Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7152

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7152. 'And no straw will be given you' means without that kind of factual knowledge. This is clear from the meaning of 'straw' as factual knowledge, the most general kind and consequently that which is a container of truth, dealt with in 7112, 7144. Their being without it is meant by 'will not be given'.


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