5601. 'And we told him according to the tenor of his words' means its accordant discernment of these matters. This is clear from the meaning of 'telling' or 'pointing out' as discerning, dealt with in 3608, for in the spiritual world or heaven those there have no need to tell what they are thinking since all thoughts are communicated, 5597, which is why 'telling' in the spiritual sense means discerning; and from the meaning of 'according to the tenor of his words' as in an accordant manner, for they are matters that he wished to discern.