Jesus the Christ

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.

924

Luke 12:1-12.

925

Page 359.

926

Page 404.

927

Luke 12:14-21.

928

Compare the fate that overtook Nebuchadnezzar, while the words of boastful pride were yet in his mouth (Dan. 4:24-33); and that of Belshazzar, before whose eyes appeared the hand of destiny in the midst of his riotous feast; in that night was the king's soul required of him. (Dan. 5.)

929

Eccles. 2:18, 19; compare succeeding verses; see also Psa. 39:6: 49:6-20; Job 27: 16, 17.

930

Luke 12:22-31; compare Matt. 6:25-34.

931

Compare Matt. 6:20.

932

Luke 12:35-48.

933

Luke 12:49-57; compare Matt. 10:34-37.

934

Luke 13:1-5.

935

Josephus, Wars ii, 9:4; also page 352 herein.

936

Compare John 9:2, 3; also page 413 herein.

937

Job 4:7; 8:2-14, 20; 22:5.

938

Luke 13:6-9.

939

Luke 3:9.

940

Luke 13:11-17.

941

Colos. 4:14.

942

Luke 13:19-21; see pages 290, 291 herein.

943

Luke 13:23-30. Note 3, end of chapter.

944

Compare Matt. 7:13.

945

Compare Matt. 7:23; 8:11, 12; 19:30; Mark 10:31.

946

Luke 13:31-33.

947

In the revised version the last clause reads "for Herod would fain kill thee."

948

Paul the apostle had been a Pharisee of the most pronounced type. (Acts 23:6; 26:5.)

949

Luke 13:34, 35: compare Matt. 23:37-39.

950

Luke 14:1-24.

951

The question is identical with that asked of Jesus in the synagog at Capernaum preliminary to the healing of the man with the withered hand (Matt. 12:10).

952

Exo. 23:5; Deut. 22:4; Luke 13:15.

953

Compare Matt. 23:12; Luke 1:52; 18:14; James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5.

954

Compare Matt. 8:11; Rev. 19:9. The expression "eat bread" is a Hebraism, signifying eating in full as at a feast rather than partaking of bread only.

955

Luke 14:16-24. Compare the parable relating to the marriage of the king's son (Matt. 22:2-10); study points of resemblance and difference between the two and the distinctive lessons of each. See page 536.

956

Luke 14:25-35.

957

Matt. 8:19, 20; compare Luke 9:57, 58; page 305 herein.

958

Compare the requirement under the Mosaic administration, Deut. 13:6-11; and note the application of the principle to the apostles, Matt. 10:37-39.

959

Compare Matt. 5:13; Mark 9:50

960

Luke 15.

961

Matt. 9:10-13; Mark 2:15-17; Luke 5:29-32. See page 193 herein.

962

Matt. 18:12-14. See page 389 herein.

963

That the lost piece of silver was a coin, and not a piece of unstamped bullion nor an ornament, is apparent from the original, "drachma," a silver coin. See page 384 herein.

964

Luke 15:11-32.

965

Compare Doc. and Cov. 1:31; B. of M., Alma 45:16.

966

Compare Matt. 18:14; P. of G.P., Moses 1:39.

967

Luke 16:1-8.

968

Note 1, end of chapter.

969

Luke 16:9-13.

970

Note 2, end of chapter.

971

Luke 16:14-31.

972

Note 2, end of chapter.

973

Revised version, Luke 16:16: "The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and every man entereth violently into it."

974

Compare Matt. 5:18; see page 233 herein.

975

Luke 16:19-31.

976

Note 3, end of chapter.

977

Compare B. of M., Alma 40:11-14; see "Articles of Faith," xxi, Note 5. "The Intermediate State of the Soul."

978

Rev. 14:13.

979

Luke 17:1-10.

980

Compare Matt. 17:20; 21:21; Mark 9:23; 11:23; see page 381 herein.

981

Compare Job 22:3; 35:7.

982

Luke 17:11-19. Many writers treat this occurrence as having immediately followed the repulse of Jesus and the apostles in a certain Samaritan village (Luke 9:52-56). We give it place in the order followed by Luke, the sole recorder of the two incidents.

983

Compare Lev. 13:2; 14:2; see also page 189 herein.

984

Compare case of Naaman the Syrian, 2 Kings 5:14.

985

Luke 18:9-14. Luke's narrative, the order of which we have followed in the events succeeding Christ's departure from Jerusalem after the Feast of Tabernacles, includes our Lord's reply to the Pharisee's question as to "when the kingdom of God should come," and additions thereto (17:20-37); these matters were afterward treated with greater fulness in a discourse near Jerusalem (Matt. 24) and will be considered in connection with that later event. The Parable of the Importunate Widow (Luke 18:1-7) has already received attention, (page 436).

986

Note to what blasphemous extreme the doctrine of supererogation, or excess of merit, was carried by the papacy in the 13th century; see "The Great Apostasy," 913-15.

987

Compare Luke 14:11.

988

Matt. 19:3-12; see also Mark 10:2-12. This subject is introduced by Matthew and Mark directly preceding that of Christ blessing little children; which latter is recorded by Luke next after the Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican. We therefore turn from Luke's record to the accounts given by the other synoptic writers.

989

Note 4, end of chapter.

990

Compare Gen. 1:27; 2:24; 5:2; Eph. 5:31.

991

Deut. 24:1-4.

992

Compare Matt. 5:32; Luke 16:18; see also 1 Cor. 7:10-13.

993

Note 5, end of chapter.

994

Compare Heb. 13:4.

995

Compare 1 Cor. 11:11.

996

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

997

Compare B. of M., 3 Nephi 17:11-25. See Note 6, end of chapter.

998

Page 386.

999

Matt. 19:16-26; Mark 10:17-27; Luke 18:18-30.

1000

Luke 10:25; page 429 herein.

1001

This is Mark's record, (10:21) which is the most detailed of the three accounts.

1002

Note 7, end of chapter.

1003

Consider the lessons of the parables of the Hidden Treasure, and the Pearl of Great Price, pages 292-4.

1004

Matt. 19:27-30; Mark 10:28-31; Luke 18:28-30.

1005

Matt. 20:1-16. The parable is the outgrowth of the events immediately preceding it. Matt. 19:27-30 should be read as part of the narrative continued in chap. 20. The existing division into chapters is unfortunate.

1006

Deut. 24:15.

1007

The concluding clause, "for many be called but few chosen," is omitted from the revised version. Note 8, end of chapter.

1008