Jesus the Christ

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

Page 416.

1009

John 10:22-39.

1010

Also rendered Kislev, Chisleu, and Cisleu. See Zech. 7:1.

1011

Josephus, Antiquities, xii, 5:3-5. See Ezra 6:17, 18; also Note 1, end of chapter.

1012

Note 2, end of chapter.

1013

John 8:58; and 10:11; see also pages 411 and 416 herein.

1014

Revised version gives "I and the Father." See Note 3, end of chapter.

1015

John 8:59. Page 412.

1016

Concerning blasphemy see pages 191 and 269, also page 629.

1017

Psa. 82, particularly verses 1 and 6. Note 8, end of chapter.

1018

A better rendering of the last verse is: "But if I do them [i.e. the Father's works], though ye believe not me, believe the works; that ye may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."—(Revised version.)

1019

John 10:40-42.

1020

Pages 121-124.

1021

Note 4, end of chapter.

1022

John 11:1-46.

1023

Compare Matt. 9:24; Mark 5:39; Luke 8:52; Job 14:12; 1 Thess. 4:14.

1024

Note 5, end of chapter.

1025

John 9; see page 412 herein.

1026

Note 6, end of chapter.

1027

Note 5, end of chapter.

1028

John 6:12; Matt. 15:37; see pages 334 and 358 herein.

1029

Matt. 9:23-25; Luke 7:11-17; pages 251 and 313 herein.

1030

John 9:3.

1031

John 12:9-11, 17.

1032

John 11:46-54.

1033

Luke 16:31; page 466 herein.

1034

John 12:10.

1035

Note 7, end of chapter.

1036

John 11:57.

1037

John 11:54.

1038

2 Chron. 13:19; Josh. 15:9.

1039

Matt. 20:17-19; Mark 10:32-34; Luke 18:31-34.

1040

The earlier predictions were: (1) that spoken shortly before the Transfiguration (Matt. 16:21; Mark 8:31), and (2) that which followed, in Galilee, (Matt. 17:22, 23; Mark 9:31; compare Luke 9:44).

1041

Matt. 20:20-28; Mark 10:35-45.

1042

Note 1, end of chapter.

1043

For earlier lessons on the greatness of humility see pages 386 and 471; for the significance of the title, Son of Man, see pages 142-144.

1044

Matt. 20:30-34; Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:35-43.

1045

See account of the two demoniacs, Matt. 8:28, compare Mark 5:1, Luke 8:27. See also page 310 herein.

1046

Compare Matt. 9:27; 15:22; page 85 herein.

1047

Luke 19:1-10.

1048

Note 2, end of chapter.

1049

Exo. 22:1-9.

1050

Compare pages 389 and 454 to 461.

1051

Luke 19:11-27.

1052

Note 3, end of chapter.

1053

Compare Mark 13:34.

1054

Note 4, end of chapter.

1055

Comparison of similarities and differences between this parable and that of the Talents (Matt. 25:14-30) will be made in chapter 32, pages 580-584.

1056

John 12:1-8; Matt. 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9.

1057

See Exo. 12:1-10; also page 112 herein.

1058

Note 5, end of chapter.

1059

Note 6, end of chapter.

1060

Luke 10:40-42; page 432 herein.

1061

The better rendering is "cruse" or "flask" instead of "box." See revised version.

1062

This occurrence must not be confused with that of an earlier anointing of Jesus by a penitent sinner in the house of Simon the Pharisee (Luke 7:36-50) in Galilee. See page 262 herein.

1063

Note 7, end of chapter.

1064

Three hundred pence or Roman denarii would be approximately equal in value to forty-five dollars.

1065

Matt. 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-44; John 12:12-19.

1066

Note 8, end of chapter.

1067

Compare Hab. 2:11.

1068

The Sunday before Easter is annually celebrated by many Christian sects as Palm Sunday, in commemoration of our Lord's triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

1069

Zech. 9:9.

1070

John 12:20-26.

1071

See "House of the Lord," pages 56, 57.

1072

John records this event in immediate sequence to the Lord's triumphal entry, though without any specific indication of the time of its occurrence.

1073

Compare 1 Cor. 15:36.

1074

John 12:27-36.

1075

Compare John 14:30; 16:11.

1076

See e.g. Isa. 9:7; Dan. 7:14, 27; Ezek. 37:25.

1077

Compare John 1:9; 3:19; 8:12; 9:5; 12:46; see page 407.

1078

Acts 1:3.

1079

Mark 11:11. Note 9, end of chapter.

1080

Matt. 21:18-22; Mark 11:12-14, 20-26.

1081

Note 1, end of chapter.

1082

Page 240.

1083

"Bethphage," the name of a village close to Bethany, and therefore near to the Mount of Olives, means "house of figs." See mention, Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29. "Bethany" signifies "house of dates." For "house" in the literal translation we may read "place."

1084

Luke 13:6-9; page 443 herein.

1085

Matt. 21:12, 13: Mark 11:15-17; Luke 19:45, 46.

1086

John 2:14-17; pages 153-158 herein.

1087

Matt. 21:16; compare Psalm 8:2; see also Matt. 11:25; 1 Cor. 1:27.

1088

Matt. 21:23-27; Mark 11:27-33; Luke 20:1-8.

1089

John 2:18-21; page 156 herein.

1090

Matt. 21:28-32.

1091

Note 2, end of chapter.

1092

Luke 3:12; compare 7:29; see page 123 herein.

1093

Matt. 3:7.

1094

Matt. 21:33-41; compare Mark 12:1-9; Luke 20:9-16.

1095

Note 3, end of chapter.

1096

Compare Luke 11:47, 48; Matt. 23:29-33.

1097

Matt. 21:42-44; see also Mark 12:10, 11; Luke 20:17, 18; compare Psalm 118:22; Isa. 28:16; Acts 4:11; Eph. 2:20; 1 Peter 2:6, 7.

1098

Compare Dan. 2:44, 45; Isa. 60:12.

1099

Matt. 22:1-10.

1100

Note 4, end of chapter.

1101

Compare Matt. 25:10; 2 Cor. 11:2; Eph. 5:32; Rev. 19:7; 21:2, 9.

1102

Luke 14:16-24; page 450 herein.

1103

Compare page 416.

1104

Note 5, end of chapter.

1105

Matt. 22:14; compare 20:16; see page 481. Note 6, end of chapter.

1106

Matt. 22:15-22; Mark 12:13-17; Luke 20:19-26.

1107

Page 68.

1108

Mark 3:6; 8:15.

1109

Note 1, end of chapter.

1110

Note 2, end of chapter.

1111

Pages 12, 13.

1112

Luke 23:2. Page 633.

1113

Matt. 22:23-33; Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-38.

1114

Pages 65, 72.

1115

Deut. 25:5.

1116

Note 3, end of chapter.

1117

Gen. 28:13; Exo. 3:6, 15.

1118

Matt. 22:34-40; Mark 12:28-34.

1119

Deut. 6:4, 5.

1120

Note 5, page 565.

1121

Compare page 245.

1122

Note 4, end of chapter.

1123

Matt. 22:41-46; Mark 12:35-37; Luke 20:41-44.

1124

Psalm 110.

1125

Psalm 110:4; compare Heb. 5:6; 6:20; 7:17, 21.

1126

Chapter 6.

1127

Chapters 4 and 5.

1128

Matt. 23; Mark 12:38-40; Luke 20:45-47; compare Luke 11:39-52.

1129

Note 5, end of chapter.

1130

Pages 63, 71.

1131

Note 6, end of chapter.

1132

Mark 12:37.

1133

John 7:49; compare 9:34.

1134

Note 7, end of chapter.

1135

Note 8, end of chapter.

1136

Page 352.

1137

Matt. 5:33-37; page 235 herein.

1138

Lev. 27:30; Numb. 18:21; Deut. 12:6; 14:22-28. See also the author's "The Law of the Tithe"; 20 pp., 1914.

1139

The revised version, generally admitted the more nearly correct, reads "strain out the gnat" instead of "strain at a gnat."

1140

Compare Luke 11:39, 40; Mark 7:4; page 437 herein.

1141

Luke 11:44.

1142

Note 9, end of chapter.

1143

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

1144

Mark 12:41-44; Luke 21:1-4.

1145

2 Cor. 8:12.

1146

John 12:42; compare 7:13; 9:22.

1147

John 12:43; compare 5:44.

1148

John 12:44-50.

1149

Matt. 24:1, 2; Mark 13:1, 2; Luke 21:5, 6. Note 10, end of chapter.

1150

Matt. 24:3-51; Mark 13:3-37: Luke 21:5-35. Compare P. of G.P., Joseph Smith, 1.

1151

Mark 13:11; compare Matt. 10:19, 20; Luke 12:11, 12; 21:14, 15.

1152

Luke 21:19; compare Doc. and Cov. 101:38.

1153

Dan. 9:27.

1154

Note 1, end of chapter.

1155

Note 2, end of chapter.

1156

Matt. 24:27; compare Luke 17:22-24.

1157

The "body," as that of the Church, is rendered "carcase" in both authorized and revised versions. For the application of the figure—of eagles gathering about a carcase—to the assembling of scattered Israel, see P. of G.P., Joseph Smith, 1:27, where we read: "so likewise shall mine elect be gathered from the four quarters of the earth." Among Bible scholars, a favorite interpretation of the passage, "For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together," is that Christ was likening unto eagles (revised version "vultures") the angels that shall come with Him to execute judgment upon mankind, and unto a carcase the corruption of sin. See Matt. 24:28; compare Luke 17:37.

1158

Matt. 24:35; compare 5:18; Mark 13:31; Luke 21:33; compare 16:17; see also Heb. 1:10, 11; 2 Peter 3:7-10; Rev. 21:1. Note 5, end of chapter.

1159

This is Mark's version; in the parallel passage Matt. 24:36, the words "neither the Son" are not found in the King James text, but do appear in the revised version. See Note 3, end of chapter.

1160

Page 441.

1161

Matt. 24:45-51; Mark 13:34-37; Luke 21:34-36, compare 12:35-48.

1162

Matt. 25:1-13.

1163

Compare Rev. 21:2, 9; 22:17; see also Matt. 9:15; John 3:29.

1164

See Parable of the Sower, Matt. 13:5, 6, 20, 21; page 282 herein.

1165

Note 4, end of chapter.

1166

Compare John 10:14.

1167

Doc. and Cov. 45:56-59; see also 63:53, 54.

1168

Matt. 25:14-30.

1169

Luke 19:12-27; see also page 508 herein.

1170

Margin, revised version.

1171

1 Cor. 12:4; study the entire chapter.

1172

Luke 12:48.

1173

Luke 19:22; compare Matt. 12:37.

1174

Matt. 25:31-46.

1175

Matt. 13:24-30; page 286 herein.

1176

Page 286.

1177

The revised version reads "another country" instead of "a far country," in Matt. 25:14.

1178

Matt. 26:2.

1179

Matt. 26:3-5; see also Mark 14:1; Luke 22:1, 2.

1180

Revised version of Matt. 26:5 reads: "Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult among the people."

1181

John 7:30, 44, 45-53; 11:47-57.

1182

Matt. 26:14-16; Mark 14:10, 11; Luke 22:3-6.