Arcana Coelestia #8496
8496. What ye will bake, bake ye. That this signifies preparation for the conjunction of good; and “what ye will boil, boil ye” signifies preparation for the conjunction of truth, is evident from the signification of “baking,” as being preparation for the conjunction of good because it is done by means of fire; and from the signification of “boiling,” as being preparation for the conjunction of truth because it is done by means of water; for by “water” is signified the truth of faith (see n. 2702, 3058, 3424, 4976, 5668), and by “fire,” the good of love (n. 934, 5215, 6314, 6832, 6834, 6849, 7324, 7852). That it denotes preparation for conjunction, is plain; for what was baked and boiled was prepared for the following Sabbath day, by which conjunction is signified (as was shown just above), for they were forbidden to kindle a fire on the Sabbath day (Exodus 35:3), thus to bake or boil on that day. (That “baking” is said of bread and of the meat-offering, and was done by means of fire, see Isaiah 44:15, 19; 1 Samuel 28:24; Ezekiel 46:20; Leviticus 6:17; and that “boiling” is said of flesh, and was done by means of water, see Exod 29:31; Leviticus 6:28; 1 Samuel 2:13, 15.)
Luke 13:10-17
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He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.
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Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up.
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When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity."
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He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.
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The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!"
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Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?
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Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"
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As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
