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P. of G.P., Abraham, chaps. 4 and 5.
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See page 10; John 1:1; and P. of G.P., Moses 1:32.
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Heb. 1:1, 2; see also 1 Cor. 8:6.
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Colos. 1:16, 17.
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John 1:1-3.
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B. of M., Helaman 14:12; see also Mosiah 3:8; 4:2: Alma 11:39.
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B. of M., 3 Nephi 9:15.
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B. of M., 3 Nephi 15:4, 5.
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Doc. and Cov. 45:1.
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Doc. and Cov. 14:9; see also 29:1, 31; 76:24.
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Exo. 20:7; Lev. 19:12; Deut. 5:11.
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Note 1, end of chapter.
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Matt. 1:21; see also verses 23, 25; Luke 1:31.
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John 1:41; 4:25.
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Luke 1:31; 2:21; Matt. 1:21, 25; see also verse 23 and compare Isa. 7:14; Luke 2:11. See further P. of G.P., Moses 6:51, 57; 7:20; 8:24. B. of M., 1 Nephi 10:4; 2 Nephi 10:3; Mosiah 3:8.
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The name appears thus in Gen. 2:5; see also Exo. 6:2-4; and read for comparison Gen. 17:1; 35:11.
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Exo. 3:13, 14; compare with respect to the fact of eternal duration expressed in this name, Isa. 44:6; John 8:58; Colos. 1:17; Heb. 13:8; Rev. 1:4; see also P. of G.P., Moses 1:3 and the references there given.
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Exo. 6:2, 3. Note 2, end of chapter.
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Rev. 1:11, 17; 2:8; 22:13; compare Isa. 41:4; 44:6; 48:12.
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John 8:58.
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Lev. 24:16. Note 3, end of chapter.
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Isa. 6:8-11; and compare John 12:40, 41.
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Zech. 12:10; compare John 19:37.
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The singular, "Eloah," appears only in poetic usage.
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B. of M., 3 Nephi 11:13, 14; also 1 Nephi 17:40 and observe from verse 30 that the Redeemer is here spoken of as the God who delivered Israel. See further Mosiah 7:19. Chapter 39 herein.
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P. of G.P., Moses 1:6, 31-33; 2:1; 4:2, 3; 6:57; compare 7:35, 39, 47, 53-59; 8:16, 19, 23, 24; Abraham 3:22-28. See chapter 5 herein.
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Matt. 3:17; also Mark 1:11; Luke 3:22.
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Matt. 17:5; Luke 9:35.
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John 12:28.
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B. of M., 3 Nephi 11:7.
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P. of G.P. Joseph Smith 2:17.
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Deut. 31:9, 24-26; compare 17:18-20.
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"Articles of Faith," xiii:7-10.
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Gen. 3:15; compare Heb. 2:14; Rev, 12:9; 20:3.
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P. of G.P., Moses 5:6-9. Note 1, end of chapter.
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P. of G.P., Moses 6:52; study paragraphs 50-56; see also Gen. 5:18, 21-24; Jude 14. Note 4, end of chapter.
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Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; 28:14; compare Acts 3:25; Gal. 3:8.
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Gen. 49:10.
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Note 2, end of chapter.
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Deut. 18:15-19; compare John 1:45; Acts 3:22; 7:37; see also a specific confirmation by our Lord after His resurrection, 3 Nephi 20:23.
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Note 1, end of chapter.
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1 Cor. 5:7. For references to Christ as the Lamb of God, see John 1:29, 36; 1 Peter 1:19; Rev. chaps. 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22; also B. of M., 1 Nephi 10:10, and chaps. 11, 12, 13, 14; 2 Nephi 31:4, 5, 6; 33:14; Alma 7:14; Mormon 9:2, 3; Doc. and Cov. 58:11; 132:19.
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Job 19:25; see also verses 26-27.
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Instances: Psalm 2:7; compare Acts 13:33; Heb. 1:5; 5:5. Psa. 16:10; compare Acts 13:34-37. Psa. 22:18; compare Matt. 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34; John 19:24. Psa. 41:9; compare John 13:18. Psa. 69:9 and 21; compare Matt. 27:34, 48; Mark 15:23; John 19:29; and John 2:17. Psa. 110:1 and 4; compare Matt. 22:44; Mark 12:35-37; Luke 20:41-44; and Heb. 5:6. Psa. 118:22, 23; compare Matt. 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17; Acts 4:11; Eph. 2:20; 1 Peter 2:4, 7. The following are known specifically as Messianic Psalms: 2, 21, 22, 45, 67, 69, 89, 96, 110, 132; in them the psalmist extols in poetic measure the excellencies of the Messiah, and the certainty of His coming.
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Isa. 7:14; compare Matt. 1:21-23.
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Isa. 9:6,7.
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Luke 1:26-33.
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Isa. 11:1 and 10; compare Rom. 15:12; Rev. 5:5; 22:16; see also Jer. 23:5, 6.
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Isa. 28:16; compare Psa. 118:22; Matt. 21:42; Acts 4:11; Rom. 9:33; 10:11; Eph. 2:20; 1 Peter 2:6-8.
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Isa. 40:9-11; compare John 10:11, 14; Heb. 13:20; 1 Peter 2:25; 5:4; see also Ezek. 34:23.
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Isa. 42-1; see also 9:2; 49:6; 60:3; compare Matt. 4:14-16; Luke 2:32; Acts 13:47; 26:18; Eph. 5:8, 14.
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Isa. 55:4; compare John 18:37.
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Isa. 40:3; compare Matt. 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4; John 1:23.
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Isa. 53; study the entire chapter; compare Acts 8:32-35.
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Jer. 23:5, 6; see also 33:14-16.
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Jer. 30:9.
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Ezek. 34:23; 37:24, 25.
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Hos. 11:11; compare Matt. 2:15.
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Mic. 5:2; compare Matt 2:6; John 7:42.
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Zech. 9:9; compare Matt. 21:4-9.
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Zech. 12:10; compare John 19:37.
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Zech. 13:6.
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Zech. 11:12, 13; compare Matt. 26:15; 27:3-10.
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Luke 24:44, 46; see also verses 25-27.
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Matt. 3:11; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16; John 1:15, 26, 27, 29-36; see also Acts 1:5, 8; 11:16; 19:4.
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Note 3, end of chapter.
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B. of M., 1 Nephi 10:4-11.
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B. of M., 1 Nephi chapters 11 and 12; see also 19:10.
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B. of M., 2 Nephi 9:5, 6; 10:3. See also Nephi's prophecy 25:12-14; and chap. 26.
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B. of M., Mosiah 13:33-35; 15:1-13.
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B. of M., Alma 39:15; 40:1-3.
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B. of M., Alma 11:31-44.
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B. of M., Helaman 14:1-6; compare 3 Nephi 1:4-21.
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Rev. 19:10.
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Exo. 33:11; see also Numb. 12:8; Deut. 34:10; compare P. of G.P., Moses 1:2, 11, 31.
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P. of G.P., Moses 5:57; for later mention of the "meridian of time," see 6:56-62; and 7:46; and compare Doc. and Cov. 20:26; 39:3.
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"Meridian: … figuratively, the highest point or culminating-point of anything; the zenith; as the meridian of life."—"New Stand. Dict."
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B. of M., 3 Nephi 2:8; compare 4 Nephi 1:1, 21; Mormon 8:6; Moroni 10:1.
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Gen. 32:28; 35:10.
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Exo. 1:1, 7; 9:6, 7; 12:3, etc.
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Exo. 12:35, 40; 13:19; 15:1; Numb. 20:1, 19, 24, etc.
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See mention throughout the books of Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, and references therein.
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Isa. 11:13; 17:3; Ezek, 37:16-22; Hos. 4:17.
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Jer. 25:11, 12; see also 29:10.
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Ezra 1:1-4; the author, "House of the Lord," pp. 47-53; also "Articles of Faith" xvii:1-22.
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Ezra 2:64-67.
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"House of the Lord," pp. 51-53.
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Josephus, Ant. xii:6 and 7; 2 Maccabees 2:19; 10:1-8; also John 10:22.
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Luke 2:1.
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Matt. 2:1. Page 106.
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Note 1, end of chapter.
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Deut. 7:6; see also 10:15; Exo. 19:5, 6; Psa. 135:4; Isa. 41:8; 45:4; compare 1 Peter 2:9.
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Note 6, end of chapter.
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2 Kings 17:24.
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John 4:9; Luke 9:51-53. Pages 172, 183 herein.
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Note 2, end of chapter.
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Bab. Talmud, Sanhedrin, 90.
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Josephus, Ant. xx, 11:2.
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Note the emphasis given to this distinction in John 7:45-49; see also 9:34.
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Note 3, end of chapter.
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Ezra 7:11; see also verses 6, 10, 12.
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Matt. 23:8-10; see also John 1:38; 3:2.
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Matt. 23:13, 14, 15, 23. etc., read the entire chapter; compare Mark 12:38-40; Luke 20:46; see also as instances of special denunciation of the Pharisees Luke 11:37-44. Note also that the lawyers, who were professionally associated with the scribes, are included in the sweeping criticism: verses 45-54. See pages 552-560 herein.
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1 Maccabees 2:42; 7:13-17; 2 Maccabees 14:6.
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Josephus, Antiquities, xvii, 2:4.
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Acts 26:5; see also 23:6; Philip. 3:5.
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Exo. 21:23-35; Lev. 24:20; Deut. 19:21; contrast Matt 5:38-44.
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Note 4, end of chapter.
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Josephus, Antiquities xviii, 1:4.
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"New Stand. Dict.," under "Sadducees."
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Josephus, Antiquities xviii, 1:5.
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Numb. 6:2-21; Judges 13:5, 7; 16:17; Amos. 2:11, 12. Page 87.
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Matt. 22:15, 16; Mark 12:13.
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Luke 13:1, 2; see also John 4:45; Mark 14:70; Acts 2:7.
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1 Chron. 24:1-18.
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Note 5, end of chapter.
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Luke 1:19, 26; see also Dan. 8:16; 9:21-23.
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Luke 1:5; compare 1 Chron. 24:10.
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Ezra 2:36-39.
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Luke 1:8, 9; read the entire chapter.
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Lev. chap. 16; Heb. 9:1-7; see also "House of the Lord," p. 59, and compare pp. 24 and 39. Note 6, end of chapter.
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Page 45. For other instances of children promised in spite of barrenness due to age or other causes, see Isaac (Gen. 17:16, 17 and 21:1-3); Samson, (Judges, chap. 13); Samuel (1 Sam. chap. 1); son of the Shunammite (2 Kings 4:14-17).
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Note 1, end of chapter.
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Luke 1:19, 20.
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Luke 1:57; compare verse 39.
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Note 2, end of chapter.
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Note 3, end of chapter.
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Luke 1:68-79.
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Luke 1:65, 66; see also 3:15.
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Luke 1:80.
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Luke 1:28.
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Luke 1:30-33.
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Luke 1:35; see also preceding verses, 31-33.
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Page 43; and Gen. 3:15.
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Luke 1:42; read verses 39-56.
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Luke 1:46-55.
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Note 4, end of chapter.
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Matt. 1:20, 21; read 18-25.
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Matt. 1:22-23; compare Isa. 7:14; see also 9:6.
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Matt. 1:24, 25.
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2 Peter 1:20.
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Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; compare Acts 3:25; Gal. 3:8.
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Note 5, end of chapter.
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For instances see Matt. 9:27; 15:22; 21:9; 20:30, 31, with which compare Luke 18:38, 39.
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Rom. 1:3; 2 Tim. 2:8; see also Acts 2:30; 13:23; compare Psa. 132:11; see also Luke 1:32.
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Matt. 1:23.
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Luke 2:1; see also verses 2-4. Note 1, end of chapter.
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Note marginal reading, Oxford and Bagster Bibles.
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Note 1, end of chapter.
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Note 2, end of chapter.
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Luke 2:6, 7.
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Luke 2:8-14.
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Luke 2:15.
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Luke 2:19.
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Luke 4:22; Matt. 13:55; Mark 6:3.
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Gen. 17:12, 13; Lev. 12:3; compare John 7:22. Page 88.
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Luke 2:21; compare 1:31; Matt. 1:21, 25.
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Lev. chap. 12.
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Exo. 12:29; 13:2, 12; 22:29, 30.
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Numb. 8:15-18; 18:15, 16.
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Luke 2:25; see also verse 38; Mark 15:43; compare Psa. 40:1.
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Luke 2:29-32. These verses are known in Christian hymnology as the Nunc Dimittis; the name has reference to the first two words of the Latin version.
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Note 3, end of chapter.
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Matt. 2:2; read 1-10.
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Matt. 2:5, 6; compare Micah 5:2; John 7:42.
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Note 4, end of chapter.
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Note 5, end of chapter.
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Numb. 24:17.
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B. of M., Helaman 14:5; 3 Nephi 1:21. Pp. 52, 101 and 721 herein.
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Matt. 2:13.
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Matt. 2:16.
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Matt. 2:17, 18; compare Jer. 31:15.
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Page 49.
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B. of M., Helaman 14:2; read 1-9.
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B. of M., 3 Nephi 1:9; read verses 4-21.
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B. of M., 3 Nephi 1:12-21.
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Marginal reading, Oxford and Bagster Bibles, Matt. 2:1.
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Doc. and Cov. 20:1; compare 21:3. Note 6, end of chapter.
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B. of M., 1 Nephi 1:4; 2:2-4.
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B. of M., 1 Nephi 10:4.
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B. of M., 1 Nephi 19:8; 2 Nephi 25:19.
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B. of M., 3 Nephi 1:1.
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"Standard Bible Dictionary," edited by Jacobus, Nourse, and Zenos, pub. by Funk & Wagnalls Co., New York and London, 1909, p. 915, article "Zedekiah."
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Doc. and Cov. 20:1; compare 21:2
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Matt. 2:15; compare Hos. 11:1.
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Matt. 2:19-23. Note 5, end of chapter.
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Note 1, end of chapter.
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Note 2, end of chapter.
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Luke 2:40.
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Note 3, end of chapter.
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Compare His teachings after He had reached manhood, e.g. John 8:32.
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Deut. 16:1-6; compare Exo. 12:2.
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Josephus; Wars of the Jews, ii, 1:3.
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Luke 2:46; read 41-52.
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Compare Matt. 7:28, 29; 13:54; Mark 6:2; Luke 4:22.
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Luke 2:35.
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Luke 2:52.
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Note 3, end of chapter.
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Matt. 13:55, 56; Mark 6:3; Luke 4:22; compare Matt. 12:46, 47; Gal. 1:19.
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For illustrative examples see Joseph of Arimathea (Mark 15:43); Mary Magdalene, so known from her native town of Magdala (Matt. 27:56); Judas Iscariot, possibly named after his home in Kerioth (Matt. 10:4; see page 225 herein.)
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Matt. 21:11; John 18:5; 19:19; Acts 2:22; 3:6; see also Luke 4:16.
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Note 4, end of chapter.
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John 1:45, 46.
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2 Kings 1:8.
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Note 1, end of chapter.
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Matt. 3:1-5; compare Lev. 11:22; see also Mark 1:1-8. Note 2, end of chapter.
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Luke 3:2.
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Exo. 3:1, 2.
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1 Kings 17:2-7.
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Mark 1:3.
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Mark 1:2; compare Isa. 40:3; Mal. 3:1; Matt. 11:10; Luke 7:27.
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Matt. 3:11.
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Matt. 3:7-10; see also Luke 3:3-9.
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Compare a later instance, in which Christ similarly taught (John 8:33-59).
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Luke 3:10; compare Acts 2:37.
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Luke 3:10-15.
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Mark 1:1.
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John 10:41.
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John 1:35, 37; Matt. 11:2; Luke 7:18.
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Note 3, end of chapter.
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Luke 3:17; see also Matt. 3:12; compare Mal. 3:2.
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Matt. 11:11-14; 17:12; Luke 7:24-30.
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Luke 3:23.
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For treatment of Baptism as a universal requirement, see the author's "Articles of Faith" vi:18-29. Note 6, end of chapter.
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Matt. 3:16, 17; compare Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21, 22.
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Shortly before His death, the Savior promised the apostles that the Father would send unto them the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost (John 14:26, and 15:26). See the author's "Articles of Faith" ii:20-24.
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Matt. 4:1-11; Mark 1:12, 13; Luke 4:1-13.
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Matt. 4:4; compare Deut. 8:3.
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Note 4, end of chapter.
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Note 5, end of chapter. Page 658 herein.
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Matt. 4:6; Psalm 91:11, 12.
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Matt. 4:5-7; compare Deut. 6:16.
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Pages 6-9.
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Matt. 4:10, 11; compare Exo. 20:3; Deut. 6:13; 10:20; Josh. 24:14; 1 Sam. 7:3.
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Luke 4:13.
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Luke 22:28.
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Luke 22:28.
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Heb. 4:14, 15.
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Heb. 5:8.
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Luke 3:4.
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John 1:21; compare Mal. 4:5. Note 1, end of chapter.
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Deut. 18:15, 18; see page 45 herein.
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John 1:22, 23; compare Isa. 40:3.
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John 1:25-27.
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John 1:29-31.
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John 1:32, 34; also verses 35, 36. Note 2, end of chapter.
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Note 3, end of chapter.
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John 1:35-51.
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Note 4, end of chapter.
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The name thus given was afterward confirmed, with accompaniments of promise; Matt. 16:18.
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To the apostles the Lord said on a subsequent occasion: "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you" (John 15:16; see also 6:70).
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A favorite situation for rest, meditation, and study; 1 Kings 4:25; Micah 4:4.
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Acts 7:56; Rev. 1:13; 14:14.
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Job 25:6; Psalms 144:3; 146:3; see also 8:4 and compare Heb. 2:6-9.
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Ezek. 2:1, 3, 6, 8; 3:1, 3, 4; 4:1; etc.
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Dan. 7:13.
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Doc. and Cov. 27:11; 78:15, 16; 107:54-57; 116.
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Doc. and Cov. 49:6; 58:65; 65:5; 122:8. Observe that in modern revelation the title is used only as applying to the Christ in His resurrected and glorified state.
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Note 5, end of chapter.
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Page 38.
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P. of G.P., Moses 6:57; 7:35; see also 7:24, 47, 54, 56, 59, 65. Observe that Satan addressed Moses as "son of man" in a blasphemous attempt to coerce Moses into worshiping him by emphasizing the mortal weakness and inferiority of the man in contrast with his own false pretension of godship. (Moses 1:12.)
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John 2:1-11.
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"The address 'Woman' was so respectful that it might be and was, addressed to the queenliest."—(Farrar, "The Life of Christ," p. 134.)
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John 19:26.
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On a few occasions Jesus used the address "Woman" in a general way: Matt. 15:28; Luke 13:12; John 4:21; 8:10; etc.
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Note 6, end of chapter.
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John 2:11.
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The absence of all false austerity and outward show of abnormal abstinence in His life furnished an imagined excuse for unfounded charges of excess, through which He was said to be a glutton and a winebibber. (Matt. 11:19; Luke 7:34.)