122、主的十二门徒代表整体上信与仁的一切事物方面的教会，和以色列的十二支派一样（2129，3354，3488，3858，6397节）。彼得、雅各和约翰代表在其秩序中的信、仁和仁之良善（创世记18章序言，2135节）。彼得代表信（创世记22章序言，4738，6000，6073，6344，10087节）。约翰代表仁之良善（创世记18章序言，2135节）。教会的末期没有对主的信，因为没有仁，这一点由第三次鸡叫之前彼得三次否认主来代表；因为在那段经文中，彼得在代表意义上是指信（6000，6073节）。在圣言中，“鸡叫”和“黎明”表示教会的末期（10134节）。“三”或“三次”表示直到结束的完整之物（2788，4495，5159，9198，10127节）。当彼得看见约翰跟从主时，主对彼得所说的话所表相同：
彼得，这与你何干？约翰，你跟从我吧；因为彼得论到约翰说，这人怎样呢？（约翰福音21:21，22，10087节）
约翰靠着主的胸膛，是因为他代表仁之良善（3934，10081节）。仁之良善构成教会，这一点也由主从十字架上对约翰所说的话来表示：
耶稣见母亲和祂所爱的那门徒站在旁边，就对祂母亲说，妇人，看，你的儿子！又对那门徒说，看，你的母亲！从那刻起，那门徒就接她到自己家里去了。（约翰福音19:26，27）
“约翰”表示仁之良善，“妇人”和“母亲”表示教会；所以整段经文表示教会将在仁之良善所在的地方；在圣言中，“妇人”表示教会（参看252，253，749，770，3160，6014，7337，8994节）。“母亲”也是（289，2691，2717，3703，4257，5581，8897，10490节）。在圣言中，所有人名和地名都表示从它们抽象出来的事物（768，1888，4310，4442，10329节）。
122、主的十二门徒在总体上代表教会关于信仰和仁爱一切事物，以色列的十二个支派也是如此 （2129，3354，3488，3858，6397）。 彼得、雅各和约翰，按次序分别代表信仰、仁爱和出自仁爱的善行 （3750）。彼得代表信仰 （4738，6000，6073，6344，10087，10580）。约翰代表出自仁爱的善行，（参见《创世记》起初到第18章和第22章）。
教会的末期因为没有仁爱，而失去了对主的信仰。彼得在鸡叫之前三次不认主，就象征着这个意思，因为彼得在这段经文里代表信仰 （6000，6073）。“鸡叫”与“黄昏”两词在圣言中意为教会的末期（10134）。“三”或“三次”表示终末完结 （2788，4495，5159，9198，10127）。当彼得看到约翰跟随主时，主对彼得说的话也代表相似内容：
这与你何干，彼得？你跟从我吧，约翰；因为彼得问到约翰，这人的将来如何？（约翰福音21:21，22）（10087）.
约翰靠在主的胸前，因为他代表出自仁爱的善行 （3934，10081）。相似的，主在十字架上对约翰说的话，代表出自爱心的善行，它构成教会：
耶稣见母亲和他所爱的那门徒站在旁边，就对他母亲说：“妇人”，看，你的儿子！又对那门徒说：“看，你的母亲！”从此那门徒就接她到自己家里去了。（约翰福音19:26，27）。
“约翰”表示出自仁爱的善行，“妇人”和“母亲”表示教会。这一整段表示真正的教会将建基在出自仁爱的良善行为之上。 “妇人”在圣言之中意味着教会 （看（252，253，749，770，3160，6014，7337，8994。“母亲”也是一样 （289，2691，2717，3703，4257，5580，8897，10490）。圣言中的人名和地名抽象地表示从它们而来的事物 （768，1888，4310，4442，10329）。
122. The Lord's twelve disciples represented all the various forms of faith and caring that together constitute the church, as did the twelve tribes of Israel: 2129, 3354, 3488, 3858, 6397. Peter, James, and John represented faith, caring, and good actions that come from caring, respectively: preface to Genesis 18. Peter represented faith: preface to Genesis 22, 4738, 6000, 6073, 6344, 10087. John represented good actions that come from caring: preface to Genesis 18. The fact that in the last times of the church there would be no faith in the Lord because there would be no caring is represented by Peter's denying the Lord three times before the rooster crowed for the third time; 1in a symbolic sense, Peter in that passage means faith: 6000, 6073. Both "the crowing of the rooster" and "twilight" in the Word mean the last times of the church (10134); and "three" or "three times" means what is completed (2788, 4495, 5159, 9198, 10127). Much the same is meant by the Lord's saying to Peter, when Peter saw John following the Lord, "What is that to you, Peter? Follow me, John," 2because Peter had said of John, "What about him?" (John 21:21, 22): 10087. Since John represented good actions that come from caring, he leaned on the Lord's chest [John 13:23-25; 21:20]: 3934, 10087. Likewise, what the Lord said to John from the cross meant that good actions from a caring heart are what constitute the church: "When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing by her, he said to his mother, ‘Woman, behold your son!' And he said to the disciple, ‘Behold your mother!' And from that hour the disciple accepted her into his household" (John 19:26, 27). John means good actions that come from a caring heart, and "the woman" and "mother" mean the church; therefore the whole statement means that wherever good actions are being done from a caring heart is where the true church will be found. "Woman" in the Word means the church: 252, 253, 749, 770, 3160, 6014, 7337, 8994. The same holds true for "mother": 289, 2691, 2717, 3703, 4257, 5581, 8897, 10490. All the names of individuals and places in the Word symbolize qualities in the abstract: 768, 1888, 4310, 4442, 10329.
Footnotes:
1. See Matthew 26:34, 69-75; Mark 14:30, 66-72; Luke 22:34, 54-62; and John 13:38; 18:25-27. The accounts in Matthew, Luke, and John suggest that Peter's three denials will occur before the rooster crows even once, though the language there is sometimes understood to refer generally to "cockcrow," or the series of calls the rooster makes at dawn; the account in Mark specifies two crowings by the rooster. [GFD, SS]
2. See John 21:20-22. The name "John" does not occur in the Greek text of this biblical passage, and there the command to follow seems clearly to be addressed to Peter. It should be noted that quotation standards were not as strict in Swedenborg's day as they are today. The line between direct quotation and paraphrase in Swedenborg's Latin is often unclear, and Swedenborg may have intended "John" to be a gloss on the biblical text rather than a direct quotation of it. In three other places ( Last Judgment 39[7]; Revelation Explained [= Swedenborg 1994-1997a] 250:7, 785:5) Swedenborg also adds "John" to this verse. However, in several other places ( Secrets of Heaven 6073[3], 10087; Revelation Explained 9[3-5], 820:6-7, 821:8) he quotes the passage without adding "John," indicating that he was aware that "John" does not appear in the original Greek. In two places he states contrariwise that the words "follow me" in either John 21:19 or John 21:22 are addressed to Peter ( Revelation Explained 9[5], 821:8). The interpretation that the words "follow me" were addressed to John, and the general interpretation that John, not Peter, followed Jesus, seems to stem from John 21:20, in which John (called in that verse "the disciple whom Jesus loved") is said to be following Jesus. This is further supported by statements in Revelation Unveiled 17[5] and Revelation Explained 229[3], 443:4 that John rather than Peter followed Jesus. [LSW, GFD]
122. Not translated.
122. The twelve disciples of the Lord represented the Church in respect to all things of faith and charity in the aggregate, just like the twelve tribes of Israel, Arcana Coelestia 2129, 3354, 3488, 3858, 6397. Peter, James, and John represented faith, charity, and the goods of charity, in their order, Arcana Coelestia 3750. Peter represented faith, see Arcana Coelestia 4738, 6000, 6073, 6344, 10087, 10580; and John represented the goods of charity, see the Preface to the 18th and 22nd chapters of Genesis. By Peter's thrice denying the Lord before the cock crew the third time was represented, that, at the last time of the Church, there would be no faith in the Lord, because no charity, for, in the representative sense, Peter there denoted faith, Arcana Coelestia 6000, 6073. The cock crowing, as well as the twilight, signify in the Word the last time of the Church, see Arcana Coelestia 10134; and three or thrice signify what is complete to the end, Arcana Coelestia 2788 Arcana Coelestia 2788[1-13], 4495, 5159, 9198, 10127. The same is signified by the Lord's saying to Peter, when Peter saw John follow the Lord, "What is it to thee, Peter? follow thou Me, John; for Peter said of John, What [is] this one?" (John 21:21-22); Arcana Coelestia 10087. Because John represented the good of charity, he lay on the Lord's breast, Arcana Coelestia 3934 Arcana Coelestia 3934[1-8], 10081. That the good of charity constitutes the Church, is also signified by the words of the Lord addressed to John from the cross (John 19:26-27), "Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved, who stood by; and He said to His mother, Woman, behold thy son; and He said to that disciple, Behold thy mother; and from that hour that disciple took her to himself." John signifies the good of charity, and a woman and a mother, the Church; and the whole passage signifies that the Church will be where the good of charity is; that a woman in the Word means the Church, see Arcana Coelestia 252, 253, 749, 770, 3160, 6014, 7337, 8994; likewise a mother, Arcana Coelestia 289, 2691, 2717, 3703, 257, 5581, 8897, 10490. All the names of persons and places in the Word signify things abstractedly from them, see Arcana Coelestia 768, 1888, 4310, 4442, 10329.
122. The twelve disciples of the Lord represented the church as to all things of faith and charity in the complex, as did also the twelve tribes of Israel (n. 2129, 3354, 3488, 3858, 6397). Peter, James, and John represented faith, charity, and the goods of charity in their order (n. 3750). Peter represented faith (n. 4738, 6000, 6073, 6344, 10087, 10580). And John represented the goods of charity, see the preface to the eighteenth (Arcana Coelestia 2135) and twenty-second Arcana Coelestia 2760 [1-2] chapters of Genesis.
That there would be no faith in the Lord, because no charity, in the last time of the church, was represented by Peter's thrice denying the Lord before the cock crew the third 1time; for Peter there, in a representative sense, is faith; (n. 6000, 6073). "Cock crowing," as well as "twilight," signifies in the Word the last time of the church (n. 1 10134[1-13]). And "three" or "thrice," signifies what is complete to the end (n. 2788, 4495, 5159, 9198, 10127). The like is signified by the Lord's saying to Peter, when Peter saw John follow the Lord:
What is it to thee, Peter? follow thou Me, John; for Peter had said of John, What is this? (John 21:21, 22); (n. 10087).
John lay on the breast of the Lord, because he represented the good of charity (n. 3934, 10081). That the good of charity constitutes the church, is also signified by the words of the Lord from the cross to John:
Jesus saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved, who stood by, and He said to His mother, Woman, behold thy son: and He said to that disciple, Behold thy mother; and from that hour that disciple took her to himself (John 19:26, 27).
"John" signifies the good of charity, and "woman" and "mother," the church; and the whole passage signifies that the church will be where the good of charity is; that "woman" in the Word means the church (see n. 252, 253, 749, 770, 3160, 6014, 7337, 8994). And likewise "mother" (n. 289, 2691, 2717, 3703, 4257, 5580, 8897, 10490). All the names of persons and places in the Word signify things abstractly from them (n. 768, 1888,4310, 4442, 10329).
Footnotes:
1. Swedenborg has "tertio," third, the Greek is second, see Mark 14:30, 72. In Arcana Caelestia 10134 Swedenborg has "bis," twice.
122. Quod duodecim discipuli Domini repraesentaverint ecclesiam quoad omnia fidei et charitatis in complexu, similiter ac duodecim tribus Israelis (Arcana Coelestia 2129, 3354, 3488, 3858, 6397).
Quod Petrus, Jacobus, et Johannes repraesentaverint fidem, charitatem, et bona charitatis, in suo ordine (Arcana Coelestia 3750).
Quod Petrus fidem (Arcana Coelestia 4738, 6000, 6073, 6344, 10087, 10580).
Et quod Johannes bona charitatis (praefatio ad cap xviii. et ad cap. xxli. Geneseos).
Quod ultimo tempore ecclesiae nulla esset fides in Dominum, quia non charitas, repraesentatum est per quod Petrus ter abnegaverit Dominum, antequam gallus 1secundo cecinit; Petrus enim in sensu repraesentativo ibi est fides (Arcana Coelestia 6000, 6073).
Quod "gallicinium" aeque ac "diluculum" in Verbo significet ultimum tempus ecclesiae (Arcana Coelestia 10134).
Et quod "tria" vel "ter" significent completum ad finem (Arcana Coelestia 2788, 4495, 5159, 5198, [9198?], 1012).
Simile significatur per quod Dominus dixerit ad petrum, cum Petrus videret Johannem sequi Dominum,
"Quid ad te," Petre? "Tu Sequere Me," Johannes. Petrus enim dixit de Johanne, "Hic quid?" (Johannes 21:21-22;) (Arcana Coelestia 10087.)
Quia Johannem repraesentavit bonum charitatis, quod accubuerit ad pectis Domini (Arcana Coelestia 3934, 10081).
Quod bonum charitatis faciat ecclesiam, etiam significatur per verba Domini e cruce ad Johannem,
Jesus vidit matrem suam, et dixit ad discipulum quem amabat, qui adstabat: "et dixit matri suae, Mulier ecce filius tuus; et dixit discipulo illi, Ecce mater tua; et ex illa hora accepit illam discipulus ille ad se" (Johannes 19:26-27);
Per "Johannem" intelligitur bonum charitatis, ac per "mulierem" et per "matrem" ecclesia; et per illa omnia, quod ecclesia erit ubi bonum charitatis: quod per "mulierem" in Verbo intelligatur ecclesia (Arcana Coelestia 252, 253, 749, 770, 3160, 6014, 7337, 8994).
Quod similiter per "matrem" (Arcana Coelestia 289, 2691, 2717, 3703, 4257, 5580, 8897, 10490).
Quod omnia nomina personarum et locorum in Verbo significent res abstracte ab illis (Arcana Coelestia 768, 1888, 4310, 4442, 10329).
Footnotes:
1. secundo pro "tertio"