Jesus the Christ. James Edward Talmage
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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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.)
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Matt. 7:22; 11:20; 12:38; 16:1; 24:24; Mark 6:14; Luke 10:13; John 2:18; 7:21; 10:25; 14:11; Acts 6:8; 8:6; 14:3; 19:11; Rom. 15:19; Rev. 13:13; etc.
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John 10:41; Matt. 11:9.
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For example Zechariah and Malachi.
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Exo. 3:20; 4:1-9. Note 8, end of chapter.
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Note 7, end of chapter.