310# 在灵义中，“杀人”指一切杀害并毁灭人灵魂的方式；其种类繁多而复杂。例如，使人背离上帝、宗教与神性敬拜，即以反对这些事的绊脚石投入人心，并劝服人接受那些造成背离、甚至厌弃的观念。地狱中一切魔鬼与撒但皆属此类；而今世中凡亵犯并玷污教会圣物者，亦与他们相联。
凡藉伪谬毁灭灵魂者，在启示录中由无底坑之王表示；其名为“亚巴顿”或“亚玻伦”，意即“毁灭者”（启9:11）。在先知圣言中，他们则由“被杀者”表示，如以下经文：“雅威我的上帝如此说：你要牧养这将宰的群羊；买他们的宰了他们。”（亚11:4，5，7）又云：“我们为你的缘故终日被杀；人看我们如将宰的羊。”（诗44:22，23）又云：“将来雅各要扎根；……主击打他们，岂像击打那些击打他们的人吗？他们被杀戮，岂像被他们所杀戮的吗？”（赛27:6，7）又云：“盗贼来，无非要偷窃、杀害、毁坏；我来了，是要叫羊得生命，并且得的更丰盛。”（约10:10）此外亦见赛14:21；26:21；结37:9；耶4:31；12:3；启9:4，5；11:7。因此，魔鬼被称为“从起初是杀人的”（约8:44）。
310# 在属灵意义上，谋杀是指杀害和摧毁人们灵魂的一切方式，这些方式各不相同，多种多样；例如，让人们远离神、宗教和神性敬拜，使这些事成为丑闻的话题，或说在这些事上设置障碍，诱导诸如引起厌恶，甚至憎恨之类的说服。这些杀人犯就是地狱里的所有魔鬼和撒但，而与他们结合的，是这个世界上那些侵犯和玷污教会神圣性的人。名叫“亚巴顿”或“亚玻伦”的无底坑或深渊的王（启示录9:11），即毁灭者，是指那些通过虚假摧毁灵魂的人；在预言圣言中，“被杀的”是指他们所摧毁的人，如以下经文；撒迦利亚书：
耶和华神如此说，牧养这将宰的羊群，拥有它们的宰杀它们。（撒迦利亚书11:4-5，7）
诗篇：
我们终日被杀；被视为待宰的羊群。（诗篇44:22）
以赛亚书：
将来雅各要使他们扎根。他被杀戮，岂像杀戮被他所杀戮的吗？（以赛亚书27:6，7）
约翰福音：
盗贼来，无非要偷窃和杀戮羊；我来是要叫他们得生命，并且得的更丰盛。（约翰福音10:10）
除此之外还有其它地方（如以赛亚书14:21; 26:21; 以西结书37:9; 耶利米书4:31; 12:3; 启示录9:4，5; 11:7）。因此，魔鬼被称为：
从起初是杀人的。（约翰福音8:44）
310. In the spiritual meaning, murders stand for all methods of killing and destroying people's souls. There are many different methods, such as turning people away from God, religion, and divine worship; setting up roadblocks against such things; and persuading people to turn away from and even feel aversion to such things. All the devils and satans in hell practice these methods. People in our world who violate and prostitute the holy things of the church are connected to these devils and satans.
The king of the abyss, who is called Abaddon or Apollyon (meaning the Destroyer, Revelation 9:11), stands for people who use falsities to destroy souls. The "killed" in the prophetic Word have the same meaning, as for example in the following passages:
Jehovah God said, "Feed the sheep for slaughter whom their owners have killed. " (Zechariah 11:4-5, 7)
We have been killed all day long; we are considered a flock for slaughter. (Psalms 44:22)
He will cause those who are yet to come to take root in Jacob. Was he killed in the way that his henchmen would kill? (Isaiah 27:6-7)
A stranger comes only in order to steal and slaughter the sheep. I have come so that they may have life and abundance. (John 10:10; other such passages are Isaiah 14:21; 26:21; Ezekiel 37:9; Jeremiah 4:31; 12:3; Revelation 9:5; 11:7)
This is why the Devil is called "a murderer from the beginning" (John 8:44).
310. In the spiritual sense murders mean all manners of killing and destroying human souls. These are of many and varied kinds, for instance, turning them away from God, religion and the worship of God, making these things the subject of scandal, and persuading people of things which cause them to be hated and rejected. Such are all the devils and satans in hell, and linked with them are those in this world who offer violence to and prostitute the holiness of the church. It is those who destroy souls by means of falsities who are meant by the king of the abyss, called 'Abaddon' or 'Apollyon', that is, the destroyer, in Revelation 9:11; and in the prophetic parts of the Word by 'the slain', as in these passages:
Jehovah God has said, Feed the sheep to be slain, which their owners slaughtered, Zechariah 11:4-5, 7.
We were slain all day long; we were considered sheep for slaughter, Psalms 44:22.
Jacob will cause those who are to come to take root; has he not been slain even as he slew others? Isaiah 27:6-7.
A thief 1 does not come except to steal and slaughter sheep; I have come so that they may have life and plenty, John 10:10.
There are further passages of this kind, such as Isaiah 14:21; 26:21; Ezekiel 37:9 2 ; Jeremiah 4:31; 12:3; Revelation 9:4-5; 11:7. This is why the devil is called 'a murderer from the beginning' (John 8:44).
Footnotes:
1. The Latin text has 'a stranger', but this is corrected in the author's copy. The word 'sheep' has been added to the quotation.
2. This reference appears to be wrong; possibly is intended.
310. In the spiritual sense, murder means all modes of killing and destroying the souls of men, which modes are various and manifold, as for example, turning men away from God, religion, and Divine worship by insinuating scandalous thoughts against these, or by inducing such persuasions as cause aversion and even abhorrence. Such murderers are all the devils and satans in hell, with whom those in this world who violate and prostitute the sanctities of the church are in conjunction. Those who destroy souls by falsities are meant by the king of the abyss, who is called "Abaddon" or "Apollyon," that is, the Destroyer (Revelation 9:11); and in the prophetic Word [those whom they destroy] are meant by "the slain," as in the following passages:
Thus said Jehovah God, Feed the flock of slaughter which their possessors have slain (Zechariah 11:4-5, 7).
We are killed all the day long; we are counted as a flock for the slaughter (Psalms 44:22, 23).
Jacob shall cause them that come to take root. Is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? (Isaiah 27:6, 7).
The thief cometh not but to steal and to kill the sheep; I am come that they may have life and abundance (John 10:10
(Besides elsewhere, as in Isaiah 14:21; 26:21; Ezekiel 37:9; Jeremiah 4:31, 12:3; Revelation 9:4, 5; 11:7.)
And therefore the devil is called:
A murderer from the beginning (John 8:44).
310. In the spiritual sense, murder means every method of killing and destroying the souls of men. Varied and manifold are the methods employed, such as turning men away from God, religion and Divine worship, raising scandal against these, and persuasively insinuating aversion and loathing. Such murderers are all the devils and satans in hell; and with them are associated those who in this world violate and defile the holy things of the Church. The destroyers of souls by means of falsities are meant by the king of the abyss, called Abaddon or Appollyon, that is, the destroyer, in Revelation 9:11 and in the prophetic Word by "the slain," as in these passages:
"Thus saith JEHOVAH my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; Whose possessors slay them. Zechariah 11:4-5, 7.
"We are killed all the day long: we are counted as sheep for the slaughter" Psalms 44:22.
"Jacob shall cause them that come (A.V., He shall cause them that come of Jacob) to take root... is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?" Isaiah 27:6-7.
"The stranger (A.V., thief) cometh not but for to steal, and to kill... I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10;
besides in other places, as in Isaiah 14:21; 26:21; 27:9 for [Ezekiel 37:9]; Jeremiah 4:31; Jeremiah 12:3; Revelation 9:4; Revelation 11:7. This is why the devil is called "a murderer from the beginning" John 8:44.
310. In SENSU SPIRITUALI, per homicidia intelliguntur omnes modi occidendi et perdendi Animas hominum, qui sunt varii et multiplices, sicut avertere illos a Deo, Religione, et Cultu Divino, injiciendo scandala contra illa, et persuadendo talia quae faciunt aversionem, et quoque aversationem: tales sunt omnes diaboli et satanae in Inferno, cum quibus violatores et prostitutores sanctitatum Ecclesiae in hoc Mundo conjuncti sunt. Illi qui Animas per falsa destruunt, intelliguntur per Regem abyssi, vocatum Abaddon aut Apollyon hoc est, perditor, in Apocalypsis 9:11; 1 et in Verbo Prophetico per Occisos, ut in his, Dixit Jehovah Deus, pasce oves Occisionis, quas possessores earum occiderunt, Sacharia 11:4-5, 7. Occisi sumus omni die, reputati sumus sicut grex mactationis, Psalm 44:23. 2 Venturos radicabit Jacob; num juxta caedem Occisorum ejus occisus est, Esaias 27:6-7. Alienus 3 non venit, nisi ut furetur et mactet oves; Ego veni ut vitam et abundantiam habeant, Johannes 10:10 praeter alibi, ut Esaias 14:21; 26:19, 4 Jeremias 4:31; 12:3, Apocalypsis 9:5, 5 11:7. Inde est quod Diabolus dicatur Homicida ab initio, Johannes 8:44.
Footnotes:
1. Prima editio: 9:11 11;.
2. Sic Schmidt et Biblia Hebraica, sed 44:22 apud Biblia Anglica. Prima editio: Psalm 44:23, 24.
3. Nisi legeris Fur, sic Schmidt et in margine exemplaris scriptoris.
4. Prima editio: 27:9.
5. Prima editio: 4.