71, 483, 518, 537, 538; and that "the overflowings of waters" signify the overflowings of falsities and temptations, see also above, n. 518 .)

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The Hebrew has "the time, the latter rain," as found in Arcana Coelestia 7571.

2. The Greek has "do good," as found in Arcana Coelestia 2371, 3605, etc.

3. In 503 we find "by which."

Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.

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