147# “并赐他一块白石”表示智慧和聪明。这从“白石”的含义清楚可知，当被主赐予时，“白石”是指从祂的接受和流注。它因是指从主的接受和流注，故也指来自祂的智慧和聪明，因为那些从主接受、主所流入的人处于智慧和聪明。“赐一块白石”之所以表示这些事物，是因为以前，公众决定是用石头投票来进行的；白石表示赞成票或意见，黑石表示否定票或意见；因此，“白石”表示对智慧和聪明的接受。
147. And I will give him a white stone. That this signifies wisdom and intelligence is evident from the signification of a white stone, when it is from the Lord, as being reception from Him and influx. And because it denotes reception and influx from the Lord, it also denotes wisdom and intelligence from Him; for those who receive from the Lord, and with whom the Lord inflows, are in wisdom and intelligence. The reason why to give a white stone signifies these things is, that, formerly, in judicial proceedings the votes were given by means of stones; affirmative votes were expressed by white stones, and negative by black stones, hence by a white stone is signified the reception of wisdom and intelligence.
147. And will give him a white stone, signifies wisdom and intelligence. This is evident from the signification of "a white stone," when [it is given] by the Lord, as being reception from Him and influx; and as it is reception and influx from the Lord, it also is wisdom and intelligence from Him, for those who receive from the Lord and with whom the Lord flows in, are in wisdom and intelligence. "To give a white stone" signifies these things, because formerly in public decisions the votes were taken by means of stones; white stones indicating the affirmative opinions, and black stones the negative; therefore by a "white stone" is signified the reception of wisdom and intelligence.
147. "Et dabo illi calculum album." - Quod significet sapientiam et intelligentiam, constat ex significatione "calculi albi", cum a Domino, quod sit receptio ab Ipso et influxus; et quia est receptio et influxus a Domino, est quoque sapientia et intelligentia ab Ipso; nam qui recipiunt a Domino, et apud quos Dominus influit, illi in sapientia et intelligentia sunt.
Quod "dare calculum album" illa 1
significet, est quia in judiciis colligebantur suffragia per calculos, sententiae affirmativae per calculos albos, et negativae per calculos nigros; inde per "calculum album" significatur receptio sapientiae et intelligentiae.
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