to him things that he knows not, for there is nothing he does not know. but their good lies in consulting the truth about their own works. and this it is which is meant by saying that they bring him word of some things, not that he may learn of them, but they of him by his word without bodily sound. they bring him word, too, of that which he wills, being sent by him to whomever he wills, and hearing all from him by that word of his, i.e. finding in his truth what themselves are to do: what, to whom, and when, they are to bring word. for 