12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; 28:14; compare Acts 3:25; Gal. 3:8.
107
Gen. 49:10.
108
Note 2, end of chapter.
109
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.
110
Note 1, end of chapter.
111
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.
112
Job 19:25; see also verses 26-27.
113
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.
131
Zech. 13:6.
132
Zech. 11:12, 13; compare Matt. 26:15; 27:3-10.
133
Luke 24:44, 46; see also verses 25-27.
134
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.
135
Note 3, end of chapter.
136
B. of M., 1 Nephi 10:4-11.
137
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.
139
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.
143
Rev. 19:10.
144
Exo. 33:11; see also Numb. 12:8; Deut. 34:10; compare P. of G.P., Moses 1:2, 11, 31.
145
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.
146
"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.
148
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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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.
177
Note 4, end of chapter.
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Josephus, Antiquities xviii, 1:4.
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"New Stand. Dict.," under "Sadducees."
