3497. 'He said, Behold now, I am old' means that the state was reached. This is clear from what has been stated above, in 3492, about the meaning of 'growing old'.

2485. ¹ A certain person was with me whom I had not known during his lifetime. When I asked whether he knew where he came from he did not know. By means of interior sight however I led him through the cities where I had been and at length through the city from which he came, even through its streets and squares, all of which he recognized, and at last into the street where he had lived. And if I had known the plan of that street I could also have known which was his house.

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