Jesus the Christ

Matt. 13:44.

636

Compare Matt. 6:19, 20.

637

Note 8, end of chapter.

638

Matt. 13:45, 48.

639

1 Tim. 6:20.

640

Matt. 13:47-50.

641

Matt. 4:19; Mark 1:17; Luke 5:10.

642

John 5:29; see also B. of M., Alma 40:11-14; and the author, "Articles of Faith," xxi:24-39.

643

See chapter 42.

644

Matt. 13:51, 52.

645

Note 9, end of chapter.

646

Matt. 13:10-17; compare Mark 4:10-13; Luke 8:9, 10.

647

Matt. 13:12; compare 25:29; Mark 4:25; Luke 8:18; 19:26.

648

Isa. 6:9; see also 42:20; 43:8; Ezek. 12:2; John 12:40; Acts 28:26, 27.

649

See the author's "Articles of Faith," iii:12, 13; B. of M., 2 Nephi 9:25-27; Rom. 2:12; Doc. and Cov. 45:54; 76:72.

650

Matt. 13:9, 43; see also 11:15; Mark 4:9.

651

Mark 4:24, 25.

652

Read again Matt. 7:24-27; Luke 6:46-49.

653

Note 10, end of chapter.

654

Note 11, end of chapter.

655

2 Sam. 12:1-7, 13.

656

Isa. 5:1-7.

657

Mark 4:35.

658

"Articles of Faith," x:1-20—"Men called of God."

659

Page 87.

660

Luke 9:57-62; see also Matt. 8:19-22.

661

Matt 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25.

662

Note 1, end of chapter.

663

Gen. 1:28; P. of G.P., Moses 2:26; 5:1.

664

Gen. 3:17-19.

665

Note 2, end of chapter.

666

Matt. 8:28-34; Mark 5:1-19; Luke 8:26-39.

667

Note 3, end of chapter.

668

Compare Rev. 20:3.

669

Revised version, "abyss" instead of "deep."

670

Note 4, end of chapter.

671

Mark 1:24; Luke 4:34, also verse 41; see page 181 herein.

672

Mark 3:7-11; compare Luke 6:17-19. See page 187.

673

Mark 5:22-24, 35-43; Luke 8:41, 42, 49-56; Matt. 9:18, 19, 23-26.

674

John 11:45; compare 8:30; 10:42.

675

Note 5, end of chapter.

676

Note 6, end of chapter.

677

Note 7, end of chapter.

678

Mark 5:19-20; Luke 8:39. Page 312.

679

Page 251.

680

1 Cor. 15:20, 23; see also Acts 26:23; Col. 1:18; Rev. 1:5; and "Articles of Faith," xxi:24-27.

681

1 Kings 17:17-24; 2 Kings 4:31-37.

682

Mark 5:25-34; Matt. 9:20-22; Luke 8:43-48.

683

"Articles of Faith," v:11-13.

684

Mark 6:5, 6; compare Matt. 13:58.

685

Doc. and Cov. 46:19; compare Matt. 8:10; 9:28, 29. Acts 14:9.

686

Note 8, end of chapter.

687

Matt. 8:3; Luke 4:40; 13:13; John 9:6; compare Mark 6:5; 7:33; 8:23.

688

Matt. 9:27-35.

689

Matt. 15:22; 20:30, 31; Mark 10:47, 48; Luke 18:38, 39.

690

Note 9, end of chapter.

691

Matt. 20:30-34; John 9:6; Mark 8:23.

692

Mark 7:32-37.

693

Matt. 9:32, 33. Note 10, end of chapter.

694

Matt. 13:53-58; Mark 6:1-6.

695

Luke 4:28-30. See pages 179-181.

696

Pages 254, 274.

697

Note 2, page 273.

698

Note 1, end of chapter.

699

Matt. 10:5-42; Mark 6:7-13; Luke 9:1-5.

700

Mark 3:14.

701

Matt. 10:5-42; Mark 6:7-13; Luke 9:1-6.

702

Note 2, end of chapter.

703

Matt. 28:19; Mark 16:15. Page 695 herein.

704

Note 3, end of chapter.

705

Matt. 10:18-20; compare Mark 13:9; Luke 12:10-12.

706

Mark 6:7.

707

John 5; pages 206, 216.

708

Matt. 11:2-19; Luke 7:18-34; see page 252.

709

Page 259.

710

Mark 6:12, 13; Luke 9:10. Note similar testimony of the Seventy, who were sent out at a later time, and who returned rejoicing in the power that had been manifest in their ministry; Luke 10:17.

711

Note 4, end of chapter.

712

John 6:5-14; compare Matt. 14:15-21; Mark 6:35-44; Luke 9:12-17.

713

John 6:4; Matt. 14:19; Mark 6:39.

714

Note 5, end of chapter.

715

Matt. 14:22-33; compare Mark 6:45-52; John 6:15-21.

716

Page 321.

717

Note 6, end of chapter.

718

That is to say, "since" or "inasmuch".

719

Compare Peter's impetuous leap into the sea to reach the resurrected Lord on the shore, John 21:7.

720

Mark 6:52.

721

Note that this is the first occurrence of this title in the Synoptic Gospels, as applied to Jesus by mortals; compare an earlier instance of its application by Nathanael, John 1:49.

722

"Articles of Faith," v:11-13—"Faith a Principle of Power."

723

Josephus, Wars. iii, 10:7, 8.

724

Mark 6:53-56; compare Matt. 14:34-36. Note 7, end of chapter.

725

John 6:22-27.

726

Note 8, end of chapter.

727

John 6:32-59.

728

John 4:13-15; page 174 herein.

729

Isa. 54:13; Jer. 31:34; Micah 4:2; compare Heb. 8:10; 10:16.

730

Note 9, end of chapter.

731

Note 10, end of chapter.

732

Matt. 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:19, 20. Page 596.

733

John 6:59-71.

734

Luke 3:16, 17; Matt. 3:11, 12.

735

Compare this confession (John 6:68, 69) with Peter's later testimony (Matt. 16:16). Note 11, end of chapter.

736

John 6:4. Note 1, end of chapter.

737

Mark 12:37.

738

Matt. 15:1-9; Mark 7:1-13.

739

As the Oxford marginal note shows "beds" is a more literal rendering than "tables", the couches upon which the eaters reclined at table being meant. See page 261.

740

Note 2, end of chapter.

741

Mark 7:6, 7; see also Matt. 15:7-9; Isa. 29:13; compare the words of the resurrected Christ to the prophet Joseph Smith, in the present dispensation, P. of G.P., Joseph Smith, 2:19.

742

Exo. 20:12; Deut. 5:16; Exo. 21:17; Lev. 20:9.

743

Note 3, end of chapter.

744

Matt. 15:10-20; compare Mark 7:14-23.

745

Matt. 11:6; Luke 7:23; pages 255 and 274 herein.

746

Matt. 15:21-28; Mark 7:21-30.

747

Mark 3:8; Luke 6:17.

748

See marginal reading in Oxford and Bagster Bibles; see also Note 2, page 345.

749

Matt. 10:5, 6; see also page 328 herein.

750

Deut. 23:18; 1 Sam. 17:43; 24:14; 2 Sam. 3:8; 16:9; Job 30:1; Matt. 7:6; Philip 3:2; Rev. 22:15.

751

Note 4, end of chapter.

752

Luke 18:1-8. Page 436.

753

Matt. 28:19; Mark 16:15.

754

Acts 3:25, 26; 13:46-48; Rom. 15:8.

755

Mark 7:31-37; compare Matt. 15:29-31.

756

Note 5, end of chapter.

757

Matt. 15:32-39; Mark 8:1-9.

758

Matt. 15:29; 16:1-5; Mark 8:10-13.

759

John 2:18; 6:30; Matt. 12:38.

760

Matt. 4:6, 7; Luke 4:9-12.

761

Matt. 16:2-4; compare 12:38-41; pages 155-157 herein.

762

Matt. 16:6-12; Mark 8:14-21; compare Luke 12:1.

763

Page 68.

764

Matt. 16:13-20; Mark 8:27-30; Luke 9:18-21. Note 10, end of chapter.

765

Note 6, end of chapter.

766

Note 7, end of chapter.

767

Compare Matt. 7:24, 25.

768

John 6:46; compare verses 37, 39, 40.

769

See Isa. 22:22; Luke 11:52; Rev. 1:18; 3:7; compare Doc. and Cov. 6:28; 7:7; 27:5, 6, 9; 28:7; 42:69; 84:26; etc.

770

Acts 1:15-26; 2:14-40; chap. 10, compare with 15:7.

771

Matt. 16:22, 23; Mark 8:32, 33.

772

Luke 4:8.

773

Note 8, end of chapter.

774

Note 9, end of chapter.

775

Note 1, end of chapter.

776

Note 2, end of chapter.

777

Note 3, end of chapter.

778

Matt. 17:1-8; Mark 9:2-8; Luke 9:28-36.

779

Page 38.

780

Mark 8:31. Note 6, end of chapter.

781

Mark 9:10.

782

2 Peter 1:16-18.

783

John 1:14.

784

Matt. 4:11; Mark 1:13.

785

Luke 22:43; compare John 12:27-28.

786

2 Kings 2:11.

787

Matt. 17:10-13; Mark 9:11-13.

788

Luke 1:17; pages 77 and 257 herein.

789

Matt. 11:14.

790

Edersheim, "Life and Times of Jesus," vol. ii, p. 79.

791

Note 4, end of chapter.

792

Mal. 4:5, 6; see page 149 herein.

793

Note 5, end of chapter.

794

Doc. and Cov. 110:13-16. See chapter 41, herein.

795

Compare 2 Peter 1:18.

796

Luke 9:37.

797

Matt. 17:14-21; Mark 9:14-29; Luke 9:37-42.

798

Note 1, end of chapter.

799

Compare Matt. 12:40-45.

800

Mark 6:12, 13; compare verse 7; also 3:15; Matt. 10:1.

801

Note 2, end of chapter.

802

Matt. 14:31; 16:8; Luke 8:25.

803

Matt. 17:20; compare 21:21; Mark 11:23; Luke 17:6; see also Note 3, end of chapter.

804

Compare Parable of the Mustard Seed, page 290.

805

Matt. 17:22-23; Mark 9:30-32; Luke 9:44, 45.

806

Matt. 17:24-27.

807

Note 4, end of chapter.

808

Exo. 30:13; 38:26. Page 171.

809

See reading in revised version, and in margin of Oxford and Bagster Bibles.

810

John 20:17.

811

Matt. 18:1-11; Mark 9:33-37, 42; Luke 9:46-48.

812

Matt. 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17.

813

Compare Luke 22:32.

814

1 Cor. 14:20; compare 13:11; Matt. 11:25; Psa. 131:2.

815

Page 234.

816

Mark 9:49, 50; compare Lev. 2:13; Ezek. 43:24.

817

Mark 9:43-50; compare Matt. 18:8, 9. Page 232 herein.

818

Matt. 18:12-14; compare Luke 15:3-7 in which occurs a repetition of this impressive parable, as given on a later occasion to Pharisees and scribes at Jerusalem with a somewhat different application.

819

Luke 15:1-7. See further page 451 herein.

820

Luke 9:48-50; Mark 9:37-41.

821

Contrast the instance of the sons of Sceva, Acts 19:13-17.

822

Compare Luke 9:52; 10:1.

823

Matt. 12:30; Luke 11:23.

824

Matt. 18:15-20; compare Luke 17:3, 4.

825

Compare Doc. and Cov. 20:80; 42:88-93; 98:39-48.

826

Matt. 18:18; compare 16:19, and John 20:23.

827

They based this limitation on Amos 1:3 and Job 33:29. In the latter passage, as it appears in the authorized version, the word "oftentimes" is an erroneous rendering of the original, which really signified "twice and thrice."

828

Compare Luke 17:3, 4.

829

Matt. 18:23-35.

830

Compare 2 Kings 4:1; Lev. 25:39.

831

Note 5, end of chapter.

832

Matt. 7:1; see also verse 6.

833

Matt. 6:12; compare Luke 11:4; B. of M., 3 Nephi 13:11; page 240.

834

John 7:1-10.

835

Page 343.

836

John 7:5; compare Mark 3:21 in which "friends" is an inaccurate rendition for "kinsmen".

837

Compare Christ's answer to His mother, John 2:4; see also 7:30; 8:20.

838

John 7:11-53.

839

Note 1, end of chapter.

840

Note 2, end of chapter.

841

John 5; see pages 206-208 herein.

842

Page 69.

843

Note 3, end of chapter.

844

This was regarded as a literal fulfilment of Isa. 12:3.

845

John 7:37, 38; compare with the assurance respecting "living water" given to the Samaritan woman, 4:10-15.

846

John 7:39; compare 14:16, 17, 26; 15:26; 16:7; Luke 24:49; Acts 2:4.

847

Note 4, end of chapter.

848

John 3; page 158 herein.

849

According to many excellent authorities, Jonah, Nahum, and Hosea were all of Galilee; and it is further believed that Elijah also was of Galilean nativity.

850

John 8:1-11.

851

Deut. 22:22-27.

852

Matt. 5:21-48.

853

Deut. 17:6, 7; also 13:9.

854

Compare Rom. 2:1, 22; Matt. 7:1, 2; Luke 6:37; 2 Sam. 12:5-7.

855

John 8:10, 11; compare 5:11. Consider another instance of mercy granted through contrition Luke 7:36-50.

856

Note 5, end of chapter.

857

John 8:12-20.

858

Note 6, end of chapter.

859

John 8:12; compare 1:4, 5, 9; 3:19; 9:5; 12:35, 36, 46. See also Doc. and Cov. 6:21; 10:58, 70; 11:11; 14:9; 84:45, 46; 88:6-13.

860

Deut. 17:6; 19:15; Numb. 35:30; Matt. 18:16.

861

John 8:21-59.

862

Compare P. of G.P., Moses 4:4; 5:24; B. of M., 2 Nephi 2:18; Doc. and Cov. 10:25; 93:25.

863

Pages 174, 183.

864

Exo. 3:14; compare 6:3.

865

Compare Isa. 44:6; Rev. 1:4, 8; see also John 17:5, 24; Col. 1:17. Page 36 herein.

866

Page 13.

867

John 9.

868

Whether this incident occurred in immediate sequence to the events last considered, or at a later time after the return of Jesus to Jerusalem following an unrecorded departure therefrom, is not stated in the scriptural record. The value of the lesson is not affected by its place in the catalog of our Lord's works.

869

Exo. 20:5; 34:7; Lev. 26:39; Numb. 14:18; 1 Kings 21:29; compare Ezek. chap. 18.

870

Pages 192 and 208.

871

Note 3, end of chapter.

872

That is, "heed" or "believe".

873

John 10:1-21.

874

Note the promise of a Shepherd to Israel, Isa. 40:11; 49:9, 10; Ezek. 34:23; 37:24; compare Jer. 3:15; 23:4; Heb, 13:20; 1 Peter 2:25; 5:4; Rev. 7:17. Read studiously Psalm 23.

875

Note 7, end of chapter.

876

Matt. 7:15; compare 24:4, 5, 11, 24; Mark 13:22; Rom. 16:17, 18; Eph. 5:6; Col. 2:8; 2 Peter 2:1-3; 1 John 4:1; Acts 20:29.

877

Pages 22 and 81.

878

John 10:16; compare as to "one fold and one shepherd," Ezek. 37:22; Isa. 11:13; Jer. 3:18; 50:4. See "Articles of Faith," xviii,—"The Gathering of Israel."

879

B. of M., 3 Nephi 15:21; read verses 12-24; see chapter 39 herein.

880

3 Nephi 16:1-5.

881

John 10:22.

882

Note 1, end of chapter.

883

Luke 9:51.

884

John 10:40; 11:54.

885

Luke 9:51-56.

886

John 4:4-42; page 176 herein.

887

Luke 9:54; compare 2 Kings 1:10, 12.

888

Matt. 10:23.

889

Luke 9:57-62; see pages 305-307 herein.

890

Luke 10:1-12.

891

Compare Matt. 9:37, 38; see also John 4:35.

892

Edersheim (vol. ii, p. 138) says: "The expression 'if the son of peace be there' is a Hebraism, equivalent to 'if the house be worthy' (compare Matt. 10:13) and refers to the character of the head of the house and the tone of the household."

893

Compare Matt. 10:14; page 329 herein.

894

Compare the charge given the Seventy with that of the Twelve, Matt. 10:5-42; Mark 6:7-11; Luke 9:1-5; see page 328 herein.

895

Matt. 10:5, 6; 15:24.

896

Matt. 28:19; Mark 16:15.

897

Doc. and Cov. 107:25; 124:137-140; see also "Articles of Faith," xi:20, 28. The special office of the Seventy has been reestablished in the restored Church; and in this, the last dispensation, many quorums of Seventy are maintained for the work of the ministry. The office of the Seventy is one belonging to the Higher or Melchizedek Priesthood.

898

Luke 10:13-15; compare Matt. 11:20-24; see page 258 herein.

899

Luke 10:17.

900

Rev. 9:1; 12:8, 9; see pages 6 and 7 herein.

901

Luke 10:19; read verses 20-24.

902

Compare Mark 16:18; Acts 28:5.

903

Rev. 12:9; 20:2; compare Gen. 3:1-4, 14, 15.

904

Compare Rev. 13:8; 20:12; 21:27.

905

Compare Mark 12:13; see also Luke 11:53, 54.

906

Luke 10:25-37.

907

Compare Gen. 22:1.

908

Compare Matt. 19:16; Mark 10:17; Luke 18:18.

909

Luke 10:27; compare Deut. 6:5, and Lev. 19:18; see also Matt. 22:35-40.

910

Luke 10:30-37.

911

Matt. 18:21, 22; compare Luke 17:4; page 392 herein.

912

Deut. 22:4; compare. Exo. 23:5.

913

Luke 10:38-42. Note 2, end of chapter.

914

John 11:5.

915

Compare John 12:2, 3.

916

Luke 11:1-13.

917

Pages 238-241.

918

Luke 18:2-5; read verses 1, and 6-8. See also Doc. and Cov. 101:81-94.

919

Luke 18:1; compare 21:36; Rom. 12:12; Eph. 6:18; Col. 4:2; 1 Thess. 5:17.

920

Luke 11:37-54.

921

Luke 11:14-28; see page 265 herein.

922

Luke 11:29-36; see page 270 herein.

923

Matt. 23; see chapter 31 herein.