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Matthaeus 5:20

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20 Denn ich sage euch: Wenn nicht eure Gerechtigkeit vorzüglicher ist als die der Schriftgelehrten und Pharisäer, so werdet ihr nicht in das Reich der Himmel eingehen.

Commentarius

 

Persecute

  
An illustration from the Chronicles of Offa shows Jews being persecuted. The section on Offa is part of a book by 13th-century monk Matthew Paris which includes information on and illustrations of several early English kings.

There are only a few references to "persecution" in the works of Swedenborg, but they say it means "to harass and slander out of hatred," and it generally refers to attacks on the doctrine or beliefs of others.

(Notae: Apocalypse Explained 758; Apocalypse Revealed 560; The Apocalypse Explained 223 [21])