5047. The prince of the prison house saw naught of anything that was in his hand. That this signifies that He Himself governed truth, is evident from the signification of the “prince of the prison house,” as being truth governing in a state of temptations (of which above, n. 5044); and from the signification of “not seeing anything that was in his hand,” as being that it is from Himself, thus from absolute power (as also above, n. 5045, 5046).