Jesus the Christ

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.

1183

Matt. 26:15. The revised version reads: "And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver." Compare Zech. 11:12.

1184

Exo. 21:32; Zech. 11:12, 13.

1185

Matt. 27:3-10.

1186

Matt. 26:17.

1187

Note 1, end of chapter.

1188

Matt. 26:17-19; Mark 14:12-16; Luke 22:7-13.

1189

It should be remembered that the Jews counted their days as beginning at sunset, not, as with us, at midnight.

1190

Note 2, end of chapter.

1191

Luke 22:24-30.

1192

Luke 14:7-11; see page 449 herein.

1193

Luke 22:28; see page 133 herein.

1194

John 13:1-20.

1195

Note 3, end of chapter.

1196

The Lord's expression "neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him" (John 13:16) is more correctly rendered "neither the apostle than he that sent him" (revised version, margin); see pages 228, 229 herein.

1197

Matt. 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:19, 20.

1198

In the revised version we read "covenant" instead of "testament" in Matt. 26:28, and in parallel passages.

1199

1 Cor. 11:23-34.

1200

B. of M., 3 Nephi 18:6-11; Doc. and Cov. 20:75; see also the "Articles of Faith," ix.

1201

See "The Great Apostasy" 8:15-19.

1202

John 13:18-30.

1203

Compare Psalm 41:9.

1204

John 13:31-34.

1205

Lev. 19:18.

1206

So reads the revised version of Luke 22:32.

1207

Isa. 53:12; compare Mark 15:28.

1208

Read John 13:36-38; Luke 22:31-38; compare Matt. 26:31-35; Mark 14: 27-31.

1209

John, chaps. 14, 15, 16.

1210

John 14:1-4.

1211

See "The Articles of Faith," iv:28, 29; and xxii:16-27.

1212

John 14:13, 14; compare 16:24.

1213

John 14:15-20; compare verse 26; and 15:26.

1214

Matt. 10:3, and Luke 6:16; also page 224 herein.

1215

See "Articles of Faith," ii:20-24; page 127 herein.

1216

John 14:22-31.

1217

John 15:1-8.

1218

Revised version, "cleanseth it."

1219

John 15:9-17.

1220

John 15:18-27.

1221

Verse 25; compare Psalms 35:19; 69:4; 109:3.

1222

John 16:13-15; read verses 1-15.

1223

John 16:16; compare 7:33; 13:33; 14:19.

1224

John 16:17, 23, 24; read verses 17-28.

1225

Matt. 26:31; Mark 14:27; compare Zech. 13:7; see also Matt. 11:6.

1226

Matt. 26:31-35; Mark 14:29-31.

1227

Matt. 26:32; Mark 14:28; compare 16:7.

1228

John 16:33.

1229

John 17.

1230

Note 4, end of chapter.

1231

Matt. 26:36-46; Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39-46.

1232

Note 5, end of chapter.

1233

"Abba" is expressive of combined affection and honor, and signifies "Father." It is applied to the Eternal Father by Jesus in the passage above, and by Paul (Rom. 8:15; Gal. 4:6).

1234

Note 6, end of chapter.

1235

John 13:37; Matt. 20:22; Mark 10:38, 39.

1236

John 5:26, 27; and 10:17, 18; also page 418 herein.

1237

John 14:30.

1238

Page 127.

1239

Doc. and Cov. 19:16-19; compare 18:11. See also B. of M., 2 Nephi 9:5, 7, 21; Mosiah 3:7-14; 15:12; Alma 7:11-13; 11:40; 22:14; 34:8-15; 3 Nephi 11:11; 27:14, 15; and chapter 4 herein.

1240

Matt. 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:1-12.

1241

"Cohort," a term descriptive of a Roman body, and "military tribune" are more literal renderings of the Greek original than "band" and "captain" in John 18:3, 12. See revised version, margin.

1242

The Greek text of Matt. 26:49, and Mark 14:45 clearly implies that Judas "kissed him much," that is many times, or effusively. See margin of revised version.

1243

This is a more nearly correct translation than "wherefore art thou come?" in the common version. See revised version. Matt. 26:50.

1244

John 18:9; compare 17:12.

1245

See "The Great Apostasy," chaps. 4 and 5.

1246

Note 7, end of chapter.

1247

Compare Isa. 53:8.

1248

Note 8, end of chapter.

1249

John 18:13, 24.

1250

Matt. 26:57; Mark 14:53; Luke 22:54.

1251

Note 1, end of chapter.

1252

John 18:14; compare 11:49, 50.

1253

John 18:19-23.

1254

The common text of John 18:22, says that the man "struck Jesus with the palm of his hand," that is to say slapped Him; such an act added humiliating insult to violence; the marginal reading of the revised version is "with a rod." There is lack of agreement on this point in the early Mss.

1255

Note 2, end of chapter.

1256

Matt. 26:59-61; Mark 14:55-59.

1257

Matt. 26:61 and Mark 14:58.

1258

John 2:18-22; see pages 156, 157 herein.

1259

Note the accusation reported to Pilate that Jesus was guilty of "perverting the nation," Luke 23:2.

1260

Matt. 26:63-66; compare Mark 14:61-64.

1261

Pages 191, 201.

1262

Compare Mark 14:62.

1263

Matt. 26:65, 66. Revised version reads: "He is worthy of death," and gives in margin a yet more literal rendering: "liable to" death.

1264

Lev. 21:10.

1265

Josephus, Wars, ii, 15:2, 4; also 1 Maccabees 11:71.

1266

Matt. 26:67; Mark 14:65; compare Luke 18:32; see also Isa. 50:6.

1267

Matt. 26:68; Luke 22:62-65.

1268

Mark 14:64.

1269

Luke 22:66.

1270

John 18:28.

1271

Luke 22:66-71.

1272

Note 3, end of chapter.

1273

Mark 15:1; compare Matt. 27:1, 2; John 18:28.

1274

Note 4, end of chapter, gives further details of the unlawful irregularities of the Jewish trial of Jesus.

1275

Matt. 26:58, 69-75; Mark 14:54, 66-72; Luke 22:54-62; John 18:15-18, 25-27.

1276

John 18:8, 9; page 615 herein.

1277

John 1:35, 40; 13:23; 19:26; 20:2; 21:7, 20, 24.

1278

Observe that Mark, who alone states that the Lord said to Peter "before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice," (14:30) records a first crowing of the cock after Peter's first denial (v. 68) and a second crowing after the third denial (v. 72).

1279

Cæsarea Palestina, not Cæsarea Philippi.

1280

John 18:28-32.

1281

Luke 23:2.

1282

John 18:33-38; compare Matt. 27:11; Mark 15:2; Luke 23:3, 4.

1283

Luke 23:5-7.

1284

Luke 23:8-12.

1285

Pages 110, 118; see also page 106.

1286

Luke 23:12.

1287

Matt. 14:1; Mark 6:14; Luke 9:7, 9.

1288

Luke 13:31, 32; page 446 herein.

1289

Luke 23:11. Revised version reads, "arraying him in gorgeous apparel." Clarke ("Commentaries") and many other writers assume that the robe was white, that being the usual color of dress amongst the Jewish nobility.

1290

Luke 23:13-25; Matt. 27:15-31; Mark 15:6-20; John 18:39, 40; 19:1-16.

1291

Matt. 27:18; Mark 15:10.

1292

Note 5, end of chapter.

1293

Matthew says "scarlet," Mark and John say "purple."

1294

Compare Luke 18:32.

1295

"Ecce Homo."

1296

Note 6, end of chapter.

1297

Note 7, end of chapter.

1298

Matt. 27:3-10; compare Acts 1:16-20.

1299

Revised version of Matt. 27:5 reads, "And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary" instead of "in the temple," signifying that he flung the money into the Porch of the Holy House, as distinguished from the outer and public courts.

1300

Acts 1:19; Matt. 27:8. Note 8, end of chapter.

1301

Matt. 27:31-33; Mark 15:20-22; Luke 23:26-33; John: 16, 17.

1302

Note 1, end of chapter.

1303

Note 2, end of chapter.

1304

Note 3, end of chapter.

1305

Matt. 27:34-50; Mark 15:23-37; Luke 23:33-46; John 19:18-30.

1306

Isa. 53:12; compare Mark 15:28; Luke 22:37.

1307

Note 4, end of chapter.

1308

Numb. 12.