5123. 'In yet three days' means that at that point a new state is arrived at. This is clear from the meaning of 'three' as that which is continuous even to the end, and so also that which is complete, dealt with in 2788, 4495; and from the meaning of 'days' as states, dealt with above in 5122. From this it is evident that 'three days' means a complete state; consequently 'in three days', that is, after three days, means a new state, 4901, for once a state is completed a new one begins.

3462. 'So it was on that day' means that state. This is clear from the meaning of 'day 'as state, dealt with in 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, 2788, here the state of the doctrine that is being dealt with.