1474. And they will kill me, and will make thee to live. That this signifies that they would not care for celestial things, but only for mere knowledges, is evident from what has just been said.

Verse 13. Say, I pray, thou art my sister, that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee. “Say, I pray, thou art my sister,” signifies intellectual truth which is a “sister;” “that it may be well with me for thy sake,” signifies that so the celestial could have no violence done to it; “and that my soul may live because of thee,” signifies that so the celestial could be saved.