482. [verse 10] 'And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it up, and it was in my mouth as sweet honey, and when I ate it up my belly was made bitter' signifies it was so done, and thus was made manifest what the reception of that doctrine would be, before those who are understood by 'the dragon', 'the beast' and 'the false prophet' were removed. As this is a consequence of the things said above, it is not being further expounded. We read that the prophet Ezekiel also by command ate a roll of a book, and that it was in his mouth sweet as honey (Ezek. ii 8-10; iii 1-4).