310. 就属灵之义而言，杀人表示杀害和摧毁人灵魂的所有行为。这些行为各种各样，方方面面。例如，让人们远离神、宗教信仰和神圣敬拜，暗讽这些事丢人现眼，并以引起人们对它们憎恶和排斥的事来劝诱。这就是地狱里的魔鬼和撒旦的行径，而与他们相结合的，是世间那些攻击和糟贱教会神圣性的人。以虚假摧毁灵魂的，正是这些人；而这些虚假就是被称为“亚巴顿”或“亚玻伦”，即毁灭者的所谓无底坑之王（启示录9:11）。在圣言的先知书中，“宰杀”有同样的含义，如：
耶和华神如此说：“牧养这将被杀的群羊，买他们的宰了他们” 。（撒迦利亚书11:4，5，7）
我们为祢的缘故终日被杀，人看我们如将宰的羊。（诗篇44:22）
将来雅各布要扎根；他们被杀戮，岂像被他们所杀戮的吗？（以赛亚书27:6，7）
盗贼来，无非要偷窃和杀戮羊；我来是要叫羊得生命，并且得的更丰盛。（约翰福音10:10；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9:5；11:7）
因此魔鬼被称为：
从起初是杀人的。（约翰福音8:44）
310. 這條誡命的屬靈意義, 表示一切形式的殺害與摧毀人的靈魂。有很多方式來做此事, 例如讓人轉離上帝, 離開信仰, 放棄對上帝的敬拜; 以絆腳石來抵擋這些事情; 勸誘人們,令他們對這些事情反感和抗拒。所有這一切都是地獄中的魔鬼與撒旦行徑, 現今世間那些侵犯和貶損教會之神聖的人們皆與此類魔鬼和撒旦相連結。那些利用偽謬來毀人靈魂者, 在聖言中以無底坑之王來表示, 被稱為"亞巴頓"和"亞玻倫"(意為"毀滅者", 參看啟示錄9:11)。
在聖言的先知書中, "殺"有同樣的含義, 例如以下章節:耶和華上帝如此說:"牧養這將被殺的群羊, 買他們的宰了他們"(撒迦利亞書11:4-5, 7)。我們為禰的緣故終日被殺, 人看我們如將宰的羊(詩篇44:22)。將來雅各要紮根; 他們被殺戮, 豈像被他們所殺戮的嗎(以賽亞書27:6-7)？盜賊來, 無非要偷竊和殺戮羊; 我來是要叫羊得生命, 並且得的更豐盛(約翰福音10:10; John 10: 類似的經文在以賽亞書14:21; 26:21;以西結書37:9;耶利米書4:31; 12:3;啟示錄9:5; 11:7)。
這就是為何魔鬼被稱為"從起初是殺人的"(約翰福音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.