Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 5456

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5456. 'And he shut them up in custody' means a separation of them from himself. This is clear from the meaning of 'putting (or shutting up) in custody' as a casting aside, and so a separation, dealt with in 5083, 5101.


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