Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 2817

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2817. 'And took the knife' means as regards truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'the knife' as the truth of faith, dealt with above in 2799; and that the Lord's temptation was temptation as regards Divine truth, see 2813, 2814.


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