Jesus the Christ

1309

Revised version, marginal reading, "tunic."

1310

Matt. 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34; John 19:23,24; compare Psa. 22:18.

1311

Note 5, end of chapter.

1312

Pages 85 and 89.

1313

Matt. 27:42, 43. The clause "if he be the King of Israel" in verse 42 of the common text is admittedly a mistranslation; it should read "He is the King of Israel." See revised version; also Edersheim, vol. 2, p. 596; compare Mark 15:32.

1314

John 3:14; 8:28; 12:32.

1315

Matt. 4:3, 6; see pages 130, 137 herein.

1316

Luke 23:42; the revised version reads "when thou comest in thy kingdom."

1317

See chapter 36, following.

1318

John 19:25; compare Matt. 27:55, 56; Mark 15:40, 41; Luke 23:48, 49. See Note 6, end of chapter.

1319

See references last cited; and Luke 8:2, 3; also page 264 herein.

1320

Luke 2:34, 35; page 97 herein.

1321

Mark 15:25; see Note 7, end of chapter.

1322

Compare P. of G.P., Moses 7:37, 40, 48, 49, 56.

1323

John 19:28; compare Psa. 69:21.

1324

The Gospel writers leave us in some uncertainty as to which of the last two utterances from the cross.—"It is finished," and "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit," was spoken first.

1325

Doc. and Cov. 18:11; revelation given in June 1829; see also 19:16-19, and page 613 herein.

1326

See "The House of the Lord," pages 59, 60.

1327

Matt. 27:51-54; Mark 15:38, 39; Luke 23:47-49.

1328

John 19:31-37.

1329

Deut. 21:23.

1330

Exo. 12:46; Numb. 9:12; Psa. 34:20; John 19:36; 1 Cor. 5:7.

1331

John 20:27; B. of M., 3 Nephi 11:14, 15.

1332

Note 8, end of chapter.

1333

John 19:34-37; compare Psa. 22:16, 17; Zech. 12:10; Rev. 1:7.

1334

Matt. 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42.

1335

John 3:1, 2; 7:50; see pages 158 and 404 herein.

1336

See revised version, Mark 15:46.

1337

Matt. 27:62-66.

1338

Note 9, end of chapter.

1339

Chapters 2 and 3 herein.

1340

Page 659.

1341

Note 1, end of chapter.

1342

Note the distinction made by Paul 2 Cor. 12:2-4.

1343

B. of M., Alma 40:11-14.

1344

1 Peter 3:18-20; see Note 2, end of chapter.

1345

1 Peter 4:5, 6. See Note 2, end of chapter.

1346

John 5:25-29; see also page 210 herein.

1347

Isa. 24:21, 22.

1348

Isa. 42:5-7.

1349

Psalm 16:9-11.

1350

See page 124 herein; also "The Articles of Faith," vii:18-33; and "The House of the Lord," pages 63-93.

1351

1 Cor. 15:29; see also "House of the Lord," p. 92.

1352

Acts 10:42; 2 Tim. 4:1; 1 Peter 4:5.

1353

Rom. 14:9.

1354

Luke 20:36, 38; "The Articles of Faith," vii:18.

1355

Matt. 28:1-4, see also verse 11.

1356

Matt. 28:5-7; compare Mark 16:1-7; Luke 24:1-8; John 20:1-2.

1357

John 20:1-10.

1358

Revised version, "Take not hold on me" (margin).

1359

John 20:11-17.

1360

Mark 16:9.

1361

Luke 24:3-8.

1362

Matt. 28:9, 10.

1363

Luke 24:9-11; compare Mark 16:9-13.

1364

Note 1, end of chapter.

1365

Matt. 28:11-15.

1366

Matt. 27:65, 66; page 665 herein.

1367

Compare Acts 12:19.

1368

Note 2, end of chapter.

1369

Acts 6:7; compare John 12:42.

1370

Luke 24:13-32; compare Mark 16:12.

1371

Luke 24:33-48; John 20:19-23.

1372

Matt. 28:10; John 20:17.

1373

Mark 16:7.

1374

1 Cor. 15:5.

1375

The words "and of an honeycomb" (Luke 24:42) are omitted from the revised version, and by many authorities are declared to be a spurious addition to the original text.

1376

John 20:21-23.

1377

John 20:24-29; compare Mark 16:14.

1378

Rev. 1:10; compare Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2.

1379

John 21:1-23.

1380

Matt 28:10; Mark 16:7; compare Matt. 26:32, Mark 14:28.

1381

The noun of address, "Children" is equivalent to our modern use of "Sirs," "Men" or "Lads." It was quite in harmony with the vernacular.

1382

Luke 5:4-10; also page 198 herein.

1383

Matt. 26:33; Mark 14:29; compare Luke 22:33; John 13:37; p. 600 herein.

1384

Matt. 26:70, 72, 74; also page 629 herein.

1385

Peter 1:14.

1386

Doc. and Cov. Sec. 7; compare B. of M., 3 Nephi 28:1-12.

1387

Matt. 28:16-18.

1388

1 Cor. 15:6.

1389

Note 3, end of chapter.

1390

Acts 1:3.

1391

John 20:30; compare 21:25 remembering that the latter passage may have reference to occurrences both before and after the Lord's death.

1392

John 20:31.

1393

Mark 16:15-18.

1394

Matt. 10:5, 6.

1395

"Clothed with power from on high" according to revised version, Luke 24:49.

1396

Acts 1:5; see also Luke 24:49; and compare John 14:16, 17, 26; 15:26; 16:7, 13.

1397

Acts 1:7, 8; compare Matt. 24:36; Mark 13:32.

1398

Matt. 28:19, 20.

1399

Acts 1:9-11; see also Luke 24:50, 51.

1400

Acts 1:15-26.

1401

Luke 24:52,53; Acts 1:12-14.

1402

1 Cor. 15:20; Rev. 1:5; Colos. 1:18.

1403

Matt. 27:52, 53.

1404

Acts 1:16; compare Psalm 41:9; see also John 13:18.

1405

Acts 1:20. The revised version substitutes on a preponderance of authority "office" or, (marginal reading), "overseership," for the erroneous rendering "bishoprick" in the common version. Compare Psalm 109:8.

1406

Acts 6:1-6; Note 1, end of chapter.

1407

Acts 2:1-41. Note 7, end of chapter.

1408

Note 2, end of chapter.

1409

Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4, 5, 8.

1410

Acts 2:6, in a better rendering than that of the common text (see revised version) reads: "And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together."

1411

Joel 2:28, 29; compare Zech. 12:10.

1412

Note 3, end of chapter.

1413

Acts 2:44-46; 4:32-37; 6:1-4.

1414

Acts 3:6; read the entire chapter.

1415

Acts 4:1-22.

1416

Acts 4:8-12; compare Psalm 118:22; Isa. 28:16; Matt. 21:42.

1417

Acts 5:12-17.

1418

Matt. 27:25; compare 23:35; see pages 638 and 648 herein.

1419

Acts 22:3.

1420

Acts 5:33-40.

1421

Acts 6:7.

1422

Acts 6:8-15; and 7.

1423

Acts 7:1-53.

1424

Isa. 66:1, 2; see also Matt. 5:34, 35; 23:22.

1425

Acts 7:56. Note this exceptional application of the title, Son of Man, to Christ by anyone other than Himself. See page 142 herein.

1426

Acts 8:4; 11:19.

1427

Acts 6:9.

1428

Acts 22:3; compare 5:34; page 708 herein.

1429

In view of Saul's social status and recognized ability, many believe him to have been a member of the Sanhedrin; but for this assumption we find no definite warrant in scripture.

1430

Acts 7:58; 8:1-3.

1431

Acts 8:1.

1432

Acts 9:1, 2. Observe that "way" here used for the first time to connote the gospel or religion of Christ, occurs frequently in Acts (16:17; 18:25, 26; 19:9, 23; 22:4; 24:14, 22).

1433

Three versions of this manifestation and its immediate results appear in Acts (9:3-29; 22:6-16; and 26:12-18): the first is the historian's narrative, while the others are given as reports of Saul's own words.

1434

Note 4, end of chapter.

1435

Note 4, end of chapter.

1436

Acts 9:26-28; 13:2, 3.

1437

Acts 13:9.

1438

Acts 16:37-40; 22:25-28; 23:27; 25:11; 26:32; 28:19.

1439

Acts 22:17-21.

1440

Acts 23:11.

1441

1 Cor. 15:3-9.

1442

Note 5, end of chapter.

1443

Col. 1:23; see verse 6; also "The Great Apostasy," 1:20, 21.

1444

Acts 9:36-43.

1445

Rev. 1:9; see Note 6, end of chapter.

1446

Rev. 1:1; read the whole chapter.

1447

Rev. 1:10-20.

1448

Page 694 herein.

1449

Isa. 24:1-6; Amos. 8:11, 12.

1450

Matt. 24:4, 5, 10-13, 23-26.

1451

Acts 20:17-31, particularly 29, 30; 1 Tim. 4:1-3; 2 Tim. 4:1-4; 2 Thess. 2:3, 4, 7, 8; 2 Peter 2:1-3, read the entire chapter and observe its application to conditions in the world today; Jude 3, 4, 17-19; Rev. 13:4, 6-9; 14:6, 7. See "The Great Apostasy," chapter 2.

1452

John 10:16; compare B. of M., 3 Nephi 15:17-21; page 416 herein.

1453

See pages 49, 55 herein.

1454

Pages 49-52.

1455

Helaman 14:14-27.

1456

3 Nephi 2:1.

1457

Exo. 10:21-23.

1458

3 Nephi 8:5-25; compare Helaman 14:20-27.

1459

3 Nephi chap. 9.

1460

3 Nephi, chap. 10.

1461

Helaman 14:25; 3 Nephi 23:7-13; compare Matt. 27:52, 53.

1462

3 Nephi, chaps. 11-18 inclusive.

1463

3 Nephi 10:18. Bear in mind that Christ's ascension took place forty days after His resurrection.

1464

Note 1, end of chapter.

1465

3 Nephi 11:7; compare Matt. 3:17; Mark 1:11; Luke 9:35; P. of G.P., Joseph Smith 2:17.

1466

3 Nephi 11:12; compare 1 Nephi 12:6; 2 Nephi 26:1, 9; Alma 16:20.

1467

3 Nephi 11:23-28; compare Doc. and Cov. 20:72-74.

1468

3 Nephi 11:31-34; compare Mark 16:15, 16; see also John 12:48.

1469

3 Nephi 11:39-41.

1470

3 Nephi, chaps. 12, 13, 14; compare Matt, chaps. 5, 6, 7.

1471

Matt. 5:18, and 3 Nephi 12:18; compare 46, 47; 15:2-10; and 9:17-20. See Note 2, end of chapter.

1472

3 Nephi 15:4-8. See pages 234, 373, 374 herein.

1473

3 Nephi 15:11-24.

1474

3 Nephi 16:4-20.

1475

3 Nephi 17:23-24; read entire chapter.

1476

3 Nephi 18:1-14, 27-34; compare 1 Cor. 11:23-30. For the prescribed manner of administering the Sacrament, see Moroni, chaps. 4 and 5; compare Doc. and Cov. 20:75-79.

1477

3 Nephi 18:19-23.

1478

3 Nephi 18:36, 37; Moroni 2:1-3.

1479

3 Nephi, chaps. 19-25, and 26:1-5.

1480

Note 3, end of chapter.

1481

3 Nephi, chap. 19:35, 36; read the entire chapter.

1482

3 Nephi, chap. 20; see references to Isaiah given therein.

1483

3 Nephi 21:4.

1484

3 Nephi 21:1-7; for prophecies concerning subsequent events see remainder of chapter.

1485

3 Nephi, chap. 22; compare Isa. chap. 54.

1486

3 Nephi, chaps. 24 and 25; compare Malachi, chap. 3 and 4.

1487

Doc. and Cov. 110:13-16. Elijah appeared in the Kirtland Temple April 3, A.D. 1836, and committed to the Church the keys of authority for vicarious work in behalf of the dead. See chapter 41 herein, page 775.

1488

3 Nephi 26:4, 5, 13-15.

1489

3 Nephi 26:14-21.

1490

3 Nephi, chaps. 26, 27, and 28:1-12.

1491

Note 1, end of chapter.

1492

3 Nephi 27:4-12.

1493

E.g. of Calvin, Luther, Wesley; see also "The Great Apostasy," 10:21, 22.

1494

Note the assurance of a similar commission promised the Jewish apostles: Matt. 19:28; Luke 22:30. See also 1 Nephi 12:9.

1495

3 Nephi 27:32 and references given therewith.

1496

3 Nephi 28:1; read verses 1-12.

1497

3 Nephi 28:6-8; see page 694 herein.

1498

3 Nephi 28:13-23; compare 4 Nephi 1:14, 29-33.

1499

3 Nephi 28:39, 40.

1500

Mormon 8:10, 11; see also 3 Nephi 28:26-32, 36-40, 4 Nephi 1:14, 37; Ether 12:17.

1501

3 Nephi 28:27-32.

1502

4 Nephi 1:3; read 1:23; see pages 705 and 718 herein.

1503

4 Nephi 1:15, 16.

1504

4 Nephi 1:25, 26.

1505

Near Manchester, Ontario county, New York.

1506

See Mormon, chapters 1-9; and Moroni, chapter 10.

1507

Note 1, end of chapter.

1508

No extended account of the apostasy of the Primitive Church can be attempted here; the reader is referred to special works treating this important subject. See the author's "The Great Apostasy, considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History," a work of 176 pages.

1509

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

1510

1 Thess. 2:3, 4.

1511

Isa. 24:5.

1512

The false doctrine of "transubstantiation" is to the effect that the bread and wine administered as emblems of Christ's flesh and blood in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper are transmuted by priestly consecration into the actual flesh and blood of Jesus Christ. See "The Great Apostasy," 8:16-19. As to "supererogation" see page 590 herein.

1513

"The Great Apostasy," chaps. 6, 7, 8.

1514

"The Great Apostasy," 6:14, 15; for comprehensive treatment of the subject see chapters 6 to 9 inclusive.

1515

Note 2, end of chapter.

1516

This paragraph is in part a paraphrase of "The Great Apostasy," 10:21, 22.

1517

Note 3, end of chapter.

1518

Pages 694 and 738.

1519

See 2 Tim. 4:1-4; also "The Great Apostasy," 2:30.

1520

Amos. 8:11, 12.

1521

See Church of England "Book of Common Prayer," "Articles of Religion" i. Note 4, end of chapter.

1522

See B. of M., 1 Nephi 13:10-13. Note 5, end of chapter.

1523

P. of G.P., Joseph Smith 2:5-26; also "History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," vol. 1, pp. 2-8.

1524

Eph. 1:9, 10. Note 1, end of chapter.

1525

See page 151 herein; Note 5, end of chapter.

1526

For earlier instances, see pages 126, 371, and 725.

1527

P. of G.P., Joseph Smith 2:29-54, 59; also "History of the Church," vol. 1, pp. 10-16, 18.

1528

P. of G.P., Joseph Smith 2:28.

1529

P. of G.P., Joseph Smith 2:36-41; and "History of the Church," vol. 1. pp. 12, 13.

1530

See B. of M., Mormon 6:6; Moroni 10:2.

1531

P. of G.P., Joseph Smith 2:68, 69; Doc. and Cov. sec. 13; "History of the Church," vol. 1, p. 39.

1532

Notes 2 and 6. end of chapter.

1533

Doc. and Cov. 27: 8, 12, 13.

1534

Doc. and Cov. sec. 20.

1535

Doc. and Cov. 20:2, 3; compare 21:11; see also "History of the Church." vol. 1, pp. 40, 41. Note 3, end of chapter.

1536

Doc. and Cov. sections 5, 6, 8, 10-12, 14-20.

1537

Doc. and Cov. 18:27, 31-36; 20:38-44; 84:63, 64; 95:4; 107:23-25; 112:1, 14, 21; 118; 124:127-130.

1538

Rev. 14:6, 7.

1539

See Doctrine and Covenants, and "History of the Church."

1540

Doc. and Cov. 76:11-24; also "History of the Church" under date specified.

1541

See Doc. and Cov. 76:25-119; also "The Articles of Faith," iv:29; and xxii:18-27.

1542

See "The House of the Lord," pages 114-123.

1543

Doc. and Cov. 110:1-10; also "History of the Church" under date specified. Note 4, end of chapter.

1544

Doc. and Cov. 110:11-16. Note 5, end of chapter.

1545

See "Plan of Government in the Restored Church," in "The Articles of Faith," xi:13-32.

1546

See "Spiritual Gifts" in "The Articles of Faith," xii.

1547

No. 9 of "The Articles of Faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."

1548

Isa. 2:2, 3; compare Micah 4:1, 2; see also Doc. and Cov. 29:8.

1549

See "The House of the Lord," pp. 63-109.

1550

P. of G.P., Joseph Smith 1:31, 36; compare Matt 24:14, 30.

1551

Acts 1:11.

1552

Pages 713, 715, 761, and 774; see also Doc. and Cov. 110:8; compare 36:8; 42:36; 97:15, 16; 109:5; 124:27; 133:2.

1553

Jude 14, 15; compare Gen. 5:18; see next reference following.

1554

P. of G.P., Moses 7:59, 60, 65. Note 1, end of chapter.

1555

Isa. 35:4; and 40:10; see also Psalms 50:3; Mal. 3:1; 4:5, 6; compare Note 1 on page 149 herein.

1556

Matt. 16:27.

1557

Mark 8:38; compare Luke 9:26.

1558

Matt. 26:64.

1559

Matt. 24:3; Mark 13:26; Luke 21:7; Acts 1:6; compare page 149 herein.

1560

Matt. 24; see chapters 32 and 40 herein.

1561

See Acts 3:20, 21; 1 Cor. 4:5; 11:26; Philip. 3:20; 1 Thess. 1:10; 2:19; 3:13; 4:15-18; 2 Thess. 2:1, 8; 1 Tim. 6:14, 15; Titus 2:13; James 5:7, 8; 1 Peter 1:5-7; 4:13; 1 John 2:28; 3:2; Jude 14, etc.

1562

B. of M., 3 Nephi 26:3, 4.

1563

B. of M., 3 Nephi 28:7, 8; see also 29:2.

1564

Doc. and Cov. 29:9-11.

1565

Doc. and Cov. 33:17, 18.

1566

Doc. and Cov. 34:4-8.

1567

Doc. and Cov. 45:37-44; compare this section with Matt. 24, and Luke 21:5-36. See also Doc. and Cov. 49:23-28.

1568

Doc. and Cov. 64:23-25.

1569

Matt. 24:36; compare Mark 13:32-37; see pages 575, 696 herein.

1570

Doc. and Cov. 49:7; the context shows that the words are those of the Father.

1571

Thess. 5:2; 2 Peter 3:10; compare Matt. 24:43, 44; 25:13; Luke 12:39, 40; page 575 herein.

1572

Page 573.

1573

Doc. and Cov. 49:24, 25.

1574

Doc. and Cov. 45:68-71.

1575

Doc. and Cov. 133:7-14, 21-35; "Articles of Faith," xviii and xix.

1576

Doc. and Cov. 88:86-92.

1577

Doc. and Cov. 110:14, 16; compare Joel 2:31; Mal. 4:5; B. of M., 3 Nephi 25:5.

1578

Doc and Cov. 29:11-17.

1579

1 Thess. 4:14-17.

1580

B. of M., 3 Nephi 28:8; see page 738 herein.

1581

Doc. and Cov. 88:95-98.

1582

Note 2, end of chapter.

1583

Doc. and Cov. 29:12.

1584

Doc. and Cov. 29:12; compare Matt. 19:28; Luke 22:30; page 479 herein.

1585

B. of M., 3 Nephi 27:27; compare 1 Nephi 12:9, 10; Mormon 3:18. 19.

1586

Doc. and Cov. 65. For a fuller treatment of this subject as also the distinction between Church and Kingdom, see "Articles of Faith," xx:16-26.

1587

Rev. 20:1-6; compare Doc. and Cov. 43:18.

1588

Doc. and Cov. 63:50-51; 101:30; compare 1 Cor. 15:51-57.

1589

P. of G.P., Moses 7:63-65.

1590

Doc. and Cov. 101:23-32; compare Isa. 65:17-25 and 11:6-9; see also Doc. and Cov. 29:11, 22; 43:30; 63:51.

1591

Rev. 20:7-15.

1592

Doc and Cov. 43:30-34. See also "Articles of Faith," xx:27-31.

1593

Rev. 20:11-15.

1594

1 Cor. 15:24-27.

1595

Doc. and Cov. 76:107, 108.

1596

Note 3, end of chapter.