2857. 'And they rose up' means being raised up to an even higher degree. This is clear from the meaning of 'rising up', when this expression is used in the Word, as something being raised up - also the meaning in 2401. Here the raising up of the rational after temptation is meant, for after temptations there was always a raising up of the rational, as is also the case with everyone. Every temptation in which a person is victorious raises up his mind and the things that compose his mind, for goods and truths are strengthened and new ones are added, 1692, 1717, 1740, 2272.