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1 και G2532 CONJ προσκαλεσαμενος G4341 G5666 V-ADP-NSM τους G3588 T-APM δωδεκα G1427 A-NUI μαθητας G3101 N-APM αυτου G846 P-GSM εδωκεν G1325 G5656 V-AAI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM εξουσιαν G1849 N-ASF πνευματων G4151 N-GPN ακαθαρτων G169 A-GPN ωστε G5620 CONJ εκβαλλειν G1544 G5721 V-PAN αυτα G846 P-APN και G2532 CONJ θεραπευειν G2323 G5721 V-PAN πασαν G3956 A-ASF νοσον G3554 N-ASF και G2532 CONJ πασαν G3956 A-ASF μαλακιαν G3119 N-ASF

2 των G3588 T-GPM δε G1161 CONJ δωδεκα G1427 A-NUI αποστολων G652 N-GPM τα G3588 T-NPN ονοματα G3686 N-NPN εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ταυτα G5023 D-NPN πρωτος G4413 A-NSM σιμων G4613 N-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM λεγομενος G3004 G5746 V-PPP-NSM πετρος G4074 N-NSM και G2532 CONJ ανδρεας G406 N-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM αδελφος G80 N-NSM αυτου G846 P-GSM και G2532 CONJ ιακωβος G2385 N-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM του G3588 T-GSM ζεβεδαιου G2199 N-GSM και G2532 CONJ ιωαννης G2491 N-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM αδελφος G80 N-NSM αυτου G846 P-GSM

3 φιλιππος G5376 N-NSM και G2532 CONJ βαρθολομαιος G918 N-NSM θωμας G2381 N-NSM και G2532 CONJ μαθθαιος G3156 N-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM τελωνης G5057 N-NSM ιακωβος G2385 N-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM του G3588 T-GSM αλφαιου G256 N-GSM και G2532 CONJ θαδδαιος G2280 N-NSM

4 σιμων G4613 N-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM καναναιος G2581 N-NSM και G2532 CONJ ιουδας G2455 N-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM ισκαριωτης G2469 N-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM και G2532 CONJ παραδους G3860 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM αυτον G846 P-ASM

5 τουτους G5128 D-APM τους G3588 T-APM δωδεκα G1427 A-NUI απεστειλεν G649 G5656 V-AAI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM παραγγειλας G3853 G5660 V-AAP-NSM αυτοις G846 P-DPM λεγων G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NSM εις G1519 P EP οδον G3598 N-ASF εθνων G1484 N-GPN μη G3361 P T-N απελθητε G565 G5632 V-2AAS-2P και G2532 CONJ εις G1519 P EP πολιν G4172 N-ASF σαμαρειτων G4541 N-GPM μη G3361 P T-N εισελθητε G1525 G5632 V-2AAS-2P

6 πορευεσθε G4198 G5737 V-PNM-2P δε G1161 CONJ μαλλον G3123 ADV προς G4314 P EP τα G3588 T-APN προβατα G4263 N-APN τα G3588 T-APN απολωλοτα G622 G5756 V-2 AP-APN οικου G3624 N-GSM ισραηλ G2474 N-P I

7 πορευομενοι G4198 G5740 V-PNP-NPM δε G1161 CONJ κηρυσσετε G2784 G5720 V-PAM-2P λεγοντες G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NPM οτι G3754 CONJ ηγγικεν G1448 G5758 V- AI-3S η G3588 T-NSF βασιλεια G932 N-NSF των G3588 T-GPM ουρανων G3772 N-GPM

8 ασθενουντας G770 G5723 V-PAP-APM θεραπευετε G2323 G5720 V-PAM-2P νεκρους G3498 A-APM εγειρετε G1453 G5720 V-PAM-2P λεπρους G3015 A-APM καθαριζετε G2511 G5720 V-PAM-2P δαιμονια G1140 N-APN εκβαλλετε G1544 G5720 V-PAM-2P δωρεαν G1432 ADV ελαβετε G2983 G5627 V-2AAI-2P δωρεαν G1432 ADV δοτε G1325 G5628 V-2AAM-2P

9 μη G3361 P T-N κτησησθε G2932 G5667 V-ADS-2P χρυσον G5557 N-ASM μηδε G3366 CONJ αργυρον G696 N-ASM μηδε G3366 CONJ χαλκον G5475 N-ASM εις G1519 P EP τας G3588 T-APF ζωνας G2223 N-APF υμων G5216 P-2GP

10 μη G3361 P T-N πηραν G4082 N-ASF εις G1519 P EP οδον G3598 N-ASF μηδε G3366 CONJ δυο G1417 A-NUI χιτωνας G5509 N-APM μηδε G3366 CONJ υποδηματα G5266 N-APN μηδε G3366 CONJ ραβδον G4464 N-ASF αξιος G514 A-NSM γαρ G1063 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM εργατης G2040 N-NSM της G3588 T-GSF τροφης G5160 N-GSF αυτου G846 P-GSM

11 εις G1519 P EP ην G3739 -ASF δ G1161 CONJ αν G302 P T πολιν G4172 N-ASF η G2228 P T κωμην G2968 N-ASF εισελθητε G1525 G5632 V-2AAS-2P εξετασατε G1833 G5657 V-AAM-2P τις G5101 I-NSM εν G1722 P EP αυτη G846 P-DSF αξιος G514 A-NSM εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S κακει G2546 ADV-C μεινατε G3306 G5657 V-AAM-2P εως G2193 CONJ αν G302 P T εξελθητε G1831 G5632 V-2AAS-2P

12 εισερχομενοι G1525 G5740 V-PNP-NPM δε G1161 CONJ εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF οικιαν G3614 N-ASF ασπασασθε G782 G5663 V-ADM-2P αυτην G846 P-ASF

13 και G2532 CONJ εαν G1437 COND μεν G3303 P T η G5600 G5753 V-PXS-3S η G3588 T-NSF οικια G3614 N-NSF αξια G514 A-NSF ελθατω G2064 G5657 V-AAM-3S η G3588 T-NSF ειρηνη G1515 N-NSF υμων G5216 P-2GP επ G1909 P EP αυτην G846 P-ASF εαν G1437 COND δε G1161 CONJ μη G3361 P T-N η G5600 G5753 V-PXS-3S αξια G514 A-NSF η G3588 T-NSF ειρηνη G1515 N-NSF υμων G5216 P-2GP {VA 1: εφ G1909 P EP } {VA 2: προς G4314 P EP } υμας G5209 P-2AP επιστραφητω G1994 G5649 V-2APM-3S

14 και G2532 CONJ ος G3739 -NSM αν G302 P T μη G3361 P T-N δεξηται G1209 G5667 V-ADS-3S υμας G5209 P-2AP μηδε G3366 CONJ ακουση G191 G5661 V-AAS-3S τους G3588 T-APM λογους G3056 N-APM υμων G5216 P-2GP εξερχομενοι G1831 G5740 V-PNP-NPM εξω G1854 ADV της G3588 T-GSF οικιας G3614 N-GSF η G2228 P T της G3588 T-GSF πολεως G4172 N-GSF εκεινης G1565 D-GSF εκτιναξατε G1621 G5657 V-AAM-2P τον G3588 T-ASM κονιορτον G2868 N-ASM των G3588 T-GPM ποδων G4228 N-GPM υμων G5216 P-2GP

15 αμην G281 HEB λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP ανεκτοτερον G414 A-NSN-C εσται G2071 G5704 V-FXI-3S γη G1093 N-DSF σοδομων G4670 N-GPN και G2532 CONJ γομορρων G1116 N-GPN εν G1722 P EP ημερα G2250 N-DSF κρισεως G2920 N-GSF η G2228 P T τη G3588 T-DSF πολει G4172 N-DSF εκεινη G1565 D-DSF

16 ιδου G2400 G5628 V-2AAM-2S εγω G1473 P-1NS αποστελλω G649 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμας G5209 P-2AP ως G5613 ADV προβατα G4263 N-NPN εν G1722 P EP μεσω G3319 A-DSN λυκων G3074 N-GPM γινεσθε G1096 G5737 V-PNM-2P ουν G3767 CONJ φρονιμοι G5429 A-NPM ως G5613 ADV οι G3588 T-NPM οφεις G3789 N-NPM και G2532 CONJ ακεραιοι G185 A-NPM ως G5613 ADV αι G3588 T-NPF περιστεραι G4058 N-NPF

17 προσεχετε G4337 G5720 V-PAM-2P δε G1161 CONJ απο G575 P EP των G3588 T-GPM ανθρωπων G444 N-GPM παραδωσουσιν G3860 G5692 V-FAI-3P γαρ G1063 CONJ υμας G5209 P-2AP εις G1519 P EP συνεδρια G4892 N-APN και G2532 CONJ εν G1722 P EP ταις G3588 T-DPF συναγωγαις G4864 N-DPF αυτων G846 P-GPM μαστιγωσουσιν G3146 G5692 V-FAI-3P υμας G5209 P-2AP

18 και G2532 CONJ επι G1909 P EP ηγεμονας G2232 N-APM δε G1161 CONJ και G2532 CONJ βασιλεις G935 N-APM αχθησεσθε G71 G5701 V-FPI-2P ενεκεν G1752 ADV εμου G1700 P-1GS εις G1519 P EP μαρτυριον G3142 N-ASN αυτοις G846 P-DPM και G2532 CONJ τοις G3588 T-DPN εθνεσιν G1484 N-DPN

19 οταν G3752 CONJ δε G1161 CONJ παραδωσιν G3860 G5632 V-2AAS-3P υμας G5209 P-2AP μη G3361 P T-N μεριμνησητε G3309 G5661 V-AAS-2P πως G4459 ADV-I η G2228 P T τι G5101 I-ASN λαλησητε G2980 G5661 V-AAS-2P δοθησεται G1325 G5701 V-FPI-3S γαρ G1063 CONJ υμιν G5213 P-2DP εν G1722 P EP εκεινη G1565 D-DSF τη G3588 T-DSF ωρα G5610 N-DSF τι G5101 I-ASN λαλησητε G2980 G5661 V-AAS-2P

20 ου G3756 P T-N γαρ G1063 CONJ υμεις G5210 P-2NP εστε G2075 G5748 V-PXI-2P οι G3588 T-NPM λαλουντες G2980 G5723 V-PAP-NPM αλλα G235 CONJ το G3588 T-NSN πνευμα G4151 N-NSN του G3588 T-GSM πατρος G3962 N-GSM υμων G5216 P-2GP το G3588 T-NSN λαλουν G2980 G5723 V-PAP-NSN εν G1722 P EP υμιν G5213 P-2DP

21 παραδωσει G3860 G5692 V-FAI-3S δε G1161 CONJ αδελφος G80 N-NSM αδελφον G80 N-ASM εις G1519 P EP θανατον G2288 N-ASM και G2532 CONJ πατηρ G3962 N-NSM τεκνον G5043 N-ASN και G2532 CONJ επαναστησονται G1881 G5695 V-FDI-3P τεκνα G5043 N-NPN επι G1909 P EP γονεις G1118 N-APM και G2532 CONJ θανατωσουσιν G2289 G5692 V-FAI-3P αυτους G846 P-APM

22 και G2532 CONJ εσεσθε G2071 G5704 V-FXI-2P μισουμενοι G3404 G5746 V-PPP-NPM υπο G5259 P EP παντων G3956 A-GPM δια G1223 P EP το G3588 T-ASN ονομα G3686 N-ASN μου G3450 P-1GS ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ υπομεινας G5278 G5660 V-AAP-NSM εις G1519 P EP τελος G5056 N-ASN ουτος G3778 D-NSM σωθησεται G4982 G5701 V-FPI-3S

23 οταν G3752 CONJ δε G1161 CONJ διωκωσιν G1377 G5725 V-PAS-3P υμας G5209 P-2AP εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF πολει G4172 N-DSF ταυτη G3778 D-DSF φευγετε G5343 G5720 V-PAM-2P εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF ετεραν G2087 A-ASF αμην G281 HEB γαρ G1063 CONJ λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP ου G3756 P T-N μη G3361 P T-N τελεσητε G5055 G5661 V-AAS-2P τας G3588 T-APF πολεις G4172 N-APF {VA 1: [του] G3588 T-GSM {VA 1: του G3588 T-GSM } {VA 2: ισραηλ G2474 N-P I εως G2193 CONJ } } {VA 2: αν G302 P T } ελθη G2064 G5632 V-2AAS-3S ο G3588 T-NSM υιος G5207 N-NSM του G3588 T-GSM ανθρωπου G444 N-GSM

24 ουκ G3756 P T-N εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S μαθητης G3101 N-NSM υπερ G5228 P EP τον G3588 T-ASM διδασκαλον G1320 N-ASM ουδε G3761 ADV δουλος G1401 N-NSM υπερ G5228 P EP τον G3588 T-ASM κυριον G2962 N-ASM αυτου G846 P-GSM

25 αρκετον G713 A-NSN τω G3588 T-DSM μαθητη G3101 N-DSM ινα G2443 CONJ γενηται G1096 G5638 V-2ADS-3S ως G5613 ADV ο G3588 T-NSM διδασκαλος G1320 N-NSM αυτου G846 P-GSM και G2532 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM δουλος G1401 N-NSM ως G5613 ADV ο G3588 T-NSM κυριος G2962 N-NSM αυτου G846 P-GSM ει G1487 COND τον G3588 T-ASM οικοδεσποτην G3617 N-ASM βεελζεβουλ G954 N-P I επεκαλεσαν G1941 G5656 V-AAI-3P ποσω G4214 Q-DSN μαλλον G3123 ADV τους G3588 T-APM οικιακους G3615 N-APM αυτου G846 P-GSM

26 μη G3361 P T-N ουν G3767 CONJ φοβηθητε G5399 G5676 V-AOM-2P αυτους G846 P-APM ουδεν G3762 A-NSN γαρ G1063 CONJ εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S κεκαλυμμενον G2572 G5772 V- PP-NSN ο G3739 -NSN ουκ G3756 P T-N αποκαλυφθησεται G601 G5701 V-FPI-3S και G2532 CONJ κρυπτον G2927 A-NSN ο G3739 -NSN ου G3756 P T-N γνωσθησεται G1097 G5701 V-FPI-3S

27 ο G3739 -ASN λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF σκοτια G4653 N-DSF ειπατε G2036 G5628 V-2AAM-2P εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSN φωτι G5457 N-DSN και G2532 CONJ ο G3739 -ASN εις G1519 P EP το G3588 T-ASN ους G3775 N-ASN ακουετε G191 G5719 V-PAI-2P κηρυξατε G2784 G5657 V-AAM-2P επι G1909 P EP των G3588 T-GPN δωματων G1430 N-GPN

28 και G2532 CONJ μη G3361 P T-N {VA 1: φοβηθητε G5399 G5680 V-AOS-2P } {VA 2: φοβεισθε G5399 G5737 V-PNM-2P } απο G575 P EP των G3588 T-GPM {VA 1: αποκτεινοντων G615 G5723 V-PAP-GPM } {VA 2: αποκτεννοντων G615 G5723 V-PAP-GPM } το G3588 T-ASN σωμα G4983 N-ASN την G3588 T-ASF δε G1161 CONJ ψυχην G5590 N-ASF μη G3361 P T-N δυναμενων G1410 G5740 V-PNP-GPM αποκτειναι G615 G5658 V-AAN φοβεισθε G5399 G5737 V-PNM-2P δε G1161 CONJ μαλλον G3123 ADV τον G3588 T-ASM δυναμενον G1410 G5740 V-PNP-ASM και G2532 CONJ ψυχην G5590 N-ASF και G2532 CONJ σωμα G4983 N-ASN απολεσαι G622 G5658 V-AAN εν G1722 P EP γεεννη G1067 N-DSF

29 ουχι G3780 P T-I δυο G1417 A-NUI στρουθια G4765 N-NPN ασσαριου G787 N-GSN πωλειται G4453 G5743 V-PPI-3S και G2532 CONJ εν G1520 A-NSN εξ G1537 P EP αυτων G846 P-GPN ου G3756 P T-N πεσειται G4098 G5695 V-FDI-3S επι G1909 P EP την G3588 T-ASF γην G1093 N-ASF ανευ G427 P EP του G3588 T-GSM πατρος G3962 N-GSM υμων G5216 P-2GP

30 υμων G5216 P-2GP δε G1161 CONJ και G2532 CONJ αι G3588 T-NPF τριχες G2359 N-NPF της G3588 T-GSF κεφαλης G2776 N-GSF πασαι G3956 A-NPF ηριθμημεναι G705 G5772 V- PP-NPF εισιν G1526 G5748 V-PXI-3P

31 μη G3361 P T-N ουν G3767 CONJ φοβεισθε G5399 G5737 V-PNM-2P πολλων G4183 A-GPN στρουθιων G4765 N-GPN διαφερετε G1308 G5719 V-PAI-2P υμεις G5210 P-2NP

32 πας G3956 A-NSM ουν G3767 CONJ οστις G3748 -NSM ομολογησει G3670 G5692 V-FAI-3S εν G1722 P EP εμοι G1698 P-1DS εμπροσθεν G1715 P EP των G3588 T-GPM ανθρωπων G444 N-GPM ομολογησω G3670 G5692 V-FAI-1S καγω G2504 P-1NS-C εν G1722 P EP αυτω G846 P-DSM εμπροσθεν G1715 P EP του G3588 T-GSM πατρος G3962 N-GSM μου G3450 P-1GS του G3588 T-GSM εν G1722 P EP {VA 1: τοις G3588 T-DPM } {VA 2: [τοις] G3588 T-DPM } ουρανοις G3772 N-DPM

33 οστις G3748 -NSM {VA 1: δε G1161 CONJ } {VA 2: δ G1161 CONJ αν G302 P T } αρνησηται G720 G5667 V-ADS-3S με G3165 P-1AS εμπροσθεν G1715 P EP των G3588 T-GPM ανθρωπων G444 N-GPM αρνησομαι G720 G5695 V-FDI-1S καγω G2504 P-1NS-C αυτον G846 P-ASM εμπροσθεν G1715 P EP του G3588 T-GSM πατρος G3962 N-GSM μου G3450 P-1GS του G3588 T-GSM εν G1722 P EP {VA 1: τοις G3588 T-DPM } {VA 2: [τοις] G3588 T-DPM } ουρανοις G3772 N-DPM

34 μη G3361 P T-N νομισητε G3543 G5661 V-AAS-2P οτι G3754 CONJ ηλθον G2064 G5627 V-2AAI-1S βαλειν G906 G5629 V-2AAN ειρηνην G1515 N-ASF επι G1909 P EP την G3588 T-ASF γην G1093 N-ASF ουκ G3756 P T-N ηλθον G2064 G5627 V-2AAI-1S βαλειν G906 G5629 V-2AAN ειρηνην G1515 N-ASF αλλα G235 CONJ μαχαιραν G3162 N-ASF

35 ηλθον G2064 G5627 V-2AAI-1S γαρ G1063 CONJ διχασαι G1369 G5658 V-AAN ανθρωπον G444 N-ASM κατα G2596 P EP του G3588 T-GSM πατρος G3962 N-GSM αυτου G846 P-GSM και G2532 CONJ θυγατερα G2364 N-ASF κατα G2596 P EP της G3588 T-GSF μητρος G3384 N-GSF αυτης G846 P-GSF και G2532 CONJ νυμφην G3565 N-ASF κατα G2596 P EP της G3588 T-GSF πενθερας G3994 N-GSF αυτης G846 P-GSF

36 και G2532 CONJ εχθροι G2190 A-NPM του G3588 T-GSM ανθρωπου G444 N-GSM οι G3588 T-NPM οικιακοι G3615 N-NPM αυτου G846 P-GSM

37 ο G3588 T-NSM φιλων G5368 G5723 V-PAP-NSM πατερα G3962 N-ASM η G2228 P T μητερα G3384 N-ASF υπερ G5228 P EP εμε G1691 P-1AS ουκ G3756 P T-N εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S μου G3450 P-1GS αξιος G514 A-NSM και G2532 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM φιλων G5368 G5723 V-PAP-NSM υιον G5207 N-ASM η G2228 P T θυγατερα G2364 N-ASF υπερ G5228 P EP εμε G1691 P-1AS ουκ G3756 P T-N εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S μου G3450 P-1GS αξιος G514 A-NSM

38 και G2532 CONJ ος G3739 -NSM ου G3756 P T-N λαμβανει G2983 G5719 V-PAI-3S τον G3588 T-ASM σταυρον G4716 N-ASM αυτου G846 P-GSM και G2532 CONJ ακολουθει G190 G5719 V-PAI-3S οπισω G3694 ADV μου G3450 P-1GS ουκ G3756 P T-N εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S μου G3450 P-1GS αξιος G514 A-NSM

39 ο G3588 T-NSM ευρων G2147 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM την G3588 T-ASF ψυχην G5590 N-ASF αυτου G846 P-GSM απολεσει G622 G5692 V-FAI-3S αυτην G846 P-ASF και G2532 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM απολεσας G622 G5660 V-AAP-NSM την G3588 T-ASF ψυχην G5590 N-ASF αυτου G846 P-GSM ενεκεν G1752 ADV εμου G1700 P-1GS ευρησει G2147 G5692 V-FAI-3S αυτην G846 P-ASF

40 ο G3588 T-NSM δεχομενος G1209 G5740 V-PNP-NSM υμας G5209 P-2AP εμε G1691 P-1AS δεχεται G1209 G5736 V-PNI-3S και G2532 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM εμε G1691 P-1AS δεχομενος G1209 G5740 V-PNP-NSM δεχεται G1209 G5736 V-PNI-3S τον G3588 T-ASM αποστειλαντα G649 G5660 V-AAP-ASM με G3165 P-1AS

41 ο G3588 T-NSM δεχομενος G1209 G5740 V-PNP-NSM προφητην G4396 N-ASM εις G1519 P EP ονομα G3686 N-ASN προφητου G4396 N-GSM μισθον G3408 N-ASM προφητου G4396 N-GSM λημψεται G2983 G5695 V-FDI-3S και G2532 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM δεχομενος G1209 G5740 V-PNP-NSM δικαιον G1342 A-ASM εις G1519 P EP ονομα G3686 N-ASN δικαιου G1342 A-GSM μισθον G3408 N-ASM δικαιου G1342 A-GSM λημψεται G2983 G5695 V-FDI-3S

42 και G2532 CONJ ος G3739 -NSM αν G302 P T ποτιση G4222 G5661 V-AAS-3S ενα G1520 A-ASM των G3588 T-GPM μικρων G3398 A-GPM τουτων G5130 D-GPM ποτηριον G4221 N-ASN ψυχρου G5593 A-GSN μονον G3440 ADV εις G1519 P EP ονομα G3686 N-ASN μαθητου G3101 N-GSM αμην G281 HEB λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP ου G3756 P T-N μη G3361 P T-N απολεση G622 G5661 V-AAS-3S τον G3588 T-ASM μισθον G3408 N-ASM αυτου G846 P-GSM

   

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131. These things saith He that hath the sharp two-edged sword, signifies the Lord, who alone combats in temptation. This is evident from the signification of "long sword" or "sword [romphaeae seu gladii]," as meaning truth combating against falsity, and in the opposite sense, falsity combating against truth. It is said to be "sharp two-edged," because it pierces on both sides. Because this is signified by "the long sword," dispersion of falsities is also signified by it, and also temptation. That it signifies dispersion of falsities, see above (n. 73). It signifies temptation, because in what is written to the angel of this church temptations are treated of. Moreover, "the long sword" also signifies temptation, because temptation is a combat of truth against falsity and of falsity against truth. (That spiritual temptation is such combat, see in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 187-201) By "these things saith He that hath the sharp long sword with two edges" is meant that the Lord alone combats in temptations, because in the preceding chapter (verse 16) it was said that:

Out of the mouth of the Son of man, walking in the midst of the seven lampstands, a sharp two-edged long sword was seen going forth (Revelation 1:16).

and by the "Son of man" is meant the Lord in respect to Divine truth (as may be seen above, n. 63. That the Lord alone combats in temptations, and not man at all, see in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 195-200.) By "long sword" or by "sword [romphaeam seu gladium]" is signified the combat of truth against falsity, and of falsity against truth, because by "wars" in the Word are signified spiritual wars, and spiritual wars are wars of truths against falsities and of falsities against truths; and as "wars" in the Word have such a signification, all weapons of war, as "sword," "spear," "bow," "arrows," "shield," and many others, signify each some special thing pertaining to spiritual combat; especially the "sword," because in wars they fight with swords. (That "wars" signify spiritual combats, see Arcana Coelestia 1659, 1664, 8295, 10455; consequently that each weapon of war signifies something pertaining to spiritual combat, see n. 1788, 2686)

[2] That "sword" in the Word signifies truth combating against falsity, and falsity against truth, and therefore the dispersion of falsities, and also spiritual temptation, can be seen from very many passages, of which I will introduce here only a few by way of confirmation. Thus in Matthew:

Jesus said that He came not to send peace on earth, but a sword (Matthew 10:34).

Here by "sword" is meant the combat of temptation. It was so said, because men at that time were in falsities, and the Lord uncovered interior truths, and only by combats from such truths can falsities be cast out.

[3] In Luke:

Jesus said to His disciples, Now he that hath a purse let him take it, likewise a wallet; and he that hath no sword let him sell his garments and buy one (Luke 22:35-38).

By "purse" and "wallet" spiritual knowledges, thus truths, are signified; "garments" signify what is their own; and by "sword" combat is signified.

[4] In Jeremiah:

A sword against the Chaldeans, and against the inhabitants of Babylon, and against her chiefs, and against her wise men. A sword against liars that they may become foolish; a sword against her mighty men that they may be dismayed; a sword against her horses and against her chariots; a sword against her treasures that they may be spoiled; a drought upon her waters that they may be dried up (Jeremiah 50:35-38).

By "sword" here dispersion and vastation of truth are signified; by each in particular against which the sword shall be, as the "Chaldeans," the "inhabitants of Babylon," her "chiefs" and "her wise men," "liars," "mighty men," "horses," "chariots," and "treasures," are signified the persons or things that will be vastated: as by "horses," things intellectual; by "chariots," doctrinals; and by "treasures," knowledges; it is said, therefore, "a drought upon her waters, that they may be dried up," for "waters" are the truths of the church, and "a drought that they may be dried up" is vastation. (That "drought" and "drying up" are where there is no truth, see Arcana Coelestia 8185; that "waters" are truths of the church, see above, n. 71; that "treasures" are knowledges, Arcana Coelestia, 1694, 4508, 10227; that "horses" are things intellectual, and "chariots" doctrinals, see White Horse 2-5.)

[5] In Isaiah:

Jehovah will plead, and with His sword with all flesh, and the slain of Jehovah shall be multiplied (Isaiah 66:16).

In Jeremiah:

Upon all the heights in the desert the devastators are come, because the sword of Jehovah devoureth from the end of the land even to the end of the land (Jeremiah 12:12).

In Ezekiel:

Prophesy and say, a sword sharpened and also furbished, it is sharpened to slay a slaughter, it is furbished that it may have luster; let the sword be doubled for the third time; the sword of the slain, the sword of great slaughter entering into the secret chambers that the heart may melt, and stumblings be multiplied; against all their gates will I set the point of the sword: Ah! It is made into lightning (Ezekiel 21:9-15, 28).

In Isaiah:

Bring waters to meet him that is thirsty, with bread prevent him that wandereth; for before the sword shall they wander, before the drawn sword, and before the bended bow, and for the grievousness of war (Isaiah 21:14, 15).

In Ezekiel:

They shall quake with fear when I shall make my sword to fly before their faces, that they may tremble every moment, a man for his own soul; by the swords of the mighty casting down their multitude (Ezekiel 32:10-12).

In David:

Let the saints exult in glory; let them sing upon their beds. Let the exaltations of God be in their throat, and a two-edged sword in their hand (Psalms 149:5, 6).

In the same:

Gird thy sword upon the thigh, O mighty one, in thy honor ascend the chariot, ride on the Word of truth, thy right hand shall teach thee wonderful things. Thine arrows are sharp (Psalms 45:3-5).

In Revelation:

There was given unto him that sat on the red horse a great sword (Revelation 6:4).

In another place:

Out of the mouth of him that sat on the white horse went forth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations. The rest were killed with the sword of him that sat upon the horse (Revelation 19:15, 21).

By "sword" in these passages is signified truth combating and destroying; this destruction is especially apparent in the spiritual world; there those that are in falsities cannot sustain the truth; when they come into the sphere of light, that is, where Divine truth is, they are in anguish, like those who are struggling with death; and thus also they are deprived of truths and are vastated.

[6] As most expressions in the Word have also a contrary sense, so also has "sword;" in that sense it signifies falsity combating against truth and destroying it. The vastations of the church, which take place when there are no longer any truths, but only falsities, are described in the Word by a "sword," as in the following passages:

They shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all nations; Jerusalem shall finally be trodden down by all nations, until the times of the nations shall be fulfilled (Luke 21:24).

The consummation of the age, which is here treated of, is the last time of the church, when falsities are to prevail. "To fall by the edge of the sword" denotes that truth will be destroyed by falsity; "nations" here are evils and "Jerusalem" is the church.

[7] In Isaiah:

I will make a man more rare than fine gold. Everyone that is found shall be thrust through; and everyone gathered in shall fall by the sword (Isaiah 13:12, 15).

"A man who is rare" for those that are in truths; "to be thrust through" and "to fall by the sword" means to be consumed by falsity.

[8] In the same:

In that day they shall cast away every man the idols of his silver and the idols of his gold, which your own hands have made unto you. Then shall Asshur fall by the sword, not of a man [viri]; and the sword not of a man [hominis] shall devour him; but he who fleeth for himself before the sword, his young man shall be for tribute (Isaiah 31:7, 8).

"The idols which the hands have made" are falsities from self-intelligence; "Asshur" is the rational by which [per quod]. "To fall by the sword not of a man" [viri], and "not of a man" [hominis], is not to be destroyed by any combat of truth against falsity. "He who fleeth for himself before the sword, his young man shall be for tribute," means that the truth which is not destroyed shall be subservient to falsities. That this is the meaning of these words does not appear in the sense of the letter, which shows how far distant the spiritual sense is from the sense of the letter.

[9] In Jeremiah:

In vain I have smitten your sons; they accepted not correction; your own sword hath devoured your prophets (Jeremiah 2:30).

Behold, the prophet say, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine. By sword and by famine shall the prophets be consumed. If I go forth into the field, behold the slain with the sword; and if I enter into the city, then behold the sickness of famine (Jeremiah 14:13-18).

Both these passages treat of the vastation of the church in respect to truth; "prophets" are those who teach truths; and "the sword that consumes them" is falsity combating and destroying; "the field" is the church; "the city" is doctrine; "the slain with the sword in the field" are those in the church with whom truths are destroyed; "the famine" that is in the city is dearth of all truth in doctrine.

[10] In the same:

They have denied Jehovah when they have said, It is not He; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword and famine (Jeremiah 5:12).

In the same:

The young men shall die by the sword; and their sons and their daughters shall die by famine (Jeremiah 11:22).

"Young men" are those who are in truths, and in the abstract, truths themselves; "to die by the sword" is to be destroyed by falsities; "sons and daughters" are the knowledges of truth and good; "famine" is a dearth of these.

[11] In Lamentations:

We get our bread with peril of our souls, because of the sword of the wilderness (Lamentations 5:9).

"The wilderness" is where there is no good because there is no truth; its "sword" is the destruction of truth; "bread" is good, which is got with "peril of souls," because all good is implanted in man by means of truth.

[12] In Ezekiel:

The sword is without, and pestilence and famine within; he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him (Ezekiel 7:15).

"The sword" is the destruction of truth; "pestilence" consequent extermination; and "famine" complete dearth. Similarly in other places (as in Jeremiah 21:7; 29:17, 18; 34:17).

[13] In Zechariah:

Woe to the shepherd of nought forsaking the flock; a sword upon his arm, and upon his right eye; his arm in drying up shall dry up, and his right eye in growing dim shall grow dim (Jeremiah 11:17).

"A sword upon the arm" is the destruction of the voluntary in respect to good; "a sword upon the right eye" is the destruction of the intellectual in respect to truth; that all good and all truth are to perish is signified by "the arm in drying up shall dry up; and the right eye in growing dim shall grow dim."

[14] In Isaiah:

Thus shall ye say to your lord, Fear not for the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the lads of the king of Asshur have blasphemed Jehovah. Behold, I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. And Senacherib, king of Asshur, returned; and it came to pass, when he bowed himself in the house of Nisroch his god, his two sons smote him with the sword (Isaiah 37:6, 7, 37, 38).

As it is the rational that acknowledges and that denies the Divine, and when it denies seizes upon every falsity instead of truth, and thus perishes, there was this representative occurrence, namely, that the king of Asshur, because he blasphemed Jehovah, was smitten with the sword by his sons, in the house of Nisroch his god. "Asshur" signifies the rational in either sense (Arcana Coelestia, n. 119, 1186); the "sons" of that king signify falsities, and the "sword" signifies destruction by falsities.

[15] In Moses:

[It was commanded that] the city that worshiped other gods should be smitten with the sword, and burned up with fire (Deuteronomy 13:12-16).

This was decreed because at that time all things were representative; "to worship other gods" is to worship from falsities; "to be smitten with the sword" is to perish by falsity; and "to be burned up with fire" is to perish by the evil of falsity.

[16] In the same:

Whosoever in the field toucheth one that is slain with the sword shall be unclean (Numbers 19:16, 18, 19).

"One in the field slain with the sword" represented those within the church who destroyed truths with themselves; "the field" here is the church.

[17] That "sword" signifies falsity destroying truth is manifest in David:

The sons of man are set on fire; their teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword (Psalms 57:4).

Behold, they belch out with their mouth, swords are in their lips (Psalms 59:7).

Workers of iniquity sharpen their tongues like a sword; they hurl their arrow with a bitter word (Psalms 64:3).

From this it is clear what is signified by the Lord's words to Peter:

All they that take the sword shall perish by the sword (Matthew 26:51-52);

namely, that those who believe falsities will perish by falsities.

[18] From this it is now evident what is signified in the Word by "the long sword," "the short sword," or the "sword" [romphaea, macharera, seu gladius] in both senses. Such things are signified by "sword" by reason also of appearance in the spiritual world. When spiritual combats take place there, which are combats of truth against falsity and of falsity against truth, various weapons of war, as swords, spears, shields, and the like are seen; not that the combats are maintained by these, but they are mere appearances, representative of spiritual combats. When falsities are fiercely combating truths, there sometimes appears from heaven the brightness or flashing of a sword vibrating every way, and causing great terror, by which those who are combating from falsities are dispersed.

[19] This makes clear what is meant by these words in Ezekiel:

They shall be horribly afraid when I shall brandish My sword before their faces, that they may tremble every moment for their soul (Ezekiel 32:10-12).

And in the same:

Prophesy and say, a sword, it is sharpened and also furbished, that it may have luster, that the heart may melt. Ah! It is made into lightning (Ezekiel 21:9-10, 15).

The sword causes so great terror because "iron," of which a sword is made, signifies truth in ultimates, and the brightness and flashing are from the light of heaven and from vibration of this light upon the sword. The light of heaven is Divine truth proceeding from the Lord. Divine truth thus falling upon those who are in falsities strikes terror.

[20] This also makes clear what is signified by this, that:

Cherubim, after Adam had been driven out, were made to dwell at the east of Eden, and the flame of a sword turning and vibrating every way, to guard the way to the tree of life (Genesis 3:24).

By the "tree of life" is signified celestial love, which is love to the Lord; by "cherubim" a guard; by the "flame of a sword turning every way" the terrific driving off and rejecting of all who are in falsities; the "east of Eden" is where the Lord's presence is in celestial love; by these words, therefore, is signified that every approach to the acknowledgement of the Lord alone is closed to him who does not live a life of love. That "sword" signifies falsity is clearly evident in Ezekiel, where it is said of the prince of Tyre:

They shall unsheathe the swords upon the beauty of thy wisdom (Ezekiel 28:7).

"The prince of Tyre" signifies intelligence from the knowledges of truth; because that is extinguished by falsities it is said that they should unsheathe their swords "upon wisdom," which could not have been said unless by "swords" falsities were meant.

  
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