10823. Every person receives his core (esse) of life from his father, which is called his soul; and from this springs the manifestation of life, which is called the body. Consequently the body resembles its soul, for it is through the body, acting at the soul's behest, that the soul leads its life. This explains why people are born resembling their fathers, and why families are distinguishable from one another. From all this it is evident what the Lord's body, or rather His Human, was like essentially, namely like the Divine itself, which was the Core (Esse) of His life, that is, was the soul from the Father. This was why He said,