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Matthew 3

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1 εν G1722 P EP δε G1161 CONJ ταις G3588 T-DPF ημεραις G2250 N-DPF εκειναις G1565 D-DPF παραγινεται G3854 G5736 V-PNI-3S ιωαννης G2491 N-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM βαπτιστης G910 N-NSM κηρυσσων G2784 G5723 V-PAP-NSM εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF ερημω G2048 A-DSF της G3588 T-GSF ιουδαιας G2449 N-GSF

2 {VA 2: [και] G2532 CONJ } λεγων G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NSM μετανοειτε G3340 G5720 V-PAM-2P ηγγικεν G1448 G5758 V- AI-3S γαρ G1063 CONJ η G3588 T-NSF βασιλεια G932 N-NSF των G3588 T-GPM ουρανων G3772 N-GPM

3 ουτος G3778 D-NSM γαρ G1063 CONJ εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM ρηθεις G4483 G5685 V-APP-NSM δια G1223 P EP ησαιου G2268 N-GSM του G3588 T-GSM προφητου G4396 N-GSM λεγοντος G3004 G5723 V-PAP-GSM φωνη G5456 N-NSF βοωντος G994 G5723 V-PAP-GSM εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF ερημω G2048 A-DSF ετοιμασατε G2090 G5657 V-AAM-2P την G3588 T-ASF οδον G3598 N-ASF κυριου G2962 N-GSM ευθειας G2117 A-APF ποιειτε G4160 G5720 V-PAM-2P τας G3588 T-APF τριβους G5147 N-APF αυτου G846 P-GSM

4 αυτος G846 P-NSM δε G1161 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM ιωαννης G2491 N-NSM ειχεν G2192 G5707 V-IAI-3S το G3588 T-ASN ενδυμα G1742 N-ASN αυτου G846 P-GSM απο G575 P EP τριχων G2359 N-GPF καμηλου G2574 N-GSM και G2532 CONJ ζωνην G2223 N-ASF δερματινην G1193 A-ASF περι G4012 P EP την G3588 T-ASF οσφυν G3751 N-ASF αυτου G846 P-GSM η G3588 T-NSF δε G1161 CONJ τροφη G5160 N-NSF ην G2258 G5713 V-IXI-3S αυτου G846 P-GSM ακριδες G200 N-NPF και G2532 CONJ μελι G3192 N-NSN αγριον G66 A-NSN

5 τοτε G5119 ADV εξεπορευετο G1607 G5711 V-INI-3S προς G4314 P EP αυτον G846 P-ASM ιεροσολυμα G2414 N-NSF και G2532 CONJ πασα G3956 A-NSF η G3588 T-NSF ιουδαια G2449 N-NSF και G2532 CONJ πασα G3956 A-NSF η G3588 T-NSF περιχωρος G4066 A-NSM του G3588 T-GSM ιορδανου G2446 N-GSM

6 και G2532 CONJ εβαπτιζοντο G907 G5712 V-IPI-3P εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSM ιορδανη G2446 N-DSM ποταμω G4215 N-DSM υπ G5259 P EP αυτου G846 P-GSM εξομολογουμενοι G1843 G5734 V-PMP-NPM τας G3588 T-APF αμαρτιας G266 N-APF αυτων G846 P-GPM

7 ιδων G1492 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM δε G1161 CONJ πολλους G4183 A-APM των G3588 T-GPM φαρισαιων G5330 N-GPM και G2532 CONJ σαδδουκαιων G4523 N-GPM ερχομενους G2064 G5740 V-PNP-APM επι G1909 P EP το G3588 T-ASN βαπτισμα G908 N-ASN {VA 2: αυτου G846 P-GSM } ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM γεννηματα G1081 N-VPN εχιδνων G2191 N-GPF τις G5101 I-NSM υπεδειξεν G5263 G5656 V-AAI-3S υμιν G5213 P-2DP φυγειν G5343 G5629 V-2AAN απο G575 P EP της G3588 T-GSF μελλουσης G3195 G5723 V-PAP-GSF οργης G3709 N-GSF

8 ποιησατε G4160 G5657 V-AAM-2P ουν G3767 CONJ καρπον G2590 N-ASM αξιον G514 A-ASM της G3588 T-GSF μετανοιας G3341 N-GSF

9 και G2532 CONJ μη G3361 P T-N δοξητε G1380 G5661 V-AAS-2P λεγειν G3004 G5721 V-PAN εν G1722 P EP εαυτοις G1438 F-3DPM πατερα G3962 N-ASM εχομεν G2192 G5719 V-PAI-1P τον G3588 T-ASM αβρααμ G11 N-P I λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S γαρ G1063 CONJ υμιν G5213 P-2DP οτι G3754 CONJ δυναται G1410 G5736 V-PNI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM θεος G2316 N-NSM εκ G1537 P EP των G3588 T-GPM λιθων G3037 N-GPM τουτων G5130 D-GPM εγειραι G1453 G5658 V-AAN τεκνα G5043 N-APN τω G3588 T-DSM αβρααμ G11 N-P I

10 ηδη G2235 ADV δε G1161 CONJ η G3588 T-NSF αξινη G513 N-NSF προς G4314 P EP την G3588 T-ASF ριζαν G4491 N-ASF των G3588 T-GPN δενδρων G1186 N-GPN κειται G2749 G5736 V-PNI-3S παν G3956 A-NSN ουν G3767 CONJ δενδρον G1186 N-NSN μη G3361 P T-N ποιουν G4160 G5723 V-PAP-NSN καρπον G2590 N-ASM καλον G2570 A-ASM εκκοπτεται G1581 G5743 V-PPI-3S και G2532 CONJ εις G1519 P EP πυρ G4442 N-ASN βαλλεται G906 G5743 V-PPI-3S

11 εγω G1473 P-1NS μεν G3303 P T υμας G5209 P-2AP βαπτιζω G907 G5719 V-PAI-1S εν G1722 P EP υδατι G5204 N-DSN εις G1519 P EP μετανοιαν G3341 N-ASF ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ οπισω G3694 ADV μου G3450 P-1GS ερχομενος G2064 G5740 V-PNP-NSM ισχυροτερος G2478 A-NSM-C μου G3450 P-1GS εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ου G3739 -GSM ουκ G3756 P T-N ειμι G1510 G5748 V-PXI-1S ικανος G2425 A-NSM τα G3588 T-APN υποδηματα G5266 N-APN βαστασαι G941 G5658 V-AAN αυτος G846 P-NSM υμας G5209 P-2AP βαπτισει G907 G5692 V-FAI-3S εν G1722 P EP πνευματι G4151 N-DSN αγιω G40 A-DSN και G2532 CONJ πυρι G4442 N-DSN

12 ου G3739 -GSM το G3588 T-NSN πτυον G4425 N-NSN εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF χειρι G5495 N-DSF αυτου G846 P-GSM και G2532 CONJ διακαθαριει G1245 G5692 V-FAI-3S-ATT την G3588 T-ASF αλωνα G257 N-ASF αυτου G846 P-GSM και G2532 CONJ συναξει G4863 G5692 V-FAI-3S τον G3588 T-ASM σιτον G4621 N-ASM αυτου G846 P-GSM εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF αποθηκην G596 N-ASF το G3588 T-ASN δε G1161 CONJ αχυρον G892 N-ASN κατακαυσει G2618 G5692 V-FAI-3S πυρι G4442 N-DSN ασβεστω G762 A-DSN

13 τοτε G5119 ADV παραγινεται G3854 G5736 V-PNI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM απο G575 P EP της G3588 T-GSF γαλιλαιας G1056 N-GSF επι G1909 P EP τον G3588 T-ASM ιορδανην G2446 N-ASM προς G4314 P EP τον G3588 T-ASM ιωαννην G2491 N-ASM του G3588 T-GSM βαπτισθηναι G907 G5683 V-APN υπ G5259 P EP αυτου G846 P-GSM

14 ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ {VA 2: ιωαννης G2491 N-NSM } διεκωλυεν G1254 G5707 V-IAI-3S αυτον G846 P-ASM λεγων G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NSM εγω G1473 P-1NS χρειαν G5532 N-ASF εχω G2192 G5719 V-PAI-1S υπο G5259 P EP σου G4675 P-2GS βαπτισθηναι G907 G5683 V-APN και G2532 CONJ συ G4771 P-2NS ερχη G2064 G5736 V-PNI-2S προς G4314 P EP με G3165 P-1AS

15 αποκριθεις G611 G5679 V-AOP-NSM δε G1161 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S {VA 1: αυτω G846 P-DSM } {VA 2: προς G4314 P EP αυτον G846 P-ASM } αφες G863 G5628 V-2AAM-2S αρτι G737 ADV ουτως G3779 ADV γαρ G1063 CONJ πρεπον G4241 G5901 V-PQP-NSN εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ημιν G2254 P-1DP πληρωσαι G4137 G5658 V-AAN πασαν G3956 A-ASF δικαιοσυνην G1343 N-ASF τοτε G5119 ADV αφιησιν G863 G5719 V-PAI-3S αυτον G846 P-ASM

16 βαπτισθεις G907 G5685 V-APP-NSM δε G1161 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM ευθυς G2117 ADV ανεβη G305 G5627 V-2AAI-3S απο G575 P EP του G3588 T-GSN υδατος G5204 N-GSN και G2532 CONJ ιδου G2400 G5628 V-2AAM-2S ηνεωχθησαν G455 G5681 V-API-3P {VA 2: [αυτω] G846 P-DSM } οι G3588 T-NPM ουρανοι G3772 N-NPM και G2532 CONJ ειδεν G1492 G5627 V-2AAI-3S {VA 1: πνευμα G4151 N-ASN } {VA 2: [το] G3588 T-ASN πνευμα G4151 N-ASN [του] G3588 T-GSN } θεου G2316 N-GSM καταβαινον G2597 G5723 V-PAP-ASN ωσει G5616 ADV περιστεραν G4058 N-ASF {VA 2: [και] G2532 CONJ } ερχομενον G2064 G5740 V-PNP-ASN επ G1909 P EP αυτον G846 P-ASM

17 και G2532 CONJ ιδου G2400 G5628 V-2AAM-2S φωνη G5456 N-NSF εκ G1537 P EP των G3588 T-GPM ουρανων G3772 N-GPM λεγουσα G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NSF ουτος G3778 D-NSM εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM υιος G5207 N-NSM μου G3450 P-1GS ο G3588 T-NSM αγαπητος G27 A-NSM εν G1722 P EP ω G3739 -DSM ευδοκησα G2106 G5656 V-AAI-1S

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 3301

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3301. 'A hairy garment' means the truth of the natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'a tunic' as something that clothes another thing - that something being in this case truth because this serves to clothe good (for truth is like a garment, 1073, 2576, or what amounts almost to the same, truth is the recipient vessel for good, 1469, 1496, 1832, 1900, 2063, 2261, 2269); and also from the meaning of 'hairy' as the natural as regards truth. Hair, or the hair on the head, is mentioned several times in the Word, and in those places means that which is natural, the reason being that hairs are outgrowths on the most exterior parts of a person, as also is the natural in relation to its rational and to the interior parts of the rational. During his lifetime it seems to everyone as though the natural within him is all there is to him, but this is so far from being true, that the natural is rather an outgrowth from the internal parts of him, like hairs from the parts of the body. They also stem from internal parts in almost the same way. This also is why people who have been wholly natural during their lifetime are seen in the next life to have faces covered almost entirely with hair when a visual presentation is made of that state. What is more, man's natural is represented by 'the hair'. When it is an outgrowth from good it is represented by attractive and neatly arranged hair, but when it is not the outgrowth from good by unattractive and dishevelled hair.

[2] It is from this representation that in the Word 'hair', or 'the hair on the head' is used to mean the natural, especially as regards truth, as in Zechariah,

It will happen on that day, that the prophets will be ashamed, [every] man on account of his vision when he has prophesied. And he will not put on a hairy garment in order to deceive. Zechariah 13:4.

'The prophets' stands for people who teach truths, here for those who teach falsities, 2534. 'Vision' stands for truths, here for falsities, 'hairy garment' for the natural as regards truth. But because it was not truth but falsity the phrase 'in order to deceive' is used. Such clothing was worn by the prophets so that truth, being external, might be represented by them. This also was why, dressed in a similar way, Elijah the Tishbite is called a hairy man, 2 Kings 1:8, and why John, the last of the prophets, had a garment of camel hair, Matthew 3:4 - 'camels' being facts in the natural man, see 3048, 3071, 3143, 3145, and facts being the truths of the natural man, 3293.

[3] That 'the hair' meant the natural as regards truth is quite clear from the Nazirites who were commanded not to shave their heads with a razor all the days of their Nazirite vow, not until their days of abstinence to Jehovah had been completed. Then they were to let down the hair on their heads and at the door of the Tent of Meeting were to shave the head of their Naziriteship and put the hair on to the fire which was beneath the eucharistic sacrifice, Numbers 6:5, 18-19. They represented the Lord's Divine Human, and from this the person belonging to the celestial Church, who was a likeness of the Lord, 51 - representing that person's natural man by 'the hair'. When they were being sanctified therefore they were to lay aside their old or previous natural man into which they had been born and were to assume the new. This was meant by the requirement, when the days of abstinence to Jehovah had been completed, to let down the hair on their heads and to put it on to the fire beneath the sacrifice. For the state of the celestial man is a state in which good is present in him and from that good he has a knowledge of all truths. He never thinks and talks from truths about good, still less from facts about good, see 202, 337, 2715, 2718, 3246. Furthermore those who are celestial are of such a nature that before they lay aside that state into which they were born their natural has become so powerfully equipped with truth that they are capable of fighting with the hells; for it is truth, never good, that goes into battle. The hells cannot make even the remotest approach towards good. That truth is of such a nature, and good of such a nature, see 1950, 1951.

[4] From this it is evident how it was that Samson had strength from his hair, referred to as follows,

The angel of Jehovah appeared to Samson's mother, saying, Behold, you will conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come up over his head; the boy shall be a Nazirite of God from the womb. Judges 13:3, 5.

Later on he revealed to Delilah that if he were shaved his strength would leave him and he would be rendered powerless. And immediately he had been shaved, his strength did leave him and the Philistines seized him. And when subsequently the hair on his head started to grow again, where he had been shaved, his strength returned to him, enabling him to dislodge the pillars of the house, Judges 16:1-end. Who does not see that this description holds a heavenly arcanum within it, and that nobody knows what that arcanum is unless he has been taught regarding representatives, that is to say, that a Nazirite portrayed the celestial man, and as long as he had his hair he portrayed the natural part of that man, with whom, as has been stated, such strong and powerful truth was present? And Samson had such strength because at that period of time all representatives which the Lord had commanded had such force and effect. But he was not a consecrated Nazirite like those mentioned above, that is to say, someone who had put on a state of good instead of truth. The chief reason why the ultimate existence of his strength lay in his hair was so that he might represent the Lord who from the natural man as regards truth was to fight the hells and overcome them. This He did before putting on Divine Good and Truth even as regards the natural man.

[5] From this it is also evident why the high priest, on whose head the anointing oil had been poured and who had been consecrated 1 to wear the garments, was commanded not to shave his head or to rend his garments, Leviticus 21:10. And in a similar way where the new Temple is referred to the Levitical priests were commanded not to shave their head or to let their hair grow long, Ezekiel 44:20; that is to say, they represented the Lord's Divine Natural as regards truth that is derived from good and is called truth grounded in good. That 'hair' or the hair on the head means the natural as regards truth is clear also from the prophetical parts of the Word, as in Ezekiel,

I gave you to be like the seed of the field, from which you grew up and became tall to full beauty; your breasts were formed and your hair had grown. Ezekiel 16:7.

This refers to Jerusalem, which is the Ancient Church here and which in process of time became perverted. 'Breasts were formed' stands for natural good, 'hair which has grown' for natural truth.

[6] In Daniel,

I saw, until thrones were placed, and the Ancient of Days was seated. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was a flame of fire. Daniel 7:9.

And in John,

In the midst of the seven lampstands one like the Son of Man, clothed with a long robe and surrounded by a golden girdle around the breasts. His head however and hair were white, like white wool, like snow; but His eyes were like a flame of fire. Revelation 1:13-14.

'Hair white like pure wool' stands for the Divine Natural as regards truth. In the Word, and in the religious observances of the Jewish Church, truth itself was represented by 'white', and because truth is derived from good is called 'pure wool'. The reason why truth was represented by 'white' and good by 'red' was that truth is akin to light and good to fire, the source of the light.

[7] As with everything else in the Word 'the hair' also has a contrary sense and means the natural as regards truth when perverted, as in Isaiah,

On that day the Lord will shave by means of a razor hired at the crossing-places of the River - by means of the King of Asshur - the head and the hair of the feet; and it will consume the beard also. Isaiah 7:20.

In Ezekiel,

Son of man, take for yourself a sharp sword, use it as a barber's razor which you shall run over your head and over your beard. Then you are to take balances and you are to divide it. A third you are to burn with fire in the midst of the city; a third you are to strike with the sword round about it; and a third you are to scatter to the wind. You shall take from it a small number, and bind it in your skirts. Finally you are to take from these again and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them with fire, and from this, fire will come forth to the whole house of Israel. Ezekiel 5:1-4.

All this, by the use of representatives, describes how natural truth, interior and exterior, meant by 'the hair' and 'the beard', ceased to exist any longer. Its destruction by lusts is meant by its being burned with fire, by reasonings by its being struck with the sword round about the city, by false assumptions by its being scattered to the wind. These statements are similar in content to what the Lord teaches in Matthew about some seed, which is the truth, falling among thorns, some on stony ground, and some along the path, Matthew 13:1-9.

[8] That 'the heir' means the unclean truths and the falsities belonging to the natural man was also represented by the requirement that when a woman from among enemies who had been taken captive was to be married to [an Israelite], she was to be brought to his home, the hair on her head was to be shaved off, her nails were to be pared, and the garments of her captivity were to be removed, Deuteronomy 21:12-13. Also when Levites were consecrated, the water of expiation was to be sprinkled over them, they were to pass a razor over their entire flesh, and to wash their clothes, and so be pure, Numbers 8:7. Also, Nebuchadnezzar was driven from among men so that he ate grass like oxen, and his body was wet from the dew of heaven, till his hair grew to be like eagles' feathers and his nails like birds' claws, Daniel 4:33. In the case of leprosy they were required to note the colours of hair and beard, whether these were white, reddening, yellow, or black. They were to look for the same in garments. And the person who was cleansed from leprosy was required to shave all the hair on his head, his beard, and his eyebrows, Leviticus 13:1-59; 14:8-9. The latter meant the unclean falsities that result from unholiness, which is leprosy in the internal sense.

[9] 'Baldness' however meant the natural when no truth at all is present in it, as in Isaiah,

He is going up to Bayith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep over Nebo; and Moab will howl over Medeba. On all their heads is baldness; every beard is shaved off. Isaiah 15:2.

In the same prophet, Instead of well-set hair there will be baldness, branding instead of beauty. Isaiah 3:24

The children who said to Elisha, Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead! and who were torn apart by the bears out of the forest, 2 Kings 2:23-24, represent people who blaspheme the Word as though it had no truth within it; for Elisha represented the Lord as regards the Word, 2762. From this it is also evident how prevalent representatives were at that period of time.

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