1444、“那时，迦南人在那地”表示来自母亲的遗传之恶在祂的外在人中。这从前面（1414节）关于主遗传来的东西清楚可知；因为祂和其他人一样出生，并从母亲那里遗传了祂与之争战并完全战胜的各种邪恶。众所周知，主经历并承受了最严厉的试探（关于这些试探，蒙主的神性怜悯，容后再述，可参看1573:4，1659:2，1661，1663，1668，1690，1692，1787，1812-1813，1820:5节）；事实上，试探如此之大，以致祂独自凭自己的能力与整个地狱争战。没有人会经历试探，除非他身上有邪恶。没有任何邪恶的人不可能经历一丁点试探，因为地狱灵所激发的，正是邪恶。
主没有所有人都有的那种实际邪恶或祂自己的邪恶，只有来自母亲的遗传之恶，在此被称为“那时，迦南人在那地”。对此，可参看前面的阐述（12:1；1414节），即：有两种遗传是人与生俱来的，一种来自父亲，另一种来自母亲；来自父亲的永远保留，而来自母亲的则在人重生期间被主驱散。然而，主从祂的父那里遗传的是神性，而从母亲那里遗传的是此处所论述的邪恶；祂通过这邪恶经受试探（关于祂所受的试探，可参看马可福音1:12-13；马太福音4:1；路加福音4:1-2）。但如前所述，祂没有实际的或祂自己的邪恶，并且祂在通过试探战胜地狱之后，也没有了来自母亲的任何遗传之恶；这就是为何此处说那时有这种邪恶，也就是说“那时，迦南人在那地”。
迦南人就是那些住在海边和约旦河岸的人，这一点清楚可见于摩西五经，探子回来说：
我们到了你所打发我们去的那地，果然是流奶与蜜的，这就是它的果子。然而住那地的民强壮，城邑又坚固又极大，并且我们在那里也看见了亚衲的后裔。亚玛力人住在南边；赫人、耶布斯人、亚摩利人住在山上；迦南人住在海边并约旦河岸。（民数记13:27-29）
“迦南人住在海边并约旦河岸”表示由此在外在人中的邪恶，如从母亲那里遗传来的邪恶，因为海和约旦河是边界。
“迦南人”表示这种邪恶，这一点也清楚可见于撒迦利亚书：
当那日，在万军之耶和华的家中，必不再有迦南人。（撒迦利亚书14:21）
这论及主的国度，意思是说，主将完全战胜“迦南人”所表示的邪恶，并将这邪恶从祂的国中逐出。各种邪恶由迦南地崇拜偶像的各民族来表示，其中包括迦南人（参看创世记15:19-21；出埃及记3:8，17；23:23，28；33:2；34:11；申命记7:1；20:17；约书亚记3:10；24:11；士师记3:5）。至于每个民族具体表示哪种邪恶，蒙主的神性怜悯，我将在别处（581，1573-1574，1673，1857:1，1867，2913:1-2，3470，3686:1，6306:1-4，6858-6860，8054:1，8317，9332节）予以阐述。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]1444. The symbolism of and the Canaanite was then in the land as the evil in his outer self that he inherited from his mother can be seen from statements already made about the Lord's heredity [搂1414]. He was born like the rest of us and carried with him different kinds of evil that he had received from his mother, which he fought against and completely overcame. As people generally realize, the Lord underwent and endured heavy spiritual trials. (With the Lord's divine mercy, these will be discussed later [搂搂1573:4, 1659:2, 1661, 1663, 1668, 1690, 1692, 1787, 1812-1813, 1820:5].) In fact he fought alone, with his own might, against all of hell; that is how severe his trials were.
No one can undergo spiritual crisis unless something bad clings to the person. No one devoid of evil can suffer the least tribulation. Evil is what hellish spirits stir up.
[2] The Lord had no actual evil, no evil of his own, as all the rest of us do. What he had was evil inherited from his mother, which in the present verse is called the Canaanite then in the land. For more on this, see the remarks above at verse 1, 搂1414. To review, we are born with two heredities, one from our father and the other from our mother. Our heredity from our father lasts forever; that from our mother is dissolved by the Lord when we are being reborn. The Lord's heredity from his father, though, was divine, while his heredity from his mother was evil. The latter is the subject of the current verse and is what enabled him to be put to the test. (For mention of his trials, see Mark 1:12-13; Matthew 4:1; Luke 4:1-2.) But again, he had no actual evil, no evil of his own. Nor did any of his mother's evil heredity remain after he had overthrown hell through his trials, which is why it says here that it was then, that is, that the Canaanite was then in the land.
[3] The Canaanites were people who lived along the sea{*1} and the shores of the Jordan, as is evident in Moses:
When the scouts returned, they said, "We came into the land to which you sent us, and in fact it was flowing with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. But a strong people is living in the land, and the cities are fortified and very big, and we saw the offspring of Anak there. Amalek lives in the south; and the Hittite and the Jebusite and the Amorite live on the mountain, and the Canaanite lives along the sea and along the shores of the Jordan." (Numbers 13:27, 28, 29)
The fact that the Canaanites lived along the sea and the shores of the Jordan consequently symbolized evil in a person's outer self 钬?the kind of evil we inherit from our mother 钬?since the sea and the Jordan were outer borders.
[4] Zechariah also yields evidence that a Canaanite symbolizes this kind of evil:
No longer will there be a Canaanite in the house of Jehovah Sabaoth on that day. (Zechariah 14:21)
This refers to the Lord's kingdom and symbolizes the fact that the Lord has completely conquered the evil meant by a Canaanite and banished it from his kingdom.
All types of evil are symbolized by the idolatrous nations in the land of Canaan, including the Canaanites proper, in such places as Genesis 15:19-20, 21; Exodus 3:8, 17; 23:23, 28; 33:2; 34:11; Deuteronomy 7:1; 20:17; Joshua 3:10; 24:11; Judges 3:5. What particular evil each nation symbolizes will be told elsewhere, by the Lord's divine mercy.{*2}
Footnotes:
{*1} The sea referred to is the Mediterranean. [RS]
{*2} For treatment of various peoples inhabiting Canaan, see 搂搂581, 1573-1574, 1673, 1857:1, 1867, 2913:1-2, 3470, 3686:1, 6306:1-4, 6858-6860, 8054:1, 8317, 9332. [LHC]
Potts(1905-1910) 1444
1444. And the Canaanite was then in the land. That this signifies the evil heredity from the mother, in His external man, is evident from what has been already said concerning that which was inherited by the Lord; for He was born as are other men, and inherited evils from the mother, against which He fought, and which He overcame. It is well known that the Lord underwent and endured the most grievous temptations (concerning which, of the Lord's Divine mercy hereafter), temptations so great that He fought alone and by His own power against the whole of hell. No one can undergo temptation unless evil adheres to him; he who has no evil cannot have the least temptation; evil is what the infernal spirits excite. [2] In the Lord there was not any evil that was actual, or His own, as there is in all men, but there was hereditary evil from the mother, which is here called "the Canaanite then in the land." Concerning this, see what was said above, at verse 1 (n. 1414), namely, that there are two hereditary natures connate in man, one from the father, the other from the mother; that which is from the father remains to eternity, but that which is from the mother is dispersed by the Lord while the man is being regenerated. The Lord's hereditary nature from His Father, however, was the Divine. His heredity from the mother was evil, and this is treated of here, and is that through which He underwent temptations (see Mark 1:12-13; Matt. 4:1; Luke 4:1-2). But, as already said, He had no evil that was actual, or His own, nor had He any hereditary evil from the mother after He had overcome hell by means of temptations; on which account it is here said that there was such evil at that time, that is, that the "Canaanite was then in the land." [3] The Canaanites were those who dwelt by the sea and by the coast of Jordan, as is evident in Moses. The spies on their return said:
We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey, and this is the fruit of it. Howbeit the people that dwelleth in the land is strong, and the cities are fenced, very great; and moreover we saw the children of Anak there; Amalek dwelleth in the south; and the Hittite and the Jebusite and the Amorite dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanite dwelleth by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan (Num. 13:27-29). That the Canaanites dwelt by the sea and by the coast of Jordan, signified evil thence in the external man, such as is the heredity from the mother; for the sea and the Jordan were boundaries. [4] That such evil is signified by "the Canaanite," is also evident in Zechariah:
In that day there shall be no more a Canaanite in the house of Jehovah Zebaoth (Zech. 14:21);
where the Lord's kingdom is treated of, and it is signified that the Lord will conquer the evil meant by the Canaanite and will expel it from His kingdom. All kinds of evils are signified by the idolatrous nations in the land of Canaan, among which were the Canaanites (see Gen. 15:18-21; Exod. 3:8, 17; 23:23, 28; 33:2; 34:11; Deut. 7:1; 20:17; Josh. 3:10; 24:11; Judges 3:5). What evil is signified by each nation specifically, shall of the Lord's Divine mercy be told elsewhere.
Elliott(1983-1999) 1444
1444. 'And the Canaanite was at that time in the land' means the hereditary evil from the mother, in His external man. This becomes clear from what has been stated already about the Lord's heredity; for He was born as any other is born and from the mother acquired evils which He fought against and overcame. It is well known that the Lord underwent and endured very severe temptations - which will in the Lord's Divine mercy be described further on - temptations so great in fact that He fought by Himself and from His own power against the whole of hell. Nobody can undergo temptation unless he has evil clinging to him. The person who has no evil cannot experience the smallest temptation, for it is evil that spirits from hell stir up.
[2] With the Lord no evil of His own doing or that was His own was present, as there is with all human beings, only hereditary evil from the mother, which is here called 'the Canaanite at that time in the land'. For this matter see what has been stated above in verse 1, in 1414, to the effect that people are born with two heredities in them, the first from the father, the second from the mother. What comes from the father remains for ever, but what comes from the mother is dispelled by the Lord when the person is being regenerated. The Lord's heredity from His Father however was Divine, while the heredity from the mother was the hereditary evil referred to here, through which He underwent temptations. Regarding His temptations, see Mark 1:12, 13; Matt 4:1; Luke 4:1, 2. But, as has been stated, He had no evil of His own doing or which was His own, nor did He have any hereditary evil from the mother after He had overcome hell by means of temptations. It is for this reason that the expression at that time occurs here, that is to say, 'the Canaanite was at that time in the land'.
[3] The Canaanites were people who dwelt by the sea and by the bank of the Jordan, as is clear in Moses,
The spies returned and said, We came into the land to which you sent us, and it is indeed flowing with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. Nevertheless the people dwelling in the land are powerful and the cities are very strongly fortified, and also we saw the descendants of Anak there. The Amalekite dwells in the south, and the Hittite, Jebusite, and Amorite dwell in the mountains, and the Canaanite dwells by the sea and by the bank of the Jordan. Num 13:27-29.
'The Canaanite dwelt by the sea and by the bank of the Jordan' meant evil consequently residing with the external man, such as that acquired by heredity from the mother, for the sea and the Jordan were boundaries.
[4] That this kind of evil is meant by 'the Canaanite' is clear also in Zechariah,
And there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of Jehovah Zebaoth on that day. Zech 14:21.
This refers to the Lord's kingdom. It means that the Lord overcame the evil meant by 'the Canaanite' and drove it out of His kingdom. Evils of every kind are meant by the idolatrous nations in the land of Canaan, among which were the Canaanites, Gen 15:19-21; Exod 3:8, 17; 23:23, 28; 33:2; 34:11; Deut 7:1; 20:17; Josh 3:10; 24:11; Judg 3:5. Which evil is meant by each nation specifically will in the Lord's Divine mercy be stated elsewhere.
Latin(1748-1756) 1444
1444. 'Et Canaanita tunc in terra': quod significet hereditarium a matre malum in externo Ipsius homine, constare potest ab illis quae prius dicta de hereditario apud Dominum; natus enim fuit sicut alius homo, et Secum a matre traxit mala, contra quae pugnavit et quae evicit; notum est quod Dominus tentationes gravissimas subierit et sustinuerit, de quibus, ex Divina Domini Misericordia, in sequentibus; et quidem tantas ut pugnaverit solus et ex propria potentia contra totum infernum; nemo potest tentationem subire nisi illi malum adhaereat; cui nullum malum, ne minimum tentationis habere potest; [2] malum est quod infernales spiritus excitant; apud Dominum non malum aliquod actuale aut proprium fuit ut apud omnes homines, sed malum hereditarium a matre, quod hic vocatur 'Canaanita tunc in terra,' de quo videantur quae dicta supra ad vers. 1, n. 1414, nempe quod bina hereditaria sint quae connascuntur homini, unum ex patre, alterum ex matre; quod a patre, hoc manet in aeternum, quod a matre, hoc dispergitur a Domino cum homo regeneratur; at hereditarium Domini a Patre Ipsius fuit Divinum, hereditarium a matre fuit malum de quo hic, per quod tentationes subiit, de quibus videatur Marc. i 12, 13; Matth. iv 1; Luc. iv 1, 2; se,d ut dictum, Ipsi nullum actuale seu proprium malum, nec aliquod hereditarium a matre malum postquam per tentationes evicit infernum, quare hic dicitur quod tunc fuerit, nempe, 'Canaanita tunc in terra.' [3] Canaanitae fuerunt qui habitabant juxta mare et juxta litus Jordanis, ut constat apud Mosen, Exploratores reversi dixerunt, Venimus in terram quo misisti nos, et etiam fluens lacte et melle illa, et hic fructus ejus; nisi quod fortis populus habitans in terra, et urbes munitae magnae valde, et etiam natos Anaki vidimus ibi; Amalekus habitat in meridie, et Hittaeus, et Jebusaeus, et Emoraeus habitat in monte, et Canaanita habitat juxta mare, et juxta litus Jordanis, Num. xiii 27-29;'quod Canaanitae habitaverint juxta mare et juxta litus Jordanis' significabat inde malum apud externum hominem, quale est hereditarium a matre, nam mare et Jordanes erant termini: [4] quod malum tale per 'Canaanitam' significetur, constat quoque apud Zachariam, Non erit Canaanita amplius in domo Jehovae Zebaoth in die illo, xiv 21;
ubi de regno Domini, quo significatur quod Dominus evicerit malum per 'Canaanitam' intellectum et a regno Suo expulerit. Omnia genera malorum significantur per gentes idololatras in terra Canaanaea, inter quas Canaanitae, ut Gen. xv (x)19-21; Exod. iii 8, 17; xxiii 23, 28; xxxiii 2; xxxiv 11; Deut. vii 1; xx 17; Jos. iii 10; xxiv 11; Jud. iii 5; quodnam malum per unamquamvis gentem in specie significatur, alibi, ex Divina Domini Misericordia, dicendum.