2368. Verse 9 And they said, Stand back. And they said, Did not this one come to sojourn, and will he surely judge? Now we will do more harm to you than to them. And they pressed on the man, on Lot forcefully, and came near to break down the door (ostium).

'And they said' means the reply made in anger. 'Stand back' means their angry threats. 'And they said, Did not this one come to sojourn' means people with different teaching and a different life. 'And will he surely judge?' means, Will they teach us? 'Now we will do more harm to you than to them' means that they would reject the good of charity even more than they rejected the Lord's Divine Human and His Holy proceeding. 'And they pressed on the men' means that they wished to resort to violence against truth. 'On Lot forcefully' means to do so most of all against the good of charity. 'And they came near to break down the door' means that they went so far as to try and destroy them both.