Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 5752

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5752. 'And spoke those words to them' means the influx of this thing. This is clear from the meaning of 'speaking' as an influx, dealt with in 2951, 3037, 5481, and from the meaning of 'words' as things, for in the original language the expression 'word' is also used to mean 'thing'.


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