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1 At nang siya'y bumaba mula sa bundok, ay sinundan siya ng lubhang maraming tao.

2 At narito, lumapit sa kaniya ang isang ketongin, at siya'y sinamba, na nagsasabi, Panginoon, kung ibig mo, ay maaaring malinis mo ako.

3 At iniunat niya ang kaniyang kamay, at siya'y hinipo, na nagsasabi, Ibig ko; luminis ka. At pagdaka'y nalinis ang kaniyang ketong.

4 At sinabi sa kaniya ni Jesus, Ingatan mong huwag sabihin kanino man; kundi humayo ka, pakita ka sa saserdote, at ihandog mo ang alay na ipinagutos ni Moises, na bilang patotoo sa kanila.

5 At pagpasok niya sa Capernaum, ay lumapit sa kaniya ang isang senturion, na sa kaniya'y namanhik,

6 At nagsasabi, Panginoon, ang aking alila ay nararatay sa bahay, lumpo, at lubhang nahihirapan.

7 At sinabi niya sa kaniya, Paroroon ako, at siya'y aking pagagalingin.

8 At sumagot ang senturion at sinabi, Panginoon, hindi ako karapat-dapat na ikaw ay pumasok sa ilalim ng aking bubungan; datapuwa't sabihin mo lamang ang salita, at gagaling ang aking alila.

9 Sapagka't ako rin naman ay taong nasa ilalim ng kapamahalaan, na may nasasakupan akong mga kawal: at sinasabi ko rito, Yumaon ka, at siya'y yumayaon; at sa isa, Halika, at siya'y lumalapit; at sa aking alipin, Gawin mo ito, at kaniyang ginagawa.

10 At nang marinig ito ni Jesus, ay nagtaka siya, at sinabi sa nagsisisunod, Katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo, na kahit sa Israel man, ay hindi ako nakasumpong ng ganito kalaking pananampalataya.

11 At sinabi ko sa inyo, na marami ang magsisipanggaling sa silanganan at sa kalunuran, at magsisiupong kasama ni Abraham, at ni Isaac, at ni Jacob, sa kaharian ng langit:

12 Datapuwa't ang mga anak ng kaharian ay pawang itatapon sa kadiliman sa labas: diyan na nga ang pagtangis at pagngangalit ng mga ngipin.

13 At sinabi ni Jesus sa senturion, Humayo ka ng iyong lakad; at ayon sa iyong pagsampalataya, ay gayon ang sa iyo'y mangyari. At gumaling ang kaniyang alila sa oras ding yaon.

14 At nang pumasok si Jesus sa bahay ni Pedro, ay nakita niya ang biyanang babae nito na nararatay dahil sa lagnat.

15 At hinipo ang kaniyang kamay, at inibsan siya ng lagnat; at siya'y nagbangon, at naglingkod sa kaniya.

16 At nang kinahapunan, ay dinala nila sa kaniya ang maraming inaalihan ng demonio: at pinalayas niya sa isang salita ang masasamang espiritu at pinagaling ang lahat ng mga may sakit:

17 Upang matupad ang sinabi sa pamamagitan ng propeta Isaias, na nagsasabi, Siya rin ang kumuha ng ating mga sakit, at nagdala ng ating mga karamdaman.

18 Nang makita nga ni Jesus ang lubhang maraming tao sa palibot niya, ay ipinagutos niyang tumawid sa kabilang ibayo.

19 At lumapit ang isang eskriba, at sa kaniya'y nagsabi, Guro, susunod ako sa iyo saan ka man pumaroon.

20 At sinabi sa kaniya ni Jesus, May mga lungga ang mga zorra, at may mga pugad ang mga ibon sa langit; datapuwa't ang Anak ng tao ay walang kahiligan ang kaniyang ulo.

21 At ang isa naman sa kaniyang mga alagad ay nagsabi sa kaniya, Panginoon, tulutan mo muna akong makauwi at mailibing ko ang aking ama.

22 Datapuwa't sinabi sa kaniya ni Jesus, Sumunod ka sa akin; at pabayaan mong ilibing ng mga patay ang kanilang sariling mga patay.

23 At pagkalulan niya sa isang daong, ay sinundan siya ng kaniyang mga alagad.

24 At narito, bumangon ang isang malakas na bagyo sa dagat, na ano pa't inaapawan ang daong ng mga alon: datapuwa't siya'y natutulog.

25 At nagsilapit sila sa kaniya, at siya'y ginising, na sinasabi, Panginoon, iligtas mo kami; kami'y mangamamatay.

26 At sinabi niya sa kanila, Bakit kayo'y nangatatakot, Oh kayong kakaunti ang pananampalataya? Nang magkagayo'y nagbangon siya, at sinaway ang mga hangin at ang dagat; at humusay na totoo ang panahon.

27 At ang mga tao ay nangagtaka, na sinasabi, Anong tao ito, na maging ang mga hangin at ang mga dagat ay nagsisitalima sa kaniya?

28 At nang siya'y makarating sa kabilang ibayo sa lupain ng mga Gadareno, ay sinalubong siya ng dalawang inaalihan ng mga demonio na nagsisilabas sa mga libingan, na totoong mababangis, na ano pa't sinoma'y walang makapagdaan sa daang yaon.

29 At narito, sila'y nagsisigaw, na nangagsasabi, Anong aming ipakikialam sa iyo, ikaw na Anak ng Dios? naparito ka baga upang kami'y iyong pahirapan bago dumating ang kapanahunan?

30 Sa malayo sa kanila ay may isang kawan ng maraming baboy na nagsisipanginain.

31 At namanhik sa kaniya ang mga demonio, na nangagsasabi, Kung kami'y palalayasin mo, ay paparoonin mo kami sa kawan ng mga baboy.

32 At sinabi niya sa kanila, Magsiparoon kayo. At sila'y nagsilabas, at nagsipasok sa mga baboy: at narito, ang buong kawan ng mga baboy ay nangapadaluhong sa bangin hanggang sa dagat, at nangamatay sa tubig.

33 At nagsitakas ang mga tagapagalaga ng mga yaon, at nagsitungo sa bayan, at sinabi ang lahat ng mga nangyari, at ang kinahinatnan ng mga inalihan ng mga demonio.

34 At narito, lumabas ang buong bayan upang sumalubong kay Jesus: at pagkakita nila sa kaniya, ay pinamanhikan siyang umalis sa kanilang mga hangganan.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 2187

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2187. 'And they ate' means communication in this manner. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'eating' as being communicated, and also being joined together, as is also evident from the Word. The injunction that Aaron, and his sons the Levites, and also the people were to eat the consecrated elements of the sacrifices in a holy place meant nothing other than the communication, conjunction, and making one's own, as stated above in 2177, at the point where Leviticus 6:16-17, is referred to. For it was celestial and spiritual food that was meant by the consecrated elements, and thus making that food their own by eating those elements. These consecrated elements were those parts of the sacrifices which were not burned on the altar but were eaten either by the priests or by the people who brought the offering, as becomes clear from very many places where the sacrifices are the subject. The consecrated elements that were to be eaten by the priests are referred to in Exodus 29:32-33; Leviticus 6:16, 26; 7:6, 15-16, 18; 8:31; 10:12-13; Numbers 18:9-11; and those to be eaten by the people, in Leviticus 19:5-6; Deuteronomy 12:27; 27:7; and elsewhere. And that those who were unclean were not to eat of them is referred to in Leviticus 7:19-21; 22:4-7. These ritual feasts took place in a holy place near the altar, either at the gate or in the court outside the tent. And they meant nothing else than the communication, conjunction, and making of celestial goods one's own, for those feasts represented celestial food. For what celestial food is, see 56-58, 680, 681, 1480, 1695. And all those consecrated elements were called 'bread', for the meaning of which see above in 2165. Something similar was represented by Aaron and his sons eating the loaves of the presence, or the shewbread, in a holy place, Leviticus 24:9.

[2] The reason for the law given to the Nazirite that during the days of his Naziriteship he was forbidden to eat anything that is produced from the grape - from which wine is made - from pips even to skin, Numbers 6:4, is that the Nazirite represented the celestial man, and the celestial man is such as is not willing even to mention spiritual things, see Volume One, in 202, 337, 880 (end), 1647. And because 'wine' and 'the grape', and also whatever came from the grape, meant that which is spiritual, the Nazirite was therefore forbidden to eat of them, that is, to have any communication with spiritual things, to join himself to them, or to make them his own.

[3] Something similar is meant by 'eating' in Isaiah,

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters, and he who has no money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money on that which is not bread, and your labour on that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to Me and eat what is good, and your soul will delight itself in fatness. Isaiah 55:1-2.

And also what is said in John,

To him who conquers I will grant to eat from the tree of life which is in the middle of the Paradise of God. Revelation 2:7.

'The tree of life' is the celestial itself, and in the highest sense it is the Lord Himself since He is the source of everything celestial, that is, of all love and charity. Thus 'eating from the tree of life' is the same as feeding on the Lord; and 'feeding on the Lord' is being endowed with love and charity, thus with those things that belong to heavenly life, as the Lord Himself declares in John,

I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread he will live for ever. He who feeds on Me will live through Me. John 6:51, 57. But they said, This is a hard saying. Jesus said however, The words that I speak to you, they are spirit and they are life. John 6:60, 63.

From this it is evident what is meant by 'eating' in the Holy Supper, Matthew 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-23; Luke 22:19-20 - having communication, being joined together, and making one's own.

[4] From this it is also plain what is meant by the Lord's statement that

Many will come from the east and from the west and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Matthew 8:11.

The Lord did not mean that they were going to feast with these three in the kingdom of God but that they were to enjoy the celestial goods meant by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. That is to say, they were to enjoy the inmost celestial goods of love, meant by -Abraham'; also a lower type of goods, which are intermediate, as those are which belong to the rational, meant by 'Isaac'; and a still lower type of goods which are celestial-natural, such as occur in the first heaven, meant by 'Jacob'. These are the things which constitute the internal sense of these words. That such things are meant by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, see 1893, and wherever else they are the subject. For whether one speaks of enjoying those celestial things, or whether one speaks of enjoying the Lord, whom they represent, it amounts to the same since the Lord is the source of all those things, and the Lord is their All in all.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.