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Apocalypse

Explained

According to the spiritual sense

in which the arcana there predicted

but heretofore concealed

are revealed

A posthumous work of

EMANUEL SWEDENBORG

Volume 2

(numbers 296–414)

Translated from the Original Latin by

John C. Ager

Revised by

John Whitehead

S TANDARD E DITION

SWEDENBORG FOUNDATION

West Chester, Pennsylvania

This version was compiled from electronic files of the

Standard Edition of the Works of Emanuel Swedenborg as

further edited by William Ross Woofenden. Pagination of

this PDF document does not match that of the

corresponding printed volumes, and any page references

within this text may not be accurate. However, most if not

all of the numerical references herein are not to page

numbers but to Swedenborg’s section numbers, which are

not affected by changes in pagination. If this work appears

both separately and as part of a larger volume file, its

pagination follows that of the larger volume in both cases.

This version has not been proofed against the original, and

occasional errors in conversion may remain. To purchase the

full set of the Redesigned Standard Edition of Emanuel

Swedenborg’s works, or the available volumes of the latest

translation (the New Century Edition of the Works of

Emanuel Swedenborg), contact the Swedenborg Foundation

at 1-800-355-3222, www.swedenborg.com , or 320 North

Church Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380.

Contents

Editor’s Preface

Revelation 5

Revelation 6

Critical Notes

APOCALYPSE EXPLAINED

651

Editor’s Preface

This edition of Apocalypse Explained was translated by John C.

Ager and revised by John Whitehead. The text for this edition was

electronically scanned from the Foundation’s Standard Edition.

This process has allowed the book to be completely redesigned and

set in a new and more readable typeface. Certain stylistic changes

have also been introduced. These include modernized spelling and

punctuation as well as substituting new words for terms whose

meanings have become obscure or have changed since the

nineteenth century. Arabic numerals have replaced roman numerals

in Bible passages, and certain capitalized words including pronouns

referring to God have been lowercased to reflect contemporary

usage.

All these changes have been carefully made in order to make the

book easier to read and use while preserving the dignity and power

of the original Latin. On the whole, however, the Ager/Whitehead

translation has not been materially altered.

Volume 2 of Apocalypse Explained continues Swedenborg’s verse-

by-verse exposition, or commentary, of the biblical text of the

Apocalypse, commonly known as Revelation or the Revelation of

John. This volume covers chapters 5 and 6. As was the custom in

his day, Swedenborg referred to the Psalms as the book of David,

and to the Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and

Deuteronomy) as the books of Moses.

As with previous printings, the bold numerals in brackets, [ 2 ],

[ 3 ], etc., indicate divisions of Swedenborg’s longer numbered

sections that were added for the convenience of the reader by J. F.

Potts in his six-volume Swedenborg Concordance (London:

Swedenborg Society, 1888–1902). The numbers in parentheses (6),

(7), etc., are divisions of the exposition by the author. Italicized

letters following a number (518 a, 518 b ) are subdivisions added by

the Latin editor, S. H. Worcester.

The critical notes were originally compiled by Worcester when he

edited the Latin text for a Latin-English edition of Apocalypse

APOCALYPSE EXPLAINED

652

Explained published by the Swedenborg Foundation between 1889

and 1897. These notes were used sparingly by Whitehead in this

English edition, principally in cases where some difference in

meaning is involved. All the notes, referenced by superscripts in the

text, will be found at the end of the volume.

William Ross Woofenden

Sharon, Massachusetts

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