1745、“我已经向耶和华举手”表示主的一种心智状态,这从“举手”的含义清楚可知。众所周知,向耶和华举手是对应于心智状态的一个身体动作。就字义而言,那些内层或属于心智的事物通过相对应的外在事物来表达;但就内义而言,所表示的却是内在事物。所以,此处“举手”表示心智或心智的情感。
只要主处于一种试探的状态,祂与耶和华说话,就如同与另一个人说话;但只要祂的人身或人性本质与祂的神性本质合一,祂与耶和华说话,就如同与祂自己说话,这一点从福音书、先知书和大卫诗篇中的许多经文明显看出来。原因从前面(1414,1444:1-2,1573节)关于来自母亲的遗传的阐述很清楚地看出来。这种遗传继续存在到何等程度,可以说祂就远离耶和华到何等程度;但它被根除到何等程度,祂就与耶和华同在,并且就是耶和华自己到何等程度。
主与天使的结合可以说明这一点。有时,一位天使不是从自己,而是从主说话;在这种时候,他只知道他是主,不知道别的;但当时他的外在处于休眠状态。当他的外在活跃时,情况就不同了。原因在于,天使的内在人被主拥有;并且他们自己的东西在何等程度上不碍事,这内在人就在何等程度上属于主,甚至就是主。然而,对主来说,所实现的,是与耶和华的完全结合,或一种永恒的合一,以至于祂的人身或人性本质也是耶和华。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]1745. I have lifted my hand to Jehovah symbolizes the mind the Lord had, as can be seen from the symbolism of lifting one's hands. Lifting one's hand to Jehovah is a physical gesture corresponding to a state of mind, as everyone knows. The literal meaning is expressing intermediate characteristics (that is, characteristics of the mind) through external images that correspond to them, but it is inner things that are meant in the inner sense. The lifting of Abram's hand, then, is a mindset or state of mind.
[2] As long as the Lord was being tested, he talked to Jehovah as a separate person, but so far as his human quality became one with his divine quality, he talked to Jehovah as identical with himself. Many passages in the Gospels and many passages in the prophets and David offer evidence for this.{*1} The reason for it stands out clearly from previous remarks about the Lord's heredity from his mother [1414, 1444:1-2, 1573]. To the extent that any of that heredity remained, he felt absent from Jehovah; but to the extent that it was rooted out, he was present with and was himself Jehovah.
[3] This can be illustrated by the bond between the Lord and the angels. Sometimes angels speak not for themselves but for the Lord. When they do, they have no idea they are not the Lord; but their superficial traits are being suppressed. It is different when their outward traits are active. Their inner self is the Lord's possession, and so far as anything of their own does not get in the way in such a situation, their inner self belongs to the Lord and in fact is the Lord.
The Lord, however, achieved full union or eternal oneness with Jehovah, so that his human nature itself is also Jehovah.
Footnotes:
{*1} Passages from the Gospels, the prophets, and Psalms that might be seen as prayers expressing Jesus' distress are Matthew 26:39, 42; 27:46; Mark 14:36; 15:34; Luke 22:42; 23:46; Jeremiah 15:15-18; Lamentations 3:55-56; Jonah 2:2-9; Habakkuk 1:2-4; 1:12-2:1; 3:2; and in Psalms, chapters 6; 22; 38; 69; 88. Passages that might be seen as prayers expressing oneness are Matthew 11:25-26; Luke 10:21; John 11:41-42; 17:1-26; Isaiah 38:15-20; Jeremiah 17:14-16; and in Psalms, chapters 104, 116, 145. [LHC]
Potts(1905-1910) 1745
1745. I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah. That this signifies the state of mind in the Lord, is evident from the signification of "lifting up the hands." The lifting up of the hand to Jehovah is a gesture of the body corresponding to an affection of the mind, as is well known. In the sense of the letter, those things which are interior, or of the mind, are expressed by external things which correspond; but in the internal sense it is internal things that are meant; here therefore the lifting up of the hand means the mind, or an affection of the mind. [2] So long as the Lord was in a state of temptations, He spoke with Jehovah as with another; but so far as His Human Essence was united to, He spoke with Jehovah as with Himself; which is evident from many passages in the Gospels, as also from many in the Prophets and in David. The cause is clearly evident from what has been said before concerning the inheritance from the mother. So far as this remained, He was as it were absent from Jehovah; but so far as this was extirpated, He was present, and was Jehovah Himself. [3] This may be illustrated by the conjunction of the Lord with the angels. Sometimes an angel does not speak from himself, but from the Lord, and he then does not know but that he is the Lord; but then his externals are quiescent. It is otherwise when his externals are active. The reason is, that the internal man of the angels is the Lord's possession; and so far then as there are no obstructions on the part of what is their own, it is the Lord's, and even is the Lord. But in the Lord, a plenary conjunction or an eternal union with Jehovah was wrought, so that His very Human Essence also is Jehovah.
Elliott(1983-1999) 1745
1745. That 'I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah' means the Lord's frame of mind is clear from the meaning of 'lifting up the hand'. Lifting up the hand to Jehovah, as is well known, is an action of the body corresponding to an affection of the mind. In the sense of the letter things that are interior, or belonging to the mind, are expressed by means of external things that correspond, but in the internal sense it is the internal things that are meant. Here therefore 'lifting up the hand' is the mind or affection of the mind.
[2] As long as the Lord was in a state of temptations He spoke to Jehovah as though to another; but insofar as His Human Essence had been united to His Divine Essence He spoke to Jehovah as to Himself. This is clear from many places in the Gospels, and also from many in the Prophets and in David. The reason is quite clear from what has been stated already about that which was inherited from the mother. Insofar as this remained He was so to speak absent from Jehovah; but insofar as it had been eradicated He was present with and was Jehovah Himself.
[3] The Lord's conjunction with angels may serve to illustrate the point: sometimes an angel does not speak from himself but from the Lord, and at such times he does not know otherwise than that he is the Lord; but at those times his externals are Lying dormant. It is different when the externals are active. The reason for this is that the angers' infernal man is the possession of the Lord, and to the extent that things which are their own do not get in the way, it is the Lord's and indeed is the Lord. With the Lord however complete conjunction, or an eternal union with Jehovah, was effected, so that His Human Essence as well is Jehovah.
Latin(1748-1756) 1745
1745. 'Elevavi manum meam ad Jehovam': quod significet mentem qualis erat apud Dominum, constat a significatione 'elevare manus'; elevatio manus ad Jehovam est gestus corporis correspondens mentis affectioni, ut notum est; in sensu litterae exprimuntur illa quae interiora seu mentis sunt per externa quae correspondent, sed in sensu interno sunt interna quae intelliguntur; hic ideo 'elevatio manus' est mens seu affectio mentis. [2] Quamdiu Dominus fuit in statu tentationum, locutus est cum Jehovah sicut cum alio, sed quantum Essentia Ipsius Humana unita fuit Ipsius Divinae, tantum locutus est cum Jehovah ut cum Semet; quod constat a multis apud Evangelistas, tum quoque a multis apud Prophetas, et apud Davidem; causa manifeste constat ex illis quae prius dicta sunt de hereditario a matre: quantum ex hoc mansit, tantum fuit quasi absens a Jehovah; at quantam hoc exstirpatum, tantum fuit praesens et Ipse Jehovah. [3] Illustrari hoc potest a conjunctione Domini cum angelis: angelus quandoque loquitur non a se sed a Domino, et tunc non aliter scit quam quod is Dominus sit, sed tunc quiescunt illius externa; aliter cum externa operantur; causa est quod internus illorum homo sit possessio Domini, et quantum tunc non propria impediunt, tantum est Domini, immo Dominus. Sed apud Dominum facta est conjunctio plenaria seu unio aeterna cum Jehovah, sic ut ipsa Humana Ipsius Essentia sit quoque Jehovah.